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Prime Minister Bruce Golding, currently on an official visit to Colombia, met with outgoing President Alvaro Uribe, and a group of Jamaicans residing there, on Saturday August 7, the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has reported. Mr. Golding discussed relations between the two countries and progress on bilateral agreements between Jamaica and Colombia, with President Uribe. He also thanked...

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. Dr. Christopher Tufton, met Thursday August 5 with Ontario's Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Hon. Carol Mitchell, to discuss topics of mutual interest. The meeting, which took place at the Ontario Minister's offices in downtown Toronto, Canada, was also attended by Jamaica's Consul General to Toronto, George Ramocan, as well as...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding will pay an official visit to Bogota, Colombia, from August 6-9, to participate in a number of activities including the official swearing-in of the newly elected Colombian President Dr Juan Manuel Santos. PM Golding will have a busy first day, starting with a meeting with Jamaicans living in Colombia after which he will hold bilateral talks...

On Friday (August 6), at dusk, the Miami Tower, formerly the Bank of America Tower, at International Place, downtown in Miami, will illuminate in the black, green and gold colours of the Jamaican flag, in celebration of Jamaica's 48th anniversary of Independence. The Miami landmark will remain lit into Monday morning (August 9), as a tribute to the positive impact...

Jamaicans living in Canada have been encouraged not to give up on the country of their birth. "We must not give up on Jamaica. Support your country and support your people," urged President of the Ontario Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada, Dr. Mansfield Edwards. He was delivering the sermon at the Independence Church Service, held on August...

Jamaicans in the United Kingdom (UK) have been commended for their continued support of the island and their families and friends 'back home', by High Commissioner to the UK, Anthony Johnson. Mr. Johnson said Jamaicans have also contributed much to the social, economic and political development of Britain. The High Commissioner was delivering his message at the service of Praise...

Hundreds of Jamaican nationals and friends united in worship at the First Presbyterian Church of Fort Lauderdale on August 1 to celebrate Jamaica's anniversary of Emancipation and Independence, at the Ecumenical service of thanksgiving. The service was organised by the Consulate General of Jamaica in Miami. Guest preacher, Dr. Samuel Vassel, Pastor of the Bronx Bethany Church of the Nazarene...

High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Anthony Johnson, has commended the Jamaica Basic School Foundation (JBSF) for its work to help improve the standard of basic schools in Jamaica. The High Commissioner, who was speaking at the opening of the JSBJ's Jamaican Family Fun Day, at Crystal Palace Park, in London, on August 1, said he was pleased to...

United States (US) Congressman, Eliot L. Engel, has given full backing to the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative, and for it to be funded to "the fullest capacity." United States Congressman Eliot L. Engel, welcomes Jamaica's Ambassador, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, to his Capital Hill offices in Washington DC, on Thursday, July 29, when she paid him a courtesy call. He...

Overcast conditions and a light drizzle did not dampen the spirits of hundreds of Jamaicans and friends of the island, who turned out for today's (July 31) service of Praise and Thanksgiving in London, to mark Jamaica's 48th anniversary of Independence. Among the special guests at the Parish Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, were the Deputy Lord Mayor of...

Jamaica's athletes, who will be participating in the AVIVA Grand Prix at Crystal Place, London, will be among the special guests at an 'I Love Jamaica Day' event on August 15. Slated for Crystal Palace Park on the Sunday following the two-day athletics meet, the day will feature many of the country's top athletes, including sprinter Asafa Powell. It will...

Lauding Jamaica as "a leader in the region", influential United States Congressman Eliot L. Engel, has given his full support to the nation's inner city revitalization thrust which includes the redevelopment of downtown Kingston. Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, was given this assurance when she paid a courtesy call on the New York congressman, at...