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Former Prime Minister and Special Representative of CARICOM on Haiti, the Most Hon. P.J. Patterson, has encouraged the local private sector to become familiar with the Action Plan for National Recovery and Development of Haiti, with a view to seeing where they can make an input. He was updating local business leaders on the progress of plans to redevelop Haiti,...

General Manager of the Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS), Earl Jarrett, has assured Jamaicans in the Diaspora that significant improvements are being made to the tax collection process, as the Government remains committed to improving revenue collection. He said international entities are working with the Government to find ongoing solutions to correct the mechanism which, he described, as a very...

A cultural tribute, featuring performances in song, dance, poetry, will highlight a memorial service for late Jamaican academic and cultural icon, Professor the Hon. Rex Nettleford to be held later this month in Canada. A committee of dedicated Jamaicans/Canadians is busy putting the finishing touches on the event, which will take place on Sunday, April 18, at the Revivaltime Tabernacle...

Horseracing enthusiasts at Aqueduct Racetrack in New York will get a memorable taste of Jamaica's invigorating rhythms and delectable cuisine during 'Jamaica Day' this Saturday (April 10). The event is being hosted by the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) and the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA). Jamaica Day, beginning at noon and continuing throughout Aqueduct's 10-race card, will feature the...

Six Canadians of Jamaican heritage are among 14 persons, who will receive the prestigious Harry Jerome Awards at a ceremony to take place on April 24 at the Toronto Congress Centre. The award, named in honour of the Canadian record-breaking sprinter and Olympian, the late Harry Jerome, is presented annually by the 28-year-old Black Business and Professional Association (BBPA), to...

Musicians from Jamaica and Japan came together on Tuesday (March 30) for a jazz concert to raise funds for homeless people in Port Antonio. The concert, held at the Neville Antonio Park featured performances by the Japanese musical band Ensemble Otadama, and Jamaican artistes Earl "Chinna" Smith and Frank "Kiddus" Dowding. The fundraising event was sponsored by the Japanese Embassy...

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...