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Two Jamaicans are among five persons featured on this year’s official Legacy Poster created annually for Black History Month by Canadian artist, Robert Small, which highlights the contributions and achievements of African-Canadians. The two are business persons, Michael Lee-Chin and Delores Lawrence. Mr. Lee-Chin is the founder of Portland Holdings and Chairman of National Commercial Bank (NCB).   As a philanthropist,...

KINGSTON — The Canadian Government, through its Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI), has funded a water conservation system for the Hanbury Home for Children in Manchester, to the tune of C$10,000. Speaking at the handing over ceremony on Friday February 18, Canada’s High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Stephen Hallihan, lauded the staff at the Home. He said they...

LONDON — The Norwegian Agency for Development Co-operation (Norad) says it is willing to look into the possibility of providing funding for the expansion of the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI). The commitment is the result of an appeal from Jamaican High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Anthony Johnson, who met with senior officials of Norad during his first official...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, the Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh will depart the island today (February 21) for Grenada, where he will join his CARICOM colleagues in several high level meetings, in particular the 5th Special Meeting of the Community Council of Ministers which is to be held from the 23-24 February 2011. The...

During frank and open discussions yesterday (February 21), at the Offices of the Prime Minister, between Jamaican officials and a Haitian fact finding delegation which had just arrived in the island, it was concluded that there were many misrepresentations of the treatment of the Haitian Under 17 CONCACAF Football Team. The Haitian delegation which included representatives from the Ministries of...

Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey P. Marks has lauded the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) for its support extended to Jamaica, since its inception in 1981. Among the areas of support noted were the US$450,000.00 in grants for the Montego Bay Airport expansion project, and more recently, the grant of US$820,000.00 to assist the...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh, says that the Jamaica Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is designing an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) project to submit to the European Union (EU) for grant funding. Dr. Baugh, who was speaking in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (February 15), said that the project is aligned to the...

United States Ambassador to Jamaica, Her Excellency Pamela Bridgewater, says she is committed to working with Jamaica to improve its economic future. However, she says success will depend on the role Jamaicans play in that effort. “The path for increasing economic growth in Jamaica rests in the hands of Jamaicans.  The sooner steps are taken to rein in crime, lower...

A legacy programme, which will provide for the exchange of expertise in athletics between Jamaica and Birmingham and also for the forging of business and cultural ties, was launched on February 19 at the Crown Plaza Hotel in the British city. The launch of the Birmingham-Jamaica Athletics Legacy Exchange Programme preceded the Aviva Indoor Grand Prix in which several Jamaican...

Proceeds from the performance of the National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica (NDTC) in South Florida, on February 13, will benefit the Rex Nettleford Foundation of the University of the West Indies UWI). The special three-hour performance titled, ‘Caribbean Dance Celebration 2011’,  highlighted outstanding dance presentations by the internationally acclaimed dance company, to a packed house of almost 900 patrons,...

The contributions of Jamaicans in Canada will be highlighted in a commemorative book to be published in time for the 50th Anniversary of Jamaica’s Independence, in 2012. Although conceived by the Toronto 50th Anniversary Planning Committee, nominations of Jamaicans from all across Canada are being accepted. The deadline is March 31. Speaking to JIS News recently, the Chair of the...

Fourteen students and eight teachers from the St. Martin in the Fields Church of England High School in South London will leave for Jamaica this week-end, for a one week educational and social link with staff and students of the Anchovy High School in St. James. The link is the continuation of a relationship, which was established in 2007 under...