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Four Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldiers have become part of history, as they are the last servicemen to graduate from an advanced aircraft maintenance technician course at the Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Borden, in Canada. After a nearly 30-year-old relationship between the two countries, Corporal Calverton Blagrove, Corporal Tauwee McLean, Corporal Oraine Riley and Corporal Samando Scott of the JDF...

A grant of $1.728 million Euros ($203.83 million) was signed Friday (October 22) under the Tropical Storm Gustav Recovery Project, at a press briefing at the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service in Kingston. The grant is being provided by the European Union (EU), through the World Bank. The funds will be used to support government's efforts to restore...

Caribbean Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) could have an opportunity to enter Chinese markets through e-commerce, according to Chief Executive Officer of Chinese company Globelink China Logistics Limited, Solomon Cai. He was speaking at the panel discussion for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) at the 4th annual China/Latin American and Caribbean Business Summit in Chengdu, China from October...

Three Jamaican-born entrepreneurs in the United Kingdom (UK) have been nominated in four categories for this year's World Food Awards. Levi Roots is a double nominee for his 'Reggae Reggae Chilled Caribbean Ready Meals'. The product was nominated in the Best New Product and the Best Packaging categories. Managing Director of Cleone Foods, manufacturer of Island Delight Patties, Wade Chen...

Jamaica and Canada have signed a new air service agreement, replacing the agreement signed on October 18, 1985 and subsequently amended in 1987. Making the disclosure this morning (Oct 20) at the weekly post cabinet press conference at Jamaica House, Information Minister Daryl Vaz, said the agreement was negotiated in the context of the Open skies Policy which had been...

Minister of International Business and International Transportation in Barbados, Hon. George Hutson, has called on member countries of the Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA) to demonstrate a more determined approach in dealing with issues confronting the shipping industry. "I would use this opportunity to urge that there be a more determined regional approach to issues confronting the cruise shipping sector, some...

Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, has lauded the efforts of Women At Real Risk (WARR), in Washington, D.C., for their outstanding contribution in the fight against breast cancer. "Women at Real Risk, in partnership with the Ministry of Health, has touched the lives of scores of underserved Jamaican women, through its medical missions, offering services from...

High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), His Excellency Anthony Johnson was formally welcomed to London on October 12, by other CARICOM High Commissioners and Her Majesty's Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps, Charles Grey. Also welcoming Mr. Johnson and his wife, Mrs. Pamela Johnson, were members of the Jamaican community, at a reception, following his presentation of credentials and audience...

Jamaican born poet and musician, Linton Kwesi Johnson, delivered the inaugural October Lecture on October 4, to officially mark the start of activities for the 'Across the Street, Around the World Festival', staged by the Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, in London. The Festival, now in its fourth year, is a three-week celebration of arts and culture timed to coincide...

A new album featuring some of Jamaica's finest artistes, including Toots Hibbert, Anthony B and CeCile doing covers and interpretations of some great British Indie, Punk and Britpop songs, had its official launch on October 6, at the Jamaican High Commission, in London . The album, 'Kingston Calling', is produced by Paul Hussey, who told JIS News that the album...

High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), His Excellency Anthony Johnson officially opened a special Interactive Exhibition on the life of Jamaican singer, Laurel Aitken, at the New Walk Museum and Art Gallery in Leicester, in the East Midlands, on October 9. The 'Ska with Laurel' exhibition tells the story of the legendary Jamaican Ska artiste, Laurel Aitken, who died...

The Jamaican Diaspora in Toronto, Canada, is in the process of establishing a special fund to assist Jamaica in times of disaster and other emergencies. According to the Consul General in Toronto, George Ramocan, the Committee with responsibility for the Fund is working on strategies to engage the wider Toronto community and to develop a consistent method of giving. "We...