The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) has committed to continue its support of the Government's efforts to reduce tobacco use in Jamaica. This assurance comes from PAHO/WHO Representative in Jamaica, Margareta Sköld, who says the organisation stands ready to assist the administration in its quest to, among other things, advance the passage of Tobacco Control Regulations. "PAHO/WHO strongly...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has expressed Jamaica’s commitment to stronger relationships with Tanzania. In bilateral talks with Tanzania’s President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, in Ethiopia recently, Prime Minister Simpson Miller said the commitment was a reflection of the principle of South-South cooperation to which her Administration subscribes. Of particular interest to Tanzania is cooperation in the fields...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller continued her visit to Addis Abba, Ethiopia on Monday, May 27, with a meeting with members of the Jamaican Diaspora, many of whom journeyed over 150 miles away from the town of Shashamane, where members of the Rastafari movement and other persons from Jamaica and the Caribbean have settled. In 1948, Emperor...

LONDON - High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Her Excellency Aloun N'dombet-Assamba, was one of the special guest speakers at a memorial ceremony held in London on May 18 to celebrate the life of the late African literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe. The High Commissioner said Professor Achebe's writings have educated, inspired and enlightened people worldwide and that he used his...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Derrick Kellier, is to attend the International Labour Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, between June 17 and 19. Minster with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, said Cabinet has approved the official travel of the Minister and a seven-member delegation, which will cost approximately $3 million. Speaking at a Jamaica House media...

Jamaica’s Honorary Consul General to Turkey, Hon. Arnold Foote, says he is confident that the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations will continue to be effective in promoting cooperation among member countries around the world. He was addressing a reception held in New York recently, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Convention. The international treaty, adopted at the United Nations...

The University of Minnesota (UMN) School of Public Health in Minneapolis is joining forces with the University of Technology School of Public Health, to carry out a five-year training programme in non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The disclosure followed a visit to the university by Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Professor Stephen Vasciannie last week, who held discussions with a number...