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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

Jamaican High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), His Excellency Anthony Johnson has congratulated Jamaican-born Councillor, Don Williams, on his appointment as Mayor of the mid England town of Rugby. High Commissioner Johnson and Mrs. Johnson along with Deputy High Commissioner, Joan Edwards, were special guests of the Rugby Borough Council at yesterday's (May 20) Annual General Meeting, at which...

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...