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Leader of the Opposition in Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley, says health care has become one of the largest growing expenditures on budgets within the Caribbean region. "Caribbean governments will have to confront this reality," Miss Mottley emphasised, as she addressed the Rural Electrification Pension Plan 20th anniversary dinner for employees, held at the Knutsford Court Hotel on May 2. The...

The Government is looking to establish a comprehensive database of Jamaican professionals and investors abroad. "We will be embarking on a mapping of this later on in the year with the assistance from the International Organization on Migration," said State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown. The State Minister, who was addressing a...

The High Commission, in London, is to commemorate the life of the Hon. Mary Seacole, OM, by hosting a Panel Discussion on May 13, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Scheduled to be held on the eve of the anniversary of Mary Seacole’s death on May 14, 1881, the event will also see the Mary Seacole Memorial Statue Appeal officially...

Business leaders in western Jamaica have responded positively to a special call by the Government to take advantage of business opportunities that may arise at the upcoming Diaspora Conference. State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown, said business entities in St. James and surrounding parishes, have been invited to take up booths that...

State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown, says that there is significant interest from overseas Jamaicans in the upcoming Diaspora conference and the opportunities to invest in the country. He said that coming out of recent promotion activities overseas “the response to the conference has been tremendous.” The State Minister, who was addressing a JIS ‘Think...

State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown, is urging members of the Diaspora to invest in Jamaica, pointing out that there are significant business opportunities available. “Investing in Jamaica is a win-win value proposition. They (Diaspora) are guaranteed significant returns on their investment, and if there is any doubt, we just have to...

MONTEGO BAY: Jamaica is to benefit from some $2.5 billion in grant funding from the European Union (EU), to boost the delivery of maternal and paediatric health care in public health institutions islandwide. Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, who made the disclosure on Saturday (April 27), said the allocation is expected to further advance the government’s efforts to meet...

The Government of Ecuador is moving to establish an Embassy in Kingston, which should serve to further strengthen diplomatic relations with Jamaica. Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson, who made the announcement on Tuesday, April 23, said this was conveyed to him during discussions he had with Ecuador’sMinister of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Integration, Ricardo...

Ambassador Courtney Rattray has been appointed the new Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. Making the announcement at the meeting of the St. Andrew Rotary Club at the Four Seasons Hotel on Tuesday, April 23, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson, said Mr. Rattray is slated take up his appointment in...

Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, says a World Bank mission is expected in Jamaica in May, to continue work on the new Country Partnership Strategy (CPS). He was speaking to JIS News in Washington DC, on the outcomes of the April 19-22 regular Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank in...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has welcomed the progress made by Jamaica in the implementation of prior actions, for an Extended Fund Facility (EFF) agreement with the Fund. “Since the conclusion of a staff-level agreement with the Jamaican authorities in February on an economic programme that can be supported by the Fund, the authorities have submitted documentation to the IMF...

The process to relocate the offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade to downtown Kingston is to continue this fiscal year, following an allotment of $132.17 million. This is contained in the 2013/14 Estimates of Expenditure, currently before the House of Representatives. This relocation project seeks to provide customised office space to adequately support the Ministry’s needs...