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WASHINGTON — Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, will pay a two-day official visit to Rochester, New York, from Saturday, July 23, to Sunday, July 24, 2011. The Ambassador, who is visiting Rochester at the invitation of the Rochester Jamaica Organisation (RJO), will deliver the keynote address at the 5th annual Independence Ball to commemorate Jamaica's 49th...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) — Chairman of the Caribbean Community CARICOM, Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis has called for an immediate halt to the transit of radioactive material through the Caribbean Sea; a practice he said is “unacceptable and injurious." In a statement condemning the practice, Dr. Denzil Douglas said that it...

LONDON — Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, says Jamaica is poised to become the leading training base for sprint athletes from across the globe and is urging major investors in sports to develop initiatives that will lead to improved structures and facilities on the island. She was delivering the keynote address at a fundraising dinner for...

MIAMI — Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, will be guest speaker at the second quarterly ‘Movers and Shakers’ breakfast meeting of the Jamaica USA Chamber of Commerce (JAUSACC), slated for July 28 in Florida. The Minister is expected to address the audience, gathered at Jungle Island in Miami, on developments and investment opportunities in Jamaica’s...

KINGSTON — Children, who attend the Back Pasture Basic School in St. Catherine, will soon benefit from improved facilities, as a $7 million renovation project is to be undertaken at the institution. The project, which is slated to commence soon is being funded through a grant from the Government of Japan under its Grassroots and Human Security Grants Project. The...

KINGSTON — The Ministry of Health has received medical supplies valued at  Can $8,712, which will assist in the provision of quality of health care. High Commissioner to Canada, Her Excellency Sheila Sealy Monteith handed over three vital signs monitors and three boxes of Oximeters to Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Jean Dixon, during a press briefing,...

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,...