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LONDON – It was Jamaica Day on March 15 at the International Food and Drink Expo (IFE), being held at the Excel Centre in London. Jamaica was the featured country on the ‘Meet the World’ stage with all-day cooking demonstrations by award winning United Kingdom (UK)-based Jamaican chef Colin Brown, while the story of Jamaican food was told by well-known...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh has announced the appointment of Mrs. Norma Taylor Roberts as Jamaica's new High Commissioner to the Republic of South Africa. High Commissioner Designate, Mrs. Taylor Roberts who will assume duties by mid-April, succeeds H.E. Audley Rodrigues, former High Commissioner to the Republic of South Africa,...

LONDON - Kingston based LHM Publishing is the exclusive distributor of the film, 'Fire in Babylon', in the Caribbean. The film, produced by Cow Boy Productions, charts the 'glorious' supremacy of the West Indies Cricket team throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Managing Director of LHM Publishers, Dawn Henry and Ben Goldsmith, representing the producers, signed the distribution contract at the...

The Jamaica/USA Chamber of Commerce in Florida (JAUSACC) joined in the global salute and acknowledgement of women and their achievements on Tuesday (March 8), in observance of International Women's Day. Several women turned out to participate in an informal reception themed “Women in Business”, at the Sheraton Airport Hotel in Dania. The agenda focused on topics of interest, allowing the...

Increasing trade, tourism, workforce development and job creation topped the agenda in talks between the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Robert F. McDonnell, and Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey P. Marks, at the Governor’s office in the state capital, Richmond, on Tuesday (March 8). Governor McDonnell expressed interest in the Commonwealth of Virginia and Jamaica...

Some 15 local companies, representing 25 export brands, will be on show in the United Kingdom (UK) next week at the International Food and Drink Expo (IFE) in Birmingham. The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) is providing sponsorship for the companies to attend the four-day exposition, from March 13 to 16, where they will display a range of high quality and...

The Birmingham City track team will be aiming for several of the medals on offer at this weekend's Gibson Relays at the National Stadium, in Kingston. Drawn from select schools and athletic clubs in Birmingham, England, members of the team had their first training session on March 9 at the Catherine Hall Stadium in Montego Bay, St. James.  The 23...

Jamaica is one of 28 countries shortlisted to receive assistance to bolster agricultural outputs so as to enhance food security over the next two years, under the European Union's (EU) €1.02 billion Food Facility programme. The medium-term global development initiative, which is being implemented by the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), is in support of the UN...

Jamaican born Sydney McFarlane has received one of the highesthonoursfor a lay person in the Catholic Church, withthe award of the Benemerenti Medal by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, on the recommendation of the Bishop of Nottingham, Malcolm McMahon. The honour is for his more than 20 years of service toMarriage Care, acounsellingservice charity run by members of the Catholic...

A Jamaican High Commission UK 2012 Fund has been launched to provide financing for projects and activities to be held in the United Kingdom to celebrate the country’s 50th anniversary of Independence next year. The establishment of the fund was one of the initiatives coming out of a meeting of Jamaican community leaders hosted by High Commissioner to the UK,...

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states plan to lobby the United Nations (UN) for the CARICOM Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) to be designated an International Centre of Adaptation. The move, which was agreed on by regional leaders at the 22nd Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM in Grand Anse, Grenada last weekend, is intended to enhance...

Jamaican High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), His Excellency Anthony Johnson, has called for more international funds to be dedicated on concessional terms for the protection and restoration of the world’s coral reefs. He said that preservation of coral reefs is important to the tourism industry in the Caribbean and funds are needed to ensure that regional Governments had...