Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (right), converses with Managing Director of The Caribbean Council, Chris Bennett (left) and Deputy Managing Director at Yanco Limited, Kevin Riozzi. Occasion was a welcome reception for the United Kingdom (UK) Trade Mission to Jamaica at the UK High Commissioner’s residence in Kingston on Tuesday...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck (right) and Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Jamaica, His Excellency Chen Daojiang (left), raise their glasses to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China, during a reception held on Thursday (September 26), at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston.

President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), Metry Seaga, is calling on business stakeholders to take advantage of trade arrangements with the United Kingdom (UK). He was speaking at a business briefing at the British High Commission in Kingston on Tuesday (October 1) as part of a UK Trade Mission to Jamaica. This event aimed to highlight and...

The Government is recommitting itself to redoubling its effort for Jamaica to achieve developed country status, Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has said. Speaking on Wednesday (September 25), at the contract signing and ground-breaking ceremony for the Spicy Grove Infrastructure Works Project in St. Mary, Dr. Holness said that the country is about 60 per cent on...

Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams (second left), is presented with a gift by Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Jamaica, His Excellency Chen Daojiang (second right), during the recent Chinese Collection Handover Ceremony at the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Library. Sharing the moment (from left) are Senior Director, Jamaica Library Service, Kishma Simpson, and...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, will be the special guest at this month’s staging of the ‘Let’s Connect with Ambassador Marks’ Diaspora Town Hall series. The event is scheduled for Thursday, September 26, at 7:00 p.m. EDT and 6:00 p.m. Jamaica time (7:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time). The virtual event, hosted by Jamaica’s Ambassador to...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has made an urgent call for G20 nations to invest in capacity building for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) that are heavily reliant on tourism. Minister Bartlett made the call while speaking at the G20 and UN Tourism Side Event recently, under the theme ‘Tourism: Building a Just World and a Sustainable Planet,’ in...