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Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange, is in Brussels, Belgium, attending a conference celebrating the fifth anniversary of the signing of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. The Convention provides the platform for the treatment of culture within the framework of world trade and international co-operation. Miss Grange, who...

The Washington-based organization, Jamaican Women of Washington (JWoW), is getting high praise from both Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States and Washington D.C.'s Mayor for supporting charitable groups to the tune of US$75,000. Her Excellency Audrey P. Marks, Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, was joined by Mayor Adrian Fenty in paying special tribute to JWOW for helping charities in...

Cabinet has endorsed the implementation of duty free access for specific goods from Cuba into Jamaica and seasonal duties on other products. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Daryl Vaz gave this update during the Post Cabinet Press Briefing at Jamaica House earlier this week. The endorsement is a move towards implementing the Trade and Economic Cooperation...

Noted Jamaican drummer and percussionist, William "Willie" Stewart is the recipient of a US$25,000 grant from the prestigious John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, based in Miami, Florida. The presentation was made at an awards ceremony held Monday night (November 29) at the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami. With the grant, the former drummer of the internationally renowned reggae...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has sent congratulations to Kamala Harris, daughter of Jamaican Professor and economist, Donald Harris, on her appointment as the first woman to be elected Attorney General of California. 'This is indeed a proud moment for Jamaica as we celebrate with another powerful daughter whose roots originate from our soil. She has brought honour to her family...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh has announced the appointment of Ambassador Wayne McCook as Jamaica's new Permanent Representative to the United Nations and its Specialized Agencies in Geneva. Ambassador Wayne McCook A career diplomat, Ambassador McCook is Head of the Policy Planning Unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and...

Executive Chairman of the Sugar Industry Authority of Jamaica, Ambassador Derrick Heaven, says Monday's (November 29th) meeting of the London Sugar Group successfully strengthened the collaboration within the group, which is seeking to influence European Governments and the European Union (EU). The London Sugar Group represents the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries and Least Develop Countries (LDC) sugar industries...

Former cabinet minister and trade unionist, Clifton Stone, left Jamaica on Friday (November 26) for Caracas, to take up his new appointment as Jamaica's ambassador to Venezuela. Clifton Stone, Jamaica's new ambassador to Venezuela Mr. Stone, who was, up to recently, senior adviser/consultant to Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon Pearnel Charles, succeeds Ambassador Delrose Montague, who has been...

Jamaica is to co-operate with Columbia in the exchange of financial intelligence, related to money laundering and terrorist financing, Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has disclosed. This follows Cabinet's approval of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Financial Information and Analysis Unit of Colombia and the Government of Jamaica, through the Financial...

Chief of the Toronto Police Service, William Blair, says good governance and civilian oversight are necessary components for effective policing. "We have discovered that when a significant portion of your population does not believe that they are going to be treated fairly by the police, they do not cooperate fully with the police. Without that corporation we cannot be successful...

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...