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The Jamaica Consulate General in Miami will continue its community outreach in Tampa, Northwest Florida, on September 24 to 25, providing a range of consular services to nearly 15,000 Jamaican nationals residing in the area. Services to be provided include processing of passport and citizenship applications; birth, death and marriage applications, and providing financial and investment information. The event will...

Women's healthcare has been given a boost, with Tuesday's (September 14) groundbreaking for the Queen Sophia of Spain Women's Centre, at the Spanish Town Hospital, St. Catherine. The centre is expected to improve access to care and broaden the range of services available to women in the communities served by the hospital. The project involves the construction of a two-storey...

The Atlanta-Montego Bay Sister City Foundation will stage its 17th annual health mission to Montego Bay from October 4 to 7. Chairman of the Atlanta-Montego Bay Sister City Health Mission, Vin Martin, told JIS News that more than 40,000 patients in St. James and neighbouring parishes have been served over the years, with approximately $38 million in medical supplies donated....

Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, told participants in the 14th annual Americas Conference in Miami Wednesday (September 15) of initiatives being taken by the Jamaican government in response to the economic challenges facing the country. Speaking at a plenary discussion, "Caribbean After the Crisis" at the conference at the Biltmore Hotel in Miami, the Minister...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, the Hon Pearnel Charles, says that the Jamaica Liaison Service (JLS) in Toronto has been instructed to provide necessary legal support for the investigations into the deaths of two Jamaican farm workers in the Canadian city on Friday. "We are awaiting a report from the Canadian authorities, including the police, as well as the...

High Commissioner to Canada, Her Excellency Sheila Sealy Monteith, has commended Jamaicans living in Canada for their hard work and great achievements. "We are very, very proud of all our nationals in Canada and of your hard-earned reputation as great achievers. You demonstrate some of the most admirable attributes of our Jamaican people - hard work and ambition, love for...

Seven Jamaican students will be heading to Cuba this month to pursue degrees in the fields of health and education, having been awarded full scholarships under the Cuba/Jamaica Bilateral Programme. The recipients are: Tasque Brown, Naraine Anderson and Gabrielle Eubank Green, who will be pursuing medical degrees; while Vanessa Brown, Samora Robertson, Kenneth Dean and Kevon Lettman will be pursuing...

Two Jamaican farm workers lost their lives on a farm in Ontario, Canada, Friday (September 10). Chief Liaison Officer in the Jamaica Liaison Service (JLS) in Toronto, Larkland Stone, would only describe it as a "job-related accident" on the Filsinger Farm in the Owen Sound area of Ontario. He said the names of the victims were being withheld, until officials...

Against the background of a decline in grants funding for the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), Grenada's Minister of Health and Chair of the Regional Coordinating Mechanism (RCM) of PANCAP, Senator the Hon Ann Peters, wants Caribbean nations to assert their toughness and collectively work for a resolution to the problem. She mentioned the global financial crisis,...

Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks says alumni organisations play a vital role in the advancement of education in Jamaica, contributing millions of dollars to improve school plants and fund scholarships. Addressing the fifth annual dinner/dance of the Maryland Chapter of the Holmwood Technical High School Past Students Association, in Maryland, on August 4, Ambassador Marks said...

Mother of World and Olympic sprint champion, Usain Bolt, Jennifer Bolt, has been chosen as the first recipient of the International Mothers of Distinction (IMOD) Award. The announcement was made recently at a press conference, held at the offices of the Jamaican Consulate General in Toronto, Canada, and attended by Jamaica's Consul General to Toronto, Seth George Ramocan and Usain's...

High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), His Excellency Anthony Johnson, was among the guests at an event hosted by HarperCollins publishers in the United Kingdom, to launch the book, 'Usain Bolt: 9.58'. The event, which was held at the HarperCollins offices in Hammersmith, London, on September 1, was billed as a 'Meet and Greet with Usain Bolt', where guests...