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The CARICOM working sessions resumed this morning at the Rose Hall Hotel in Montego Bay, with Prime Minister Bruce Golding chairing the 21st meeting of the Prime Ministerial sub-committee on External Trade Negotiations. The meeting is discussing, among other things, the Canada-CARICOM negotiations for a trade and development agreement, and the CARIFORUM/EU Economic Partnership Agreement. The Heads will also exchange...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding begins his busy schedule as Chairman of CARICOM with a series of bilateral meetings scheduled for today (July 3) at the Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay. Mr. Golding is slated to hold bilateral meetings with the Commonwealth Deputy Secretary General, Ambassador Ransford Smith, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Director...

As CARICOM celebrates 37 years since inking the Chaguaramas Agreement, the regional grouping is stepping back to "take stock" of its most significant attempt to deepen cooperation - the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The establishment of a Single Market was a critical juncture in the evolution of CARICOM since it was established in 1973 and, as the region's...

Senior United States Democratic Congressman, Charles Rangel, has reaffirmed his support for Jamaica, and says he is looking forward to seeing how he can play a part in the development agenda for the island. "I firmly believe that job creation can dramatically reduce, and even erase, many of the current problems that face the country," he said. He was speaking...

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...