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TORONTO — Consul General to Toronto, Seth George Ramocan, says activities in the city to celebrate Jamaica’s 50th anniversary of Independence next year, will showcase the best of the island. He was speaking at the annual JAMBANA Festival at Downsview Park in Toronto, where the community launch of Jamaica 50 in Toronto and Jamaica Homecoming took place. Mr. Ramocan told...

KINGSTON — Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Michael Henry, says the more than $8 billion (US$100 million) investment by shipping company, CMA CGM towards upgrading a section of the Port of Kingston "is perhaps the most significant development" that has taken place in the country. The Minister was speaking with JIS News following the signing of a Memorandum of...

WASHINGTON — Their Excellencies Governor-General, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, and Lady Allen, will head a list of dignitaries joining Jamaicans and friends of Jamaica in Washington, D.C. to mark the nation’s 49th year of Independence, at the annual Service of Thanksgiving on Sunday, August 7. The service will be held at the Dumbarton Chapel, Howard University’s School of...

LONDON — An Evensong was held at Westminster Abbey, in London, on August 1, to mark the island's 49th Anniversary of Independence. Deputy High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Joan Thomas and her husband, Albert, were special guests at the ceremony. The Jamaican flag was flown at the Abbey, and Deputy High Commissioner Thomas read one of the lessons. Evensong...

KINGSTON — International shipping company, CMA CGM, is investing US$100 million in the refurbishing and expansion of a section of the south terminal of the Port of Kingston to accommodate its mega vessels. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the three-year project, which includes the procurement of operational equipment, was signed on August 3 at the Ministry of Transport and...

LONDON — Hundreds of United Kingdom (UK) based Jamaicans, their families and friends filled the St. Martin in the Fields Parish Church in Trafalgar Square, London, on July 31, for the annual service of Praise and Thanksgiving to mark the start of activities to celebrate Jamaica's independence. Chaplain to the House of Commons, Jamaican born Reverend Rose Hudson Wilkins, who...

TORONTO — Celebration of Jamaica's 49th Independence anniversary gets underway in Canada this weekend, with several cities hosting events to commemorate the occasion. On Sunday, July 31, in the Canadian city with the largest number of Jamaicans, a flag raising ceremony will take place at Toronto City Hall, followed by the Independence Church Service at Faith Sanctuary Pentecostal Church, under...

MIAMI — Jamaicans in South Florida are gearing to celebrate the nation's 49th anniversary of Independence across the tri-county area - Dade, Broward and Palm Beach. The planned events include a number of cultural presentations, such as church services, galas and concerts to commemorate the event. On Saturday, July 30, patrons will celebrate at the annual Grand Independence Ball to...

WASHINGTON — Jamaicans residing in Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Philadelphia, USA have moved into celebration mode, with a number of official events scheduled to mark the 49th anniversary of the country's independence planned for the next three weeks. August 4 – 21, the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington D.C. under the leadership of Her Excellency Ambassador Audrey Marks, will be...

LONDON — High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Anthony Johnson, was the Diplomatic representative at the service celebrating the 400th anniversary of the King James version of the Bible, at Southwark Cathedral in London on July 24. The Cathedral has a special link with this anniversary, because Bishop Lancelot Andrews, who oversaw the translation of the King James version...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh, has emphasised the need for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to do more to demonstrate the positives that are happening in the region. This, he said, is in response to the public perception that the Community is failing and that there is "an implementation deficit." "Most of this negative perception...

WASHINGTON — Jamaica's embassy in Washington D.C. and its consulates in Miami and New York are to collaborate to establish an institutional framework, to facilitate a more significant role for the Jamaican Diaspora in the United States in the country's socio- economic development.  This was disclosed by Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, as she spoke...