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A London based Jamaican restaurant, Colin Brown, has received an AA Rosette Award for excellence. Jamaican born Chef, Colin Brown, proprietor of the dockland based restaurant bearing his name, said the award was the first for a Jamaican or Caribbean restaurant in the United Kingdom. Mr. Brown told JIS News that he was proud of the achievement of the 18-month-old...

The third bi-annual Diaspora conference, postponed in June of this year due to the unrest in Kingston, has been rescheduled to June, 2011. This was disclosed by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Marlene Malahoo Forte, while delivering the main address at the First Annual Northeast Diaspora conference, at the West Indies...

Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks has challenged members of the Jamaican Diaspora to play a more strategic role in Jamaica's economic development. Delivering the keynote address at the 5th Trade and Investment Summit sponsored by the Caribbean Trade Council (CTC), at the State House in Hartford, Connecticut on October 28, Ambassador Marks emphasised that economic and...

The Bible Society of the West Indies has launched a Patois version of the Gospel of Luke, one of the books of the New Testament, in Toronto, Canada. Called 'Jiizas - Di buk weh Luuk rait bout im', the launch took place recently at York University's Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC). President of Arts and...

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Marlene Malahoo Forte, says that the government remains committed to ensuring that the voices of Jamaicans living outside of the country are heard. She was addressing a welcome reception for participants in the first annual Jamaica Diaspora Northeast United States Conference held on Friday (Oct. 29) at the West Indies...

Cooperation between Jamaica and the United States on security issues highlighted discussions as Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey P. Marks, paid a courtesy call on U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder, on Thursday (October 28). The U.S. Attorney General extended a warm welcome to the Jamaican Ambassador, and reiterated the support for the country he had shared...

A competition among school children to come up with a logo for the events and celebrations in the United Kingdom (UK), to mark Jamaica's 50th anniversary of Independence in 2012 is one of the proposals from the UK Planning committee. High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Anthony Johnson, who is patron of the Planning Committee made this announcement at a...

A collection of plays - 'For the Reckord' - by pioneering Jamaican playwright, Barry Reckord has been released in the United Kingdom (UK). The book, which was edited by renowned Jamaican theatre director, Yvonne Brewster, was officially launched at an event, held at the Royal Court Theatre in Sloane Square, London, on October 27. High Commissioner to the United Kingdom,...

A Jamaican jerk sauce, "Barbecue Madness", was named "Best Sauce" at the 14th annual Americas Food and Beverage show, which ended Wednesday (October 27) at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Florida. The sauce was among a number of entrants in the category, "Sauces and Condiments of the Americas", at the two-day Expo. Bertram and Rana Banton of BnRs Holdings,...

Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks will pay a four-day official visit to the city of Hartford, Connecticut, from October 28 to 31. While in Hartford, Ambassador Marks will declare open the Caribbean Trade Council's two-day conference on October 28. On Friday, October 29, she will call on the Mayor of Hartford, Pedro Segarra. The Ambassador...

Jamaica's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), His Excellency Anthony Johnson, has commended the contribution of the UK Diaspora, noting that they play a critical role in the country's development. "The Diaspora is critical for Jamaica. These people have changed the face of Britain after World War II. In fact they contributed to the multicultural nature of Britain," Mr....

Scores of Jamaicans and friends of the country residing in the Northeast United States of America (USA) will converge on Hartford, Connecticut, from October 29 to 31, for the Jamaica Diaspora Northeast USA Regional Conference. The conference will be held under the theme: 'Revitalising the Diaspora, Rebuilding Jamaica', at the West Indian Social Club (WISC), in downtown Hartford, and aims...