The bilateral aviation agreement between Jamaica and the Dominican Republic has fostered increased cultural exchange in tourism and increased commercial trade, thereby facilitating the creation of new business ventures and encouraging additional investments between both countries. Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Hon. Daryl Vaz, highlighted this while addressing the second Dominican Republic-Jamaica Business Forum at the AC Hotel...

Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks (right), greets Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte, on the Minister’s arrival at the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington DC on Wednesday evening (April 17) to participate in the ‘Let’s Connect’ town hall. Minister Malahoo Forte engaged members of the disapora on the constitutional reform process...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says significant progress has been made with the publishing of names of the members of the Transitional Presidential Council for Haiti. The names of the members were published on April 16 in the Le Moniteur. Haiti has been experiencing a humanitarian, security, socio-economic and political crisis. Establishment...

The Government of Jamaica (GOJ), the Development Bank of Jamaica, the Green Climate Fund (GCF), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the World Bank Group, European Investment Bank as part of Team Europe, USAID, and the United Kingdom, are discussing a framework to establish a ‘Blue Green Facility’ –a blended financing structure–of up to USD 500 million over five years, which would...

The JamaicaEye Programme has been boosted by a donation of 215 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras by the Government of the Republic of Korea. Delivering the keynote address at the handover of the devices at his New Kingston offices, on Tuesday, April 16, Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, said any measure of success in citizen security requires a...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, is urging members of the diaspora to “come home” for the 10th Jamaica Diaspora Conference from June 16 to 19. The 2024 conference, which is the first in-person forum in five years, will be held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James under...

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has acknowledged United States (US) travel agents for the important role they play in promoting and selling Jamaica as a tourist destination. “Jamaica appreciates all that you do to book your clients to the destination. We are grateful to each and every one of our valued travel professional partners for the business you continue to...

Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte, will join Ambassador to the United States (US), Her Excellency Audrey P. Marks, at the monthly forum ‘Let’s Connect with Ambassador Marks’, on Wednesday (April 17) at 7:00 p.m. The Minister, who will be in Washington DC to participate in the April 15 to 16 meetings of the Parliamentary Network...

The Senate passed the Appropriations (Amendment) Bill, today (April 12), which seeks to remove, from the Act, the amounts related to statutory expenditures that were inadvertently included in the schedule. The legislation was piloted by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith. Senator Johnson Smith reiterated that the...