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Last year, while leading a group from his cricket team to the summit of Africa's highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro, Garry Sutherland promised his guide that he would bring more Jamaicans to Tanzania to experience the challenge. He kept his promise, on September 24, accompanied by two Jamaican friends from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London - Sharon Gordon, whose...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has received a $5.5 million donation from the German Government to support recovery and relief efforts in the aftermath of recent heavy rains. Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, His Excellency, Juergen Engel, presented the cheque to Deputy Director General of ODPEM, Richard Thompson today (November 24) at the agency's...

Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, wants the Jamaican Diaspora to get organized in dealing with the "deportation crisis". Addressing the annual awards banquet of the Jamaican American Bar Association's North East Chapter, at the Holiday Inn Hotel, Edison, New Jersey, last weekend, Ambassador Marks said that over the past two decades more than 40,000 nationals...

The Caribbean's top business and political leaders will meet in the Cayman Islands, December 17, for the first annual Northern Caribbean Conference on Economic Development and Cooperation, which will discuss immigration, trade, education and security. The one-day event, which will be held at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Grand Cayman, will be attended by Heads of Government from seven northern...

Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks has told members of the business sector in New Jersey, that Jamaica is ready and open for business, with a wide range of opportunities for investment. Addressing the business leaders at the Rutgers University Law Centre on November 19, the Ambassador said there is a favourable macro-economic climate that is conducive...

The Jamaican Canadian Centre in Toronto came alive on Friday November 12, as hundreds of persons turned out for a concert to raise funds for victims of Tropical Storm Nicole. Torrential rains associated with the weather system, impacted the island from September 26 to 29, claiming 13 lives, and wreaking havoc on the country's road infrastructure, farms, and schools, resulting...

Their Excellencies, the Governor-General the Most Hon Sir Patrick Allen and Lady Allen, hosted visiting Colombian President, His Excellency Juan Manuel Santos Calderon and members of his delegation at lunch at King's House, on Friday November 19. The luncheon formed part of the itinerary for President Santos, who arrived in Jamaica Friday morning for a one day State Visit, at...

President of the Republic of Colombia, His Excellency Juan Manuel Santos Calderon, says he hopes to improve the relationship between his country and Jamaica, particularly as it relates to the joint exploration for oil and gas and the fight against narcotics and terrorism. President Santos, who arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston this morning (November 19, 2010)...

Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation in Jamaica, Ambassador Marco Alemanni, says EU grant funding support to Jamaica could reach US$100 million by the end of the year. Speaking at a contract signing ceremony for the $21 million Windward Road Primary and Junior High School upgrading project, at the school on Wednesday (November 17), Ambassador Alemanni said that funding...

A collection of short stories titled, 'Pardner Money Stories', by Jamaican born writer, Deanne Heron, will be one of five novels to be launched in London by Hansib Publications this weekend to mark its 40th anniversary . The book takes an amusing look at life within an extended black Jamaican family in Britain, and Ms. Heron tells JIS News that...

Jamaicans in South Florida and friends of the island, turned out in their numbers on Sunday November 14 to celebrate the island's rich culinary heritage, at the ninth annual Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival held at Markham Park at Sunrise in Broward County, Florida. Billed as the largest Caribbean food festival in the United States, the fair showcased a wide array...

Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, will pay a three-day official visit to New Jersey, Friday, November 19 to Sunday, November 21. On Friday, the Ambassador will address an investment luncheon at Rutgers University Law Center, as well as meet with academia at the Rutgers University. On Saturday, she will deliver the keynote address at the...