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LONDON — Jamaica's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Her Excellency Aloun Ndombet-Assamba, recently paid a successful two-day visit to Scotland, in a bid to strengthen social and business links ahead of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Mrs. Ndomet Assamba, who led a team that included the head of the UK/European offices of JAMPRO, Laurence Jones;  and Jamaica...

LONDON - The London office of JAMPRO, the Government's trade and investment promotions agency, has secured the support of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce in its efforts to promote Jamaica as an investment and business destination. Representatives of JAMPRO and the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) accompanied High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Aloun Ndomet Assamba, on her first official...

LONDON - Jamaica's first Olympic Gold Medallist and late  former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Dr.  the Hon. Arthur Wint, has been honoured  in London with a special  Blue Heritage Plaque.   The plaque was unveiled on Friday afternoon (Oct. 19) during a ceremony held at Dr. Wint's former residence at 22 Philbeach Avenue in the Royal Borough...

WASHINGTON - Promoting brand Jamaica to a global audience is a major part of Team Jamaica Bickle's (TJB) mission. This is no more evident than during the annual Penn Relays, when Franklin Field and the entire city of Philadelphia in the United States are awash in a sea of black, green and gold, as the country's best high school athletes...

LONDON - The Jamaican Patois translation of the New Testament of the Holy Bible had its official launch in London recently at the Jamaican High Commission. General Secretary of the Bible Society of the West Indies, Reverend Courtney Stewart, told JIS news, that the launch, held on October 9, was an acknowledgement of the strong ties between Jamaica and the...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson, has expressed the need for students to be educated about the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and Jamaica’s role in the framing of the treaty. He said his Ministry is willing to partner with the Education Ministry on an initiative, which will raise...

State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown, says Jamaica can use urban regeneration as a tool to boost the local economy, as it seeks ways to improve its current economic situation. The State Minister was addressing the ‘Eisenhower Day of Fellowship’ luncheon on October 12, 2012, at the Wyndham Hotel in New Kingston. He noted that...

LONDON — The Registrar General's Department (RGD) and the National Housing Trust (NHT) completed a seven-city United Kingdom (UK) tour on October 10, looking at ways to improve their service to the Jamaican Diaspora. The visit was organised by the Jamaican Diaspora UK, as a spin-off community initiative from the UK Diaspora national conference that was held in London in...

Minister of Justice, Senator the Hon. Mark Golding, says Jamaica has much to offer companies all over the world that may want to set up their group headquarters in the island. He noted that the country has a strong cadre of professionals in law, accounting and other fields, who can support the activities of a group head office. "We also...

The Jamaica 50 lectures, hosted by the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington, got underway on Monday (Oct. 1) with University of the West Indies (UWI) Economics Lecturer, Dr. Peter John Gordon, delivering the first discourse. Dr. Gordon, who spoke on the topic: 'The Journey of a Nation - Jamaica at 50' used statistical data in outlining the country’s economic achievements...

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is moving to assist local pig farmers in generating bio-energy from their operations, which could boost their income and benefit the renewable energy sector. FAO Sub-Regional Livestock Development Officer for the Caribbean, Dr. Cedric Lazarus, said the organisation is making arrangements to facilitate a visit to Jamaica by German bio-energy expert Professor Jens Born...

Jamaica's Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Stephen Vasciannie, has concluded his three-month chairmanship of the OAS Permanent Council. At a ceremony held on Monday (Oct. 1) at the OAS headquarters in Washington DC., the Jamaican envoy handed over chairmanship to Ambassador Joel Antonio Hernández García of Mexico. Ambassador Vasciannie described his term at the helm...