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Toronto's new Mayor, Rob Ford, has continued the trend of his predecessors by proclaiming February 6 as Bob Marley Day. This is the 20th year, and Mayor Ford, who was elected in October 2010, is the sixth Toronto Mayor to officially proclaim the day. The Proclamation was read at a ceremony held on Thursday, February 3, at Toronto City Hall,...

Senior Trade Commissioner at the Canadian High Commission, Rick McElrea, has pledged to help strengthen educational links between Jamaica and Canada that would build local capability in major sought-after industries. "I intend to spend a lot of my energy over the next three years that I am here, to create stronger relationships between Canadian universities and Jamaican universities," he stated...

Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, has asked for continued support from the United States, in assisting the Jamaican Government to continue to  build on the successes gained from its new macro economic policy. In her meeting with U.S. Congressman for Florida’s 19th District, Ted Deutch, the Ambassador provided an overview of that new policy, using...

Jamaica and Honduras held discussions in Kingston from 26th to 28th January 2011 on consular issues of interest to both sides. The discussions were cordial and constructive. The Honduran delegation comprised Ambassador Jorge Alberto Milla Reyes, Minister for Migratory Affairs and Human Rights in the Embassy of Honduras in Washington D.C. and Mr. David Alfonso Hernandez Caballero, Consul General of...

Jamaica’s Consul General, Sandra Grant Griffiths, has called on Jamaicans in the Diaspora to recommit to the Air Jamaica/Caribbean Airways (CAL) brand, as evidence of CAL’s confidence in the country.  Speaking to a large crowd of Jamaicans and friends of the Diaspora at the re-launch reception on Friday (January 21) at the Renaissance Hotel, Plantation, Mrs. Griffiths said that Jamaica...

Overseas Jamaicans heading home for the 15th Jazz and Blues Festival at the Trelawny Multipurpose Stadium this weekend, will have the opportunity to take care of immigration, birth record and other matters, while enjoying the world class entertainment. The Consulates General of Jamaica New York and Miami will be mounting an information booth on location for the three days of...

The Commission of Enquiry into the handling of the extradition request of Christopher Coke, which is being held at the Jamaica Conference Centre, resumed yesterday (January 20) with the testimony of another senior official in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. Director of the Consular and Diaspora Affairs Division in the Ministry, Heman Lamont, told the Commission that...

MIAMI — International reggae artiste and philanthropist Orvile “Shaggy” Burrell, will be honoured by the American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ) at the group’s seventh annual gala in South Florida in April.  The event will be held on Saturday, April 9 at Jungle Island in Miami, where Shaggy will be presented with the 2011 International Humanitarian Award for his efforts in...

Jamaica will give its full support to the renewed efforts to conclude the Doha Development Round in 2011 – says  Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh, Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade, in discussions with Mr. Pascal Lamy, Director General of the  World Trade Organization (WTO), on Wednesday, January 19. The Foreign Minister, along with representatives of...

Caribbean tourism ministers have pledged to work more closely for the development of the region's tourism sector. Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, in his address at the opening of Caribbean Marketplace 2011 on Sunday January 16 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James, said that following a meeting held earlier in the day, the ministers committed to...

Jamaica to host the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism investment conference in May this year. This premier event focuses on the boundless opportunities for tourism related investments in the Caribbean, in hotels, attractions and the supply of goods and services. Prime Minister Bruce Golding made the disclosure January 16 when he officially declared open the two day Caribbean marketplace ceremony and...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ambassador Evadne Coye, said on (January 17) that during a meeting with the United States State Department (USSD), the argument was put forward that the way in which the wire tap evidence on Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke had been conveyed to the U.S. authorities constituted a breach of the Mutual...