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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...

Jamaican national and Florida State Representative, Hazelle Rogers, was on Sunday (February 27) honoured with the Broward Black Elected Officials (BBEO) Political Award, adding one more accolade to her many achievements since beginning her 20-year political career in South Florida. She was one of two politicians awarded for their work in communities across the tri-county areas of Dade, Broward and...

Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey P. Marks has hailed 16-year-old Damien Chang for the perfect mark he scored in the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) for entry to an American college. In a letter  to the student,  the Ambassador said that Jamaicans everywhere regard his achievement as nothing short of heroic. Damien, an alumnus of  Hillel Prep and...

Nominations are open for the inaugural International Mother of Distinction (IMOD) Award for mothers who have proven to be nurturers, role models, achievers and agents of change. The deadline for submitting nominations is Friday, March 18, 2011. Conceived and created by Jamaican-born, Canadian businessman, Delford Blythe, the IMOD Award will be handed out to five mothers who fulfill the criteria...

Jamaicans in the United Kingdom (UK) are being urged to urgently step up the lobby against the Airline Passenger Duty (APD) through their Members of Parliament (MPs) ahead of the tabling of the UK budget next month. High Commissioner to the UK, His Excellency Anthony Johnson, told a recent meeting of Jamaican community leaders that there are 84 constituencies with...