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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson.

Report on 38th COTED Meeting by Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Hon. A.J. Nicholson

Mr. President, The Honourable Senate is advised that I attended the 38th Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) in Guyana, 9th- 10th May 2014, last week Friday and Saturday.  The Regular COTED Meeting was held...
Jamaican High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Her Excellency Aloun Ndombet-Assamba (right); with prize winner Shaun Elliot (second left); and his family as they celebrate Jamaica Day at the Jamaican High Commission in London on February 28. Mr. Elliot was one of the winners of the Jamaican Knowledge Quiz.
Jamaican High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Her Excellency Aloun Ndombet-Assamba (right); with prize winner Shaun Elliot (second left); and his family as they celebrate Jamaica Day at the Jamaican High Commission in London on February 28. Mr. Elliot was one of the winners of the Jamaican Knowledge Quiz.

Jamaican High Commissioner Nominated for Youth Empowerment
State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams (left); converses with Representative, Organisation of American States (OAS) Office in Jamaica, Jeanelle van GlaanenWeygel, during the opening of the 7th Consumer Affairs regional meeting held at the Knutsford Court hotel in New Kingston on April 24.
State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams (left); converses with Representative, Organisation of American States (OAS) Office in Jamaica, Jeanelle van GlaanenWeygel, during the opening of the 7th Consumer Affairs regional meeting held at the Knutsford Court hotel in New Kingston on April 24.

Call for CARICOM to Implement Consumer Protection Model Law
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson, addresses the opening session of the 3rd meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable, being held at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston from April 23 to 24. The event is hosted by the Economic Commission of the Latin American and Caribbean (ECLAC) sub-regional headquarters for the Caribbean, in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson, addresses the opening session of the 3rd meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable, being held at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston from April 23 to 24. The event is hosted by the Economic Commission of the Latin American and Caribbean (ECLAC) sub-regional headquarters for the Caribbean, in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade.

Foreign Minister Supports Call for Strengthening of SIDS
Dr. Dennis Johnson, CD (centre), receives the Pioneer Award from Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Team Jamaica Bickle (TJB), Iwine G. Clare Sr. (left), at TJB’s annual reception and awards ceremony, held at St. Francis College in Downtown Brooklyn, New York, on April 17. At right is Jamaica
Dr. Dennis Johnson, CD (centre), receives the Pioneer Award from Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Team Jamaica Bickle (TJB), Iwine G. Clare Sr. (left), at TJB’s annual reception and awards ceremony, held at St. Francis College in Downtown Brooklyn, New York, on April 17. At right is Jamaica's Consul General to New York, Mr. Herman LaMont.

Dr. Dennis Johnson Honoured

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Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Robert Ready (left), greets Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Audrey Sewell (second right), on her arrival at a public-private partnership (PPP) seminar, held at the Canadian High Commission, in Kingston, on March 27. Looking on is Senior Trade Commissioner at the High Commission, Rick McElrea.
CommerceForeign Affairs

Numerous PPP Opportunities Exist – Canadian Official

Opportunities to drive economic growth with infrastructure public-private partnerships (PPPs) between Jamaica and Canada are numerous, says Senior Trade Commissioner at the Canadian High Commission, Rick McElrea. “Almost every single thing that is on the Government’s agenda that has to be updated, such as highways, schools, hospitals, even the logistics hub...is a potential project for public-private partnership,” he noted. Mr....
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High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Her Excellency Aloun N’dombet Assamba (right), and Deputy High Commissioner, Mrs. Diedre Millis with Director General of the Royal Air Force Museum, Peter Dye (right) and Peter Elliott, Head of Archives. The High Commissioner was on a visit to the special exhibition entitled, ‘Pilots of the Caribbean: Volunteers of African Heritage in the Royal Air Force’.
Foreign Affairs

High Commissioner Visits Museum

High Commissioner,  Her Excellency Aloun N’dombet-Assamba,  made a special visit  to the Royal Air Force (RAF) Museum on March 19, to view an exhibition about the Caribbean pilots and other service personnel, who fought for the Royal Air Force (RAF) during both World Wars. The exhibition, which was unveiled on November 1,  is entitled:’ Pilots of the Caribbean: Volunteers of...
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High Commissioner to the UK, Her Excellency Aloun N’dombet-Assamba with Baroness Doreen Lawrence of Clarendon and Lewisham Mayor, Sir Steve Bullock. Baroness Lawrence was made a Freewoman of the Borough of Lewisham at a ceremony, on March 14.
Foreign Affairs

Human Rights Campaigner Honoured

Jamaican, Baroness Doreen Lawrence, has been made a Freewoman of Lewisham, one of only 11 persons to have ever been honoured in this way by the London borough. Baroness Lawrence, from Clarendon, is the mother of the murdered teen Stephen Lawrence, who was killed at a bus stop by a racist gang 21 years ago. She was given the ceremonial...
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson.
Foreign Affairs

UK Changes APD Regime

Senator the Honourable Arnold J. Nicholson, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, is pleased to advise that following years of representation by Jamaica and CARICOM countries about the UK Air Passenger Duty (APD), the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced today during his Budget presentation that the Caribbean region will be moved from Band C to Band B with effect from...
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