Prime Minister Portia Simpson has committed Jamaica to deepening relations with Spain as part of expanded cooperation between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and that European nation. Noting that Spain has made significant contributions to Jamaica’s economy, especially through investments in tourism, she acknowledged the contribution made by the Spanish private sector to the growth of Jamaica’s economy. Mrs. Simpson Miller...

Newly installed President of the Jamaica Association of Maryland (JAM), Noel Godfrey says the group plans to explore increasing investment opportunities between Jamaica and that American state. He said the Association will also be joining forces with the Ministries of Education and Health to assist in the delivery of better education and healthcare in Jamaica. Mr. Godfrey said some of...

Seven students of Jamaican heritage attending colleges and universities in the United States are recipients of the 2014 Claude McKay Book Scholarship awarded by the Jamaica Association of Maryland (JAM). They are: Janeila Benjamin, University of Maryland; Dylan Godfrey, Penn State University; Akeem Henry, University of Maryland College Park (UMCP); Dequon Mayo, University of Technology in Tennessee; Alexander Murdock, Morgan...

United Kingdom (UK) based Jamaicans have been urged to sign up on the new database under the Mapping the Jamaican Diaspora Project. The initiative was launched by State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown, at the start of a two- day Jamaican Diaspora UK Conference in Birmingham, on June 13. It aims to...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson, says the delay in the payment of $3.6 million to Shanique Myrie should not be attributed to the Government of Jamaica. Miss Myrie was awarded damages totaling $3.6 million, following the Caribbean Court of Justice’s (CCJ) ruling declaring that the government of Barbados breached her right to enter...

History was quietly created a few days before the start of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, when Jamaica’s Ambassador to Brazil, Her Excellency Alison Stone Roofe, presented credentials as Jamaica’s first non-resident Ambassador to Paraguay. Mrs. Stone Roofe was among eight ambassadors including those from Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago who presented credentials to the Paraguayan President Horacio...

Bilateral relations between Jamaica and Brazil have blossomed since the opening of embassies in the capitals of both countries, and the signing of several cooperation agreements in the areas of tourism, education, health, and commerce. Jamaican nationals will find it easier to travel to Brazil for business, tourism and the upcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup, under a special visa cooperation...