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International Human Rights Day Message from Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade

MESSAGE Senator the Honourable Arnold J. Nicholson QC Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 10th December 2015 Jamaica is pleased to join the international community in commemorating Human Rights Day under the theme “Our...

Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Ralph Thomas (centre); United States Congresswoman, Yvette Clarke (2nd left); and President of Children of Jamaica Outreach (COJO), Gary Williams (4th left), shares with COJO’s 2015 honourees, at the organisation’s 21st annual Awards and Scholarship Gala held at the JFK Airport, Hilton New York hotel in Queens recently. The honourees are (from left): Trevor Smith, representing Visionary awardee Patrick Jolley; Madge Warren, Distinguished Service awardee; Olympian Veronica Campbell Brown, who received the Humanitarian Award; Oliver McKenzie and Attorney Donald Vernon, who received the Community Service Award; and Carl Stuart, who received the Corporate Award for Caribbean Airlines.

Ambassador Thomas Hails Contribution of COJO

Out of Many, One Jamaica Exhibition in Brussels

Ambassador Thomas said the Government is committed to seeing that the role of the Diaspora fully evolves as a centrepiece for national development.

Ambassador Thomas Hails Contribution of Diaspora

Mrs. Fay Pickersgill, CD, has been appointed Ambassador of Jamaica to the People’s Republic of China.

Minister Nicholson Announces New Ambassador to China

11 years ago Foreign AffairsNational Security and Peace

Jamaica and Cuba Renew Agreements to Fight Transnational Crime

Jamaica and Cuba have strengthened cooperation in the fight against the illicit trade in guns and drugs and human trafficking in their territorial waters. This is under the Maritime and Police Cooperation Agreements, which were renewed on Wednesday (December 9). Minister of National Security, Hon. Peter Bunting, and Cuba’s Ambassador to Jamaica, Bernardo Guanche Hernandez, inked the deals during a...

11 years ago Foreign Affairs

Talks in Progress for Direct Flights from Connecticut

Come next year, there could be direct flights from Bradley International Airport, in Connecticut, to Jamaica, as a result of talks between Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Ralph Thomas, and Executive Director of the airport, Kevin Dillon. “Direct service from Jamaica will serve a whole core of our population that we try to serve here in the Hartford,...

Jamaica’s newly appointed Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Ralph Thomas.

11 years ago Foreign AffairsJamaican Diaspora

Ambassador to Visit Hartford Nov. 27 To 30

Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Ralph Thomas, will pay a four-day official visit to Hartford, Connecticut, from November 27 to 30. While in Hartford, the Ambassador will tour the Sportsman Athletic Club and Cricket Hall of Fame, and worship at the Faith Seventh-day Adventist Church, on Saturday, November 28. The Ambassador will also visit a number of Jamaican...

11 years ago Foreign Affairs

London Fundraiser to Benefit Children with Heart Defects

The Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation and the United Kingdom-based Chain of Hope have deepened their partnership to enable more Jamaican children with heart conditions to receive life-saving treatment. The charity organisations recently came together to stage a fundraising ball in London to support the provision of cardiac services at the Bustamante Hospital for Children. Held at Grosvenor House on...

Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Ralph Thomas (2nd left), is flanked by Jamaican recipients of the 2015 Caribbean Heritage Awards. They are (l-r) is Michael Thompson, recipient of the Outstanding Community Service Award; Luminary awardee, international Reggae Artist Maxi Priest; and recipient of the Forerunner Award, Beverly East. The awards were presented at the 22nd Annual Caribbean Awards Gala held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Washington DC on Friday, November 20.

11 years ago Foreign AffairsJamaican Diaspora

Three Jamaicans Honoured At Caribbean American Heritage Awards

Three Jamaicans are among eight outstanding Caribbean Americans honoured by the Washington-based Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS) for contribution to the American society in various fields. They are international Reggae Artiste Maxi Priest, who received the Luminary award for his outstanding contribution to Reggae music; Forensic Document Examiner, Beverley East, received the Forerunner award for her expertise and work in...

State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown (centre), greets Migration and Development Programme Coordinator, International Organization for Migration (IOM), Republic of Moldova, Ghenadie Cretu (left). Occasion was Wednesday’s (November 18) meeting of the National Working Group on International Migration and Development (NWGIMD), at the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), New Kingston. Listening keenly is: Director of the PIOJ’s Social Planning and Research Division, Easton Williams. The NWGIMD is chaired by Mr. Brown, with Mr. Williams serving as his deputy.

11 years ago Foreign Affairs

Work Advanced on Migration and Development Policy

Work is advanced on the International Migration and Development Policy, which seeks to address the challenges and opportunities associated with migration. State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown, said that preparation of the policy has advanced to the Green Paper stage for “further and deeper” discussions in order to fine-tune the document, thus taking it to...

United States Congresswoman, Yvette Clarke who was in Montego Bay, Jamaica, on an official three-day visit from November 13 to 15.

11 years ago Jamaican Diaspora

Congresswoman Highlights Impact of Diaspora in US

United States Congresswoman, Yvette Clarke, says scores of power brokers with Jamaican lineage are making their way on the world stage in every sector of the US economy. Giving the keynote address at the annual awards banquet of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce, at the Hilton Rose Hall, on November 13, Ms. Clarke said the Jamaican Diaspora in the...