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The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Dianne McIntosh, has said that the Jamaica Reducing Reoffending Action Plan (JRRAP), which assists in reintegrating deportees and local ex-offenders, is making a positive impact, particularly on those needing temporary accommodation, medical support and counselling. She was speaking with Jamaica’s Consul General in Toronto, Seth George Ramocan, on Thursday February 10,...

Solicitor General, Douglas Leys, insisted Friday February 11 at the Commission of Enquiry into the handling of the extradition request for Christopher "Dudus" Coke, that he did not engage lawyers from a United States firm on behalf of the Jamaican Government. Mr. Leys was testifying for the fourth day at the enquiry, which is being held at the Jamaica Conference...

The Montego Bay Sports Complex in Catherine Hall will be the main venue for the staging of matches for the CONCACAF Under-17 football tournament, which gets underway next week. General Secretary of the Jamaica Football Federation, (JFF) Horace Reid, says that St. James venue got the nod of approval, after an inspection on Wednesday February 9 by officials from CONCACAF,...

Jamaica has come in for commendation from the World Trade Organization (WTO) for initiatives to improve the macro-economic environment and to address crime and corruption, even while members have highlighted areas where improvements must be made. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh, said that coming out of the WTO Trade Policy Review (TPR), held last...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Kenneth Baugh, on Wednesday reported on Jamaica’s Third World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) Trade Policy Review (TPR) exercise, at a press conference held at the Ministry’s Dominica Drive Offices. Under the TPR Mechanism, small, developing countries like Jamaica are reviewed every six years to; in essence, analyze the country’s...

A series of programmes celebrating Reggae’s impact on the British music, culture and society will be aired on the BBC 4 television, beginning on February 11. The programmes are a part of the BBC 4 Britannia series and will show how Reggae came from Jamaica in the 1960s to influence, over the next 20 years, both British music and society....

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...