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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...

Caribbean and European officials discussed issues germane to both regions, as well as the future of their relationship, at the European Union-Cariforum Political Dialogue at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston on Tuesday (March 23). Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh, highlighted that discussions will focus on the development of the...

The world famous New York-based Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre is joining with the Jamaican Consulate-General in New York, to host a prostate cancer conference on Saturday, March 27, at its Rockefeller Research facility in Manhattan. The Jamaican Diaspora, North East USA, is also partnering in the conference, entitled 'Prostate Cancer: Current Status and Future Directions/Unique Impact on Caribbean and African-American...

Twenty eight students and three officials from South Africa's Willowridge High School arrived in the island, yesterday (March 22), for a 10-day visit, during which they will attend this week's annual Boys' and Girls' Championships, at the National Stadium. The group was met at the Norman Manley International Airport, in Kingston, by Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia...

Jamaica will assume the chairmanship of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in July, instead of Haiti, the Inter-sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government decided, recently. In the Chairmanship rotation schedule, Haiti was next in line to chair the Community. But Haiti's situation following the January 12 earthquake, dictates that it would not be in a position to assume...

The Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, Senator Warren Newby will attend the Special Meeting of Commonwealth Caribbean Regional Youth Ministers to be held in Bridgetown, Barbados from March 21-23. The meeting will revise the Commonwealth Youth Programme Strategic Plan 2008-2012; analyse policy and capacity gaps towards an effective youth development agenda; examine youth governance and...

The Atlanta-Montego Bay Sister Cities Committee will host its annual fund-raising brunch on Sunday, March 21, at the Atlanta City Hall Atrium, downtown, Georgia. Jamaica's Honorary Consul in Atlanta, Mr. Vin Martin, who also chairs the Sister City Committee, told JIS News that proceeds will be used to offset the cost of the annual health mission to Montego Bay in...

A poster that was part of the campaign in Britain for a Royal Commission into the Morant Bay Rebellion of 1865 and the actions of the British Governor of Jamaica at that time, Edward Eyre, is up for auction . Described as 'a very large poster-size broadside', and printed in Birmingham in 1866, it will be auctioned during the prestigious...

Jamaicans living in the United Kingdom (UK) have welcomed the measures introduced by the Jamaican government to restructure the economy and ensure economic growth. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Audley Shaw, who addressed a meeting of UK-based Jamaicans, in London, on May 12, said the government intended to return good governance to the country's economy. He said...

The family of the late Jamaican-Canadian businessman, Leslie Ameen Josephs, has decided to donate an annual scholarship to his alma mater, Jamaica College, Kingston, for a needy 6th Form student studying business. Mr. Josephs, the founder of Kiskimo Jamaica, which produced local "Kisko pops" in the 1970s, emigrated to Canada in 1975 and, with his wife, founded Toronto-based Kisko Products,...

Jamaican nationals in Lauderhill, Florida and surrounding areas, turned out for the community outreach staged by the Miami Consulate on Tuesday (March 8), where they were able to submit applications for the processing of passports, while benefitting from other services. A total of 60 completed applications were submitted for processing at the one-day event, held on the grounds of the...