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LONDON — The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, is to host a special reception to celebrate the ‘Golden Jubilee’ of Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. The reception, which is part of the city’s Black History month celebrations, will be held in ‘London’s Living Room’, at City Hall on Monday, October 29. “As London Mayor, I am particularly proud of the...

  Canadian travel agents have voted Jamaica as the favourite honeymoon destination for the fourth consecutive year,  and the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) as the favourite Tourist Board in Canada for the seventh consecutive year. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson, has accepted the awards on behalf of Jamaica and the JTB from Mr....

TORONTO - Canadian Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper, has hailed the contribution which he says Jamaican immigrants have made to his country's development. Speaking at a commemorative reception to mark 50 years of diplomatic relations between Jamaica and Canada, at the Jamaican-Canadian Centre in Toronto, Canada, on Monday (Oct. 22), Mr. Harper said notable among these persons was...

TORONTO - Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has expressed gratitude to Canada's Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper, for the benefits which Jamaica has derived from 50 years of bilateral relations with the North American country. "We have been able to count on the ready and valuable support of the Canadian government and people in the...

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 of...

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...