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A team from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) yesterday (Jan. 23) wrapped up three days of meetings with key disaster management agencies to assess the country's disaster management programme and determine the level of technical assistance that can be offered by the Japanese government. The team of experts, which began their work with meetings with the Office of Disaster...

Britain's new High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Howard Drake has praised Jamaica for its quick and positive response to the Haitian earthquake crisis. During his courtesy call on Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding at Jamaica House in Kingston this morning, (Jan 22) Mr. Drake said Britain was also committed to playing its part in providing much needed medical...

The Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture (MYSC), in collaboration with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will be hosting the first Forum of Ministers Responsible for Social and Sustainable Development in the Caribbean at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston from January 24-26, 2010. The forum will bring together Ministers, public authorities, experts and representatives...

Chief State Liaison at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Ian Boyne, has warned that intolerance for opposing views could pose an obstacle to Jamaica's prospects for foreign direct investment. "Investors are actually looking to invest in places that respect diversity, that respect pluralism. They don't want to be in societies that are intolerant, that are bigoted," he told a media...

Former Jamaica Prime Minister the Most Hon P.J. Patterson, has been selected as CARICOM's representative on a co-ordinating committee to organise an international conference on a strategic plan for Haiti's reconstruction. Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding made the announcement on Tuesday (January 19), in a statement to the House of Representatives updating Parliamentarians on the current situation in Haiti,...

Thirteen auto service technicians departed the island on Saturday (Jan. 16) to take up training and job opportunities in Canada. The group represents the first set of skilled workers to benefit under an eight-month work-study programme, which is being facilitated by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. Another group of 14 heavy duty mechanics are scheduled to depart on...

Jamaica has been designated the centre through which the Caribbean Community's (CARICOM) relief intervention for earthquake-hit Haiti will be channelled. Addressing journalists at a media briefing at Jamaica House in Kingston on Friday (January 15), Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Daryl Vaz, disclosed that this decision was reached during a meeting of CARICOM representatives hosted by Prime Minister the...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh, gets a quick briefing from United States Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, as they walk to the VIP Lounge at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, Saturday night (January 16). Mrs. Clinton stopped at the airport on her way from earthquake torn Port-au-Prince, Haiti,...

United States Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, says that Jamaica's efforts will be pivotal to the recovery of Haiti, following the massive devastation caused by Tuesday's ( Jan 12) earthquake. Mrs. Clinton has also praised the Jamaican Government and people for the assistance given to Haiti following the massive earthquake, and has urged the Government to keep the lines of...

President of Haiti, Rene Preval, expressed his gratitude for Jamaica's outpouring of support for his country as demonstrated by Prime Minister Golding during their meeting at the United Nations office in Port au Prince yesterday ( January 14). Minister of Information, Daryl Vaz gave this update during a press conference at Jamaica House this afternoon (January 15). President Preval told...

Details of Jamaica's and CARICOM's response to the earthquake disaster in Haiti of Tuesday (January 12) will be disclosed at a media briefing at Jamaica House in Kingston at Noon, today. This was disclosed on the return of Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding, last night after leading a team to Haiti Thursday (January 14), which also included Leader of...

Exporters of quality Brand Jamaica products are being encouraged to participate in what is expected to be the largest trade expo in world history, Expo Shanghai 2010, scheduled for Shanghai, China, May 1 to October 31. National Co-ordinator for the event and manager of Jamaica Trade and Invest's (JTI) Caribbean, Latin America and Emerging Markets Regional Office, Dr. Dana Morris,...