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The process of relocating the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade to downtown Kingston, has started with a $34 million allocation in the 2009/10 Budget. The process has begun with the procuring of the land. During 2009/10, it will aim to complete the architectural, site, engineering and geological surveys, feasibility studies and the design phase, and prepare a production...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr. Ronald Robinson, will visit the Northeast United States from April 17 to 26, where he will meet with and have discussions with Jamaican nationals and Diaspora groups. During the nine-day visit, Dr. Robinson, who has portfolio responsibility for the Diaspora, will visit communities in New York,...

A well-known African HIV/AIDS activist will be taking his message of hope to Jamaica, shortly. Winstone Zulu, originally from Zambia and now a Visiting Fellow at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada, has been living with HIV for the past 19 years and says his message of hope is that if you have the disease, it does not have to mean...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Kenneth Baugh, says the Government is pleased with the outcome of last week's G-20 meeting in London, and is looking forward to consolidating the proposals at next week's Summit of the Americas. "It was very good, very constructive, and we are looking forward to a new approach, which...

Head of Delegation of the European Commission to Jamaica, Ambassador Marco Mazzocchi Alemanni, has praised Jamaica's approach to the development of the creative industries, noting that the country's economic future would depend heavily on this sector. Mr. Alemanni, who was in Brussels, Belgium for the international Culture and Creativity Conference held April 2-3, said that Jamaica was a leader among...

Award winning Jamaican actress Sheryl Lee Ralph and her husband, Pennsylvania State in the United States of America (USA) Senator Vincent Hughes, will be honoured with the International Community Service Award, by Team Jamaica Bickle, for their humanitarian work. Pennsylvania business leader Brian Grant, will also be presented with the award at a pre-Penn Relays event, slated for April 16...

A mandate from the conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM has resulted in the Secretariat carrying out an appraisal of the state of implementation of the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME), in the region. This is according to Programme Manager, CSME Unit, Ivor Carryl, who was speaking at a recent JIS Think Tank in Kingston. Mr. Carryl is...

Twelve-year old Huddoy Walters is the pride of Port Antonio Primary, having copped top honours in the Junior Division of the 2009 Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) Environmental Poster Competition. For his winning poster titled: 'Preserving Our Island's Paradise', the Portland student not only defeated other entrants from the wider Caribbean and Latin America, but earned US$6,000 for himself and his...

Jamaicans in the Diaspora have been encouraged to speak as one voice, and collaborate on issues, ideas and concerns for the benefit of their respective communities in which they reside, as well as for the development of their homeland. The charge was given by Professor Neville Ying, of the Jamaica Diaspora Foundation, University of the West Indies, Mona (UWI), in...

New Deputy High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Joan Thomas, says her ultimate goal is a more co-ordinated Jamaican diaspora, that would give the country a stronger voice, worldwide. "As we share and pool energies, we can find creative ways to collectively enhance Jamaica's development," she said in an interview with JIS. Ms. Thomas sees herself as a bridge linking...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Kenneth Baugh, has called on Jamaicans living in Canada to invest in Jamaica's agriculture and food processing sectors, to help guarantee the country's food security. "Most of the tourists who come to Jamaica eat imported food. We need to maximize production, so that we can guarantee the hotels...

United States (US) Senator Christopher Dodd, has said that his office stood ready to assist in the promotion and development of investment and trade initiatives between the US and the Caribbean. He was responding to a range of questions and concerns at a recent meeting with members of the New York Caribbean Consular Corps, hosted by the Caribbean Trade Council...