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United States President, Barack Obama, says that his country supports Jamaica's efforts to ensure public safety and to combat drug trafficking and other criminal activities. President Obama also praised Jamaica for playing a key role in developing the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI), a major regional security partnership between the U.S. and the Caribbean, which was launched in Barbados in...

Prime Minister, the Hon. Bruce Golding, will hold high level talks with United Nations' (UN) Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, on Monday (July 5) in Montego Bay. United Nations' Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon The discussions will take place during the 31st Heads of Government meeting of CARICOM, which will run July 4 to 7 in Montego Bay, at which Mr. Golding will...

President of the United States (US), Barack Obama, has expressed strong support for the Jamaican Government and people and for the continued development of the "special relationship" that exists between the countries. He was accepting Letters of Credence from Jamaica's first female Ambassador to the US, Audrey Marks, at the White House on Monday (June 28). The US President said...

Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, was given a tremendous reception Monday evening (June 28), after presenting her credentials to President Barrack Obama at the White House, earlier. Former U.S. Secretary of State, Colin Powell, who is of Jamaican parentage, was among the large number of guests on hand to honour Ambassador Marks at the reception...

Transportation Specialist at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, John Lewis, says a concerted effort is now being made to revise a multi-lateral air service agreement within CARICOM, which was signed prior to the signing of the revised Treaty of Chaguaramas in Trinidad and Tobago, in 2001. He explained that the objective is to bring the agreement in conformity with the...

UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, IMF Managing Director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, and OAS Secretary-General, Jos

Having successfully met the targets of the first test of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Standby Arrangement (SBA), Jamaica can now access 63.7 million Special Drawing Rights (SDR) equivalent to approximately $8 billion or just under US$94 million. On Wednesday (June 23), the Executive Board of the IMF concluded the review of Jamaica's first quarter economic performance under the SBA....

Prime Minister Bruce Golding leaves the island tomorrow (June 24) to attend a special session of the G8 Summit in Muskoka, Canada. Mr. Golding is one of three leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean who have been invited to the Summit, the others being Presidents Alvaro Uribe of Columbia and Rene Preval of Haiti. Heads of Government of seven...

Jamaica's Honorary Consul in Edmonton, Canada, Colleen Neita, is very dedicated to Jamaica and its future development. Jamaica's Honorary Consul in Edmonton, Canada, Ms. Colleen Neita, is dedicated to the country's development. It is because of this simple fact that she accepted the Government of Jamaica's invitation in June 2008, to serve as envoy to the Canadian city, which is...

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,...