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The late Clovis John Brooks is remembered in Toronto, Canada, for his passion and dedication to humanity and children in particular. As a community stalwart, he founded the John Brooks Community Foundation and Scholarship Fund in 1981, to recognise academic excellence in high school students of African descent. When Mr. Brooks died in 2008 at the age of 84, it...

Jamaicans residing in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, have been assured that relations between Jamaica and the United States of America (USA), have not been damaged by the recent series of events involving an extradition request by the US Government. Addressing a town hall meeting at the St. Gabriel's Church Hall in Brooklyn, New York,...

The Directors of a Jamaican owned company in Birmingham, United Kingdom, have donated

Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has underscored the pivotal role which the Jamaican Diaspora will need to play in the Government's marketing and promotional campaign in North American and the United Kingdom, over the next nine months. The US$10 million campaign, being spearheaded by the Tourism Ministry and the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), kicks off on June 4 and is...

The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) continues to facilitate the development of national standards, by engaging representatives from various industries in identifying and developing standards relevant to the areas they represent. Currently, there are a total of 66 standards in various stages of the promulgation of the process. Of these, there are 31 standards being revised, 18 being adapted and...

High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), His Excellency Anthony Johnson has commended members of the Jamaican Diaspora UK, for their decision not to cancel their visit to Jamaica next month, despite the postponement of the biennial Diaspora Convention. He told JIS News today (May 29), that the decision exemplified the tremendous strength of belief Jamaicans in the UK have...

The United States (US) Department of Justice has expressed its support for the Jamaican Government's efforts to ensure public safety and combat drug trafficking against the background of the police/military operation in sections of West Kingston. "As the Jamaican government seeks to uphold the rule of law, the United States stands in support of its efforts to ensure public safety...

The United States (US) State Department has strongly dismissed an ABC News report, which claimed that Prime Minister. Hon. Bruce Golding, was a criminal affiliate of Christopher Coke. ABC, in its news story, cited a "U.S. document" as the source of its information. "I am not familiar with the report cited in that story," said Assistant Secretary of State, Philip...

The Jamaica Red Cross is prepared to offer assistance wherever the need exists in Western Kingston, as it provides humanitarian aid to residents affected by the joint police/military operation in Tivoli Gardens. President of the Jamaica Red Cross, Dr. Jaslin Salmon, gave the assurance prior to the post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House this morning (May 26). "We have walked...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has categorically denied and dismissed as extremely offensive, reports on the US -ABC network which describe him as 'a known criminal affiliate of hunted drug lord', Christopher 'Dudus' Coke. Mr Golding says he is also outraged by an article in The Independent, a UK newspaper, that the 'drug gang was on (the) payroll of Jamaican Prime...

Persons from Trelawny who are residing in the United Kingdom, Canada, Europe, and the United States, will gather in New York from May 28 to 30, for the 29th annual re-union weekend. The event is organised by the Friends of Trelawny Association (FOTA), and is expected to bring together over 3,000 former residents on the Memorial Day weekend holiday in...

Jamaica's Ambassador-designate to the United States, Audrey Marks, on Friday (May 21) created history when she formally became the island's first female Permanent Representative to the Washington-headquartered Organization of American States (OAS). Ms. Marks, who arrived in the US capital on May 17, began her accreditation process by presenting her credentials to OAS Secretary General Jos