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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...

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...