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Age is just a number, goes the old saying. This is especially true for Jamaican-born Veronica Wisdom, who celebrated her 101st birthday three weeks ago. Born in Alexandria, St. Ann, Jamaica on May 23, 1909, she moved to the United States over 60 years ago and currently resides in the Washington DC metropolitan area. Since coming to the US, she...

As the region continues to rally around Haiti following the devastating January 12 earthquake, a meeting of members of the Caribbean Diaspora is underway in Washington DC to ramp up contributions in the areas of professional skills and services, which the country requires at this time. Special Representative of CARICOM Heads on Haiti, the Most Hon. P.J. Patterson, said that...

The postponed fourth Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, originally scheduled for June 14 to 17 at the Sunset Jamaica Grande, Ocho Rios, St. Ann could be rescheduled for 2011. Chair of the Diaspora Conference Planning Committee and General Manager of Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS), Earl Jarrett, said the Conference may be held June, 2011. Chairman of the Diaspora Planning Committee,...

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Karl Samuda, says the Jamaica booth at the Shanghai 2010 trade expo, in China, has been well represented, attracting some 25,000 visitors daily, since the start of the event on May 1. "The CARICOM (Caribbean Community) pavilion apparently is a very attractive pavilion, attracting some 27,000 visitors over the two-day period, June 2...

The reconstruction and long-term development of Haiti will be one of the main agenda topics at the 31st Meeting of the CARICOM Heads of Government in Montego Bay next month. CARICOM Secretary General, Dr. Edwin Carrington, speaking at a preparatory media clinic held yesterday (June 15) at the University of the West Indies' Mona campus, said that the devastation by...

Secretary General of CARICOM, Dr. Edwin Carrington, says CARICOM Heads of Government will be returning to the "cradle of the modern Caribbean integration movement", when they meet in Montego Bay next month. "Many may not remember that it was in Montego Bay in 1947, that a number of prominent figures of the then British Caribbean colonies gathered to discuss closer...

Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks has lauded the Washington based Jamaica Women of Washington (JWoW) organisation, for contributing just over $1.75 million to a number of charitable groups in Jamaica. In her message at the organisation's 8th annual Tea-off for Good Health and Silent Auction, delivered by the deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy,...

Jamaica's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (US), His Excellency Anthony Johnson, has hailed the Nurses Association of Jamaica's (NAJ) UK Chapter for its contribution to healthcare in Britain and for the philanthropic role it continues to play in Jamaica. The High Commissioner, who was addressing the organisation's 32nd anniversary thanksgiving service held on Sunday (June 13) at the West...

The Project for the Advancement of Childhood Education (PACE) Canada has been lauded for adopting 281 basic schools in Jamaica, which represent more than 10 per cent of the country's 2,125 basic schools. "PACE Canada must be congratulated for this," said Dr. Lola Ramocan, an Early Childhood Development (ECD) Specialist. "You have been a mighty organisation of ECD educators, child...

Head Girl at Merl Grove High School, in St. Andrew, Annestta Samuels, has implored Jamaican Canadians to invest in the education of young people. "It is my view that some teenagers are de-motivated by the lack of support, financial or otherwise, that they receive. The potential of numerous students are stifled by the fact that there is not enough money...

President of the Jamaican Diaspora Canada Foundation (JDCF), Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams has said that the postponement of the Jamaican Diaspora Conference is probably the best decision at this time. The conference was originally scheduled to take place from June 14 to 17 at the Sunset Jamaica Grande, in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, under the theme: 'Partnering for Transformation: Jamaica and its...

Six communities signed agreements with the European Union (EU) Monday (June 7) for grants totalling $6.5 million, to carry out poverty alleviation projects addressing youth empowerment, nutrition enhancement and literacy. The grants are being made available under the EU's Poverty Reduction Programme (PRP) II, which is partly funded by the Jamaican Government and implemented by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund...