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MIAMI – The 37th annual Conference of the Florida Caribbean Students Association (FCSA) will begin on Friday, April 1 at the University of Florida in Gainesville, with more than 600 Caribbean students from tertiary institutions across Florida in attendance. Under the theme ‘Inform, Inspire and Impact: Enhancing the Beauty of the Caribbean’, the three-day event will focus on sustainability of...

LONDON – Jamaica's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), His Excellency Anthony Johnson, has called for a total scrapping of Britain’s Air Passenger Duty (APD). Mr. Johnson said Wednesday March 23 that, while the British government’s decision to delay the increase in the duty represented temporary relief for travellers to Caribbean destinations, scrapping the tax would have a more...

MIAMI – Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey P. Marks, who is based in Washington, D.C., will pay her first official visit to the state of Florida from April 9 to April 13. Mrs. Marks will also be the special guest at the seventh annual American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ) gala, to be held on Saturday, April 9,...

Jamaican home builders, Gore Developers will be showcasing their suite of newly built homes at a series of road shows across the United Kingdom, from April 5 to 9. The sales team, headed by Phillip Gore will showcase Gore’s current projects and answer questions on how to purchase one of their homes. Representatives from Victoria Mutual Building Society, Jamaica National...

PORT ANTONIO – The Port Antonio Eagles Youth Marching Band was presented with approximately US$10,000 dollars worth of musical instruments, by U.S. Ambassador Pamela Bridgewater, on behalf of the United States Department of Defense Humanitarian Assistance Programme, at a ceremony at the Errol Flynn Marina on Friday March 18. The equipment included antique trumpets, snare drums, professional marching bass drums,...

LONDON – The Meet Jamaica 2012 Programme had its official United Kingdom (UK) launch at the Council House in Birmingham, on March 18. This programme, which is private-public sector initiative, is seeking to increase trade in goods and services between Jamaica and the UK as well as with the wider European and world markets by capitalising on global attention that...

TORONTO – Canadians living in Toronto have been fortunate to find out more about Jamaica's first National Hero, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, through a documentary and a stage play. The 90-minute documentary was a one-time showing by the Caribbean Studies Department of the University of Toronto, while the stage play will continue playing until March 27 at the Papermill Theatre on...

TORONTO – Three women of Jamaican heritage and one Antiguan national, who, through their accomplishments stand as positive images of black women, were recently honoured by the Ryerson University in Canada. At the third annual Viola Desmond Day celebration held recently at Ryerson's Victoria Street campus, the four were presented with awards named after black women, who have made significant...

A total of 154 persons have received certification in various competencies under an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Capacity Development Project between the Governments of Jamaica and India. The students, who were presented with their documents at a ceremony held on March 17 at the Courtleigh Auditorium in New Kingston, are the second batch to be certified with the Indian-based...

WASHINGTON – New World Bank Representative for Jamaica, Giorgio Valentini, says the Bank will continue to assist efforts in the region to boost social and economic growth and to address the impact of climate change. "The World Bank is committed to continue supporting the Caribbean as the region makes improvements in economic growth and social development in the wake of...

LONDON – It was Jamaica Day on March 15 at the International Food and Drink Expo (IFE), being held at the Excel Centre in London. Jamaica was the featured country on the ‘Meet the World’ stage with all-day cooking demonstrations by award winning United Kingdom (UK)-based Jamaican chef Colin Brown, while the story of Jamaican food was told by well-known...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh has announced the appointment of Mrs. Norma Taylor Roberts as Jamaica's new High Commissioner to the Republic of South Africa. High Commissioner Designate, Mrs. Taylor Roberts who will assume duties by mid-April, succeeds H.E. Audley Rodrigues, former High Commissioner to the Republic of South Africa,...