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A major international conference on Jamaica's National Hero, Sam Sharpe, will be held in April at the prestigious University of Oxford, England. The conference titled: 'Sam Sharpe and the Quest for Liberation: Context, Theology and Legacy for Today' is a collaboration involving the Oxford Centre for Christianity and Culture at Regent's Park College, the Baptist Union of Great Britain, the...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh has announced the appointments of a new Ambassador to the United States of America, and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Businesswoman, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Paymaster (Jamaica Limited) Ms. Audrey Marks is the new Ambassador to the USA. She will succeed Ambassador...

A community forum on how Jamaica will seek to overcome challenges in 2010 and beyond, will be held tomorrow (March 30), at the Signature Grand, in Fort Lauderdale, beginning at 6:00 p.m. The event is being hosted by the Victoria Mutual Building Society (VMBS), Miami, in the United States. Guest speaker will be President of the Private Sector Organisation of...

Minister with responsibility for Information, Daryl Vaz has made an appeal for funds raised by various private entities to be put towards the Haitian Relief Fund, in order to provide further financial assistance in processing the Haitian refugees who arrived in the island earlier this week. Mr. Vaz told a press briefing this morning at Jamaica House that the Haitian...

Members of the Caribbean and Latin American Diaspora in the Washington metropolitan area packed the Hall of the Americas of the Organization of American States (OAS) on Sunday (March 21) for a service in memory of the victims of earthquakes in Haiti and Chile. In the moving two-hour inter-faith memorial, members of the CARICOM Caucus of Ambassadors, the United States...

Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Dr. Edwin Carrington, was last evening (March 23) bestowed with the Commander of the Number of the Order of Civil Merit of Spain, in recognition of his years of distinguished service to the region and the process of integration. The conferment of the high honour was authorised by His Majesty the King of...

Caribbean and European officials discussed issues germane to both regions, as well as the future of their relationship, at the European Union-Cariforum Political Dialogue at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston on Tuesday (March 23). Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh, highlighted that discussions will focus on the development of the...

The world famous New York-based Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre is joining with the Jamaican Consulate-General in New York, to host a prostate cancer conference on Saturday, March 27, at its Rockefeller Research facility in Manhattan. The Jamaican Diaspora, North East USA, is also partnering in the conference, entitled 'Prostate Cancer: Current Status and Future Directions/Unique Impact on Caribbean and African-American...

Twenty eight students and three officials from South Africa's Willowridge High School arrived in the island, yesterday (March 22), for a 10-day visit, during which they will attend this week's annual Boys' and Girls' Championships, at the National Stadium. The group was met at the Norman Manley International Airport, in Kingston, by Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia...

Jamaica will assume the chairmanship of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in July, instead of Haiti, the Inter-sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government decided, recently. In the Chairmanship rotation schedule, Haiti was next in line to chair the Community. But Haiti's situation following the January 12 earthquake, dictates that it would not be in a position to assume...

The Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, Senator Warren Newby will attend the Special Meeting of Commonwealth Caribbean Regional Youth Ministers to be held in Bridgetown, Barbados from March 21-23. The meeting will revise the Commonwealth Youth Programme Strategic Plan 2008-2012; analyse policy and capacity gaps towards an effective youth development agenda; examine youth governance and...

The Atlanta-Montego Bay Sister Cities Committee will host its annual fund-raising brunch on Sunday, March 21, at the Atlanta City Hall Atrium, downtown, Georgia. Jamaica's Honorary Consul in Atlanta, Mr. Vin Martin, who also chairs the Sister City Committee, told JIS News that proceeds will be used to offset the cost of the annual health mission to Montego Bay in...