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For Morant Bay High School students, Shereese Graham and Kimmara Coombs, being in Canada was an experience they will cherish forever. The two students were part of a contingent of 10 high school students from Jamaica who were in Toronto, Canada, to take part in the Emerging Global Leaders Programme (EGLP), organised by York University. "It's really a great opportunity...

The Atlanta-based Integrity Children's Fund has launched its own brand of Jamaican flavoured coffee to raise funds to fight teenage illiteracy in Jamaica. To produce the new coffee brand, Integrity Children's Fund has joined forces with Aroma Ridge, a company specialising in the production of specialty coffees. In an interview with JIS News, Manager of Aroma Ridge, Nawal Shadeed said:...

Jamaican-born Mary Anne Chambers has been chosen as the 2010 Woman of Distinction for Community Service by the Young Women Christian Aassociation (YWCA) in Canada. At the presentation ceremony held Wednesday, May 12, at the Toronto Convention Centre, a total of eight women were honoured in a variety of fields, such as Community Service, Education, Corporate Leadership, Community Leadership, Health...

As Ambassador Anthony Johnson prepares to take up his post as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK) later this month, he has indicated that he will be seeking to strengthen relations with the Jamaican Diaspora there and deepen co-operation between Kingston and London in the area of national security. In an interview with JIS News, Ambassador Johnson noted that...

Ten high school students from Jamaica will be arriving in Canada shortly to participate in York University's Emerging Global Leaders Programme (EGLP). The students are from eight high schools - Ardenne, Calabar, Clarendon College, Cornwall College, Kingston College, Knox, Morant Bay and Excelsior - and will take part in the programme May 13 to 16. Initiated by Toronto-based York University,...

For the seventh year running, Jamaica was the only Caribbean nation participating in Flower Mart, the premier outdoor festival for garden and floral enthusiasts from the mid-Atlantic United States region. The event, which is in its 71st year, was held on the weekend of May 7 to 8, on the grounds of the historic Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C....

Hopes for an increased Jamaican presence at Westminster following Thursday's General Election in Britain were shattered, with only Labour Party MP, Diane Abbott, being re-elected. Abbott, the now veteran Labour representative of Hackney North and Stoke Newington in London, first elected in 1987, romped home to an easy victory. However, her compatriot Dawn Butler succumbed to boundary changes, failing in...

Jamaica has proposed a special project to the Haitian administration, which aims to assist in resuscitating that nation's agricultural sector from the effects of the 7.0 earthquake, which devastated that country on January 12. Speaking at Thursday's (May 6) post-Cabinet media briefing at Jamaica House, Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, told journalists that...

Internationally acclaimed Jamaican author, Marlon James has successfully completed his first United Kingdom (UK) tour, having made a number of appearances in London late April to promote his award-winning second novel The Book of Night Women. The author, made three public appearances on the tour, reading at the Bookslam at the Tabernacle in Notting Hill; giving a talk to students...

The Jamaica National Children's Home in Kingston and the Riverside Open Bible Outreach Centre in Montego Bay, will benefit from the proceeds of a fundraising event organised by the Canada-based Jamaica Foundation of Hamilton. The Jamaica Night event, held on Saturday (May 1) at the Church of the Resurrection Anglican Church Hall in Hamilton, featured folk songs and dances by...

For the first time since its inception, the Jamaican Diaspora Convention 2010 will be held outside of Kingston. According to Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Ronald Robinson, this will allow delegates a broader sense of Jamaica, by lessening the Kingston-centric nature of the policy making process. The three-day event is slated to...

Some 40 boxes of medical supplies and sundries were handed over to the Bustamante Hospital for Children by the Local Government Department, during a ceremony at the hospital, Arthur Wint Drive, Kingston on Thursday (May 6). Among the supplies handed over were: dialysis tubes, surgical gloves, needles, bandages, nipples, spinal and prep trays and connection tubes. They were valued at...