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TORONTO — The Alliance of Jamaican Alumni Associations (AJAA) in Canada recently hosted a reception for graduating Ontario high school students of Jamaican heritage, who will be pursuing tertiary education. Approximately 45 students turned out to receive certificates, which were presented by Ontario Minister of Health Promotion, Jamaican-born Margarett Best, at a ceremony held at the Jamaican Canadian Centre in...

LONDON — The Caucus of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) High Commissioners in London are planning six days of activities to mark CARICOM Day on Monday, July 4. Under the theme: ‘Many Nations, One People’, the celebrations, from July 3 to 8, will highlight the 15 nations of CARICOM. Activities get underway on Sunday, July 3, with a multi-faith thanksgiving service at...

WASHINGTON — The United States-based National Association of Jamaica and Supportive Organisations (NAJASO) will stage its 34th annual convention from July 14 to July 16 at the Marriott Hotel Renaissance Centre in Detroit, Michigan. Just over 100 delegates and participants are expected to attend the event, which will be held under the patronage of Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States,...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade says it has been making significant progress with plans to integrate the country’s trade policy into the National Development Plan, Vision 2030. The Ministry’s Under-Secretary in its Foreign Trade Division, Marcia Thomas, told Heads of Missions at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday June 28, that the Ministry has...

KINGSTON — Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Andrew Gallimore, has welcomed a US$572,000 ($50 million) donation from the Japan Special Fund (JSF) to finance an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) technical cooperation project to improve the lives of disabled Jamaicans. Mr. Gallimore said this is the largest sum of money that has ever been...

TORONTO — Jamaica's High Commissioner to Canada, Her Excellency Sheila Sealy Monteith, has commended the Jamaican Diaspora in Canada for their contribution to the just concluded Diaspora Convention in Ocho Rios. In a letter sent to the Canadian participants, High Commissioner Sealy Monteith thanked them for their “strong presence, active participation and positive contribution at all levels” at the Convention,...

LONDON — The likely review of the British Government’s Airline Passenger Duty (APD) has been cited as a good example of what can be achieved when the UK Caribbean community in the United Kingdom (UK) works together. Conservative Member of Parliament, Julian Smith told the Caribbean Question Time meeting in London on Tuesday night (June 21), that the lobbying by...

Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, has commended the Victoria Mutual Building Society (VMBS) for maintaining a very strong relationship with Jamaican communities in the Diaspora over the past 30 years. According to the Ambassador, “VMBS has maintained very strong relationships with Jamaican communities, churches and entities in the Diaspora, and has provided an avenue for...

TORONTO — Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, has assured potential investors in Canada that opportunities abound in Jamaica for them to create wealth and, at the same time, assist the Jamaican economy. Speaking at the JAMPRO Invest in Jamaica Toronto Forum, held on June 23 at the Delta Chelsea Hotel, in Toronto, Canada,  the Minister said...

LONDON — Jamaica's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Anthony Johnson is calling for more investment in heritage tourism in Jamaica. Speaking at a recent meeting with members of the Friends of the Georgian Society of Jamaica held at his London office, High Commissioner Johnson stressed the importance of heritage tourism to Jamaica and urged members of the society...

MONTEGO BAY — United States Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, has described the relationship between Jamaica and the United States as excellent, and that she is personally very heartened and pleased about it.  “We have worked very hard over the last two and a half years, certainly since I have been Secretary of State under President (Barack) Obama’s administration,...

MONTEGO BAY — The United States (US) will be increasing its financial support to the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) with US$77 million in funding committed for fiscal year 2011/12. US Secretary of State, Hilary Rodham Clinton, made the announcement at a press conference held yesterday (June 22) at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Montego Bay following high-level talks with...