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The Birmingham-based Association of Jamaican Nationals in the United Kingdom (UK), honoured seven local heroes from the West Midlands, during its annual Jamaica National and Local Heroes awards ceremony, held recently. The awardees are Jamaican born, Ms. Cynthia Spence, Mr. Llewellyn Graham, Ms. Enid Rose Weir, Mr. Stephen Brooks, Ms. Gail Johnson, Mr. Michael Blake and Ms. Sarah Walters, who...

Another remittance outlet has been opened in the United Kingdom (UK), giving persons, particularly Jamaicans, more options in sending money back home. On Friday, October 31, GraceKennedy Money Services officially launched its UK operations and deepened its relationship with Western Union, becoming one of that organisation's seven Master Agents in the UK. Deputy Chief Executive Officer of GraceKennedy Financial Group,...

Jamaica will be hosting important meetings of Foreign Ministers of Latin America and the Caribbean (CALC) on Integration and Development, and the Rio Group, November 4-6, at the Rose Hall Resort and Spa Hotel, Montego Bay St. James. In welcoming the meetings, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh, underscored their importance....

The House of Representatives has approved a resolution supporting the removal of the trade embargo on Cuba by the United States. The vote was timely, as it came only a day before the United Nations' General Assembly voted for the 18th year in a row to condemn the 47-year embargo. The UN draft resolution was passed by a vote of...

Legendary musician Cecil 'Sonny' Bradshaw was given a musical farewell in London England on Tuesday (Oct. 27), with artistes from around the world who worked, studied or were inspired by Mr. Bradshaw, paying tribute to him in music, song and dance. The thanksgiving service was held at the Gants Hill Methodist Church, near Ilford, East London, where Mr. Bradshaw lived...

The Embassy of Jamaica in Washington in the United States has honoured two organisations and three individuals for their outstanding contribution to Jamaican communities in the Maryland and Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas. At the first National Heroes Day reception and awards ceremony hosted by the Embassy on October 21, the Jamaica Association of Maryland was awarded for more than 20...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is to benefit from an injection of €165 million (Euros), or close to J$22 billion, in funding from the European Commission as part of its ongoing support for regional integration. This was disclosed by Head of Section of the Delegation of the European Commission (EC) to Jamaica, Helen Jenkinson, who told JIS News that the principal...

Jamaican students are being urged to see the implementation of a Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) as a bold new frontier, to help develop it and take advantage of the lucrative multi-trillion dollar Americas market it can open up. The challenge came from Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh, when...

Areas in which Jamaica could benefit from cooperation with the United States (US) National Aviary were explored during a recent visit to the facility by Ambassador to Washington, Anthony Johnson. Ambassador Johnson, in talks with Executive Director of the Pennsylvania-based facility, Patrick Mangus, indicated that the Jamaican Government was in the process of upgrading and restoring the country's public gardens,...

Jamaica's first National Hero, The Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, has received major hemispheric recognition with the Organisation of American States (OAS) in Washington D.C. in the USA re-naming its Hall of Culture in his honour. The Marcus Garvey Hall of Culture, located on the first floor of the historic main building of the OAS headquarters in downtown Washington, D.C.,...

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh, will on Thursday (Oct. 22) address Jamaican diplomats and technocrats at a planning meeting in preparation for the formal submission of a report to the 15th Conference of the parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen, Denmark from December 7- 9. The planning meeting,...

Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Anthony Johnson, has lauded the Washington, D.C-based Women At Real Risk (WARR), for its outstanding contribution to the fight against breast cancer in Jamaica and for its annual health mission to the island. "I wish to laud the efforts that WARR has placed on informing women at risk, providing effective screening options...