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Receptionist and telephone operator at the Ministry of Transport and Works, Avis Chuck, was all smiles and exuberance on Thursday (August 21), when she received a new motorised wheelchair, courtesy of the Jamaica Visionaries Association of Canada. "I feel glad, I feel good; great," Miss Chuck uttered, during the brief handing over ceremony at the Ministry's Maxfield Avenue office, Kingston....

Jerkfest, the biggest food festival of its kind in Ontario, Canada, was staged on Saturday and Sunday (August 8 and 9) at Centennial Park, Etobicoke, on the outskirts of the city of Toronto. On Saturday, featured artistes were Frankie Paul and Georgia, delivering to a very gratified crowd who braved the rain armed with their umbrellas. Paul, a veteran and...

Jamaicans living in the Diaspora now have a greater opportunity to network among themselves, and to know more about Jamaica than ever before, as a result of the establishment of a Diaspora website. "Not all the delegates have spent as much time understanding Jamaica, reading the newspapers everyday, keeping up-to-date on the news and that is understandable but, in this...

The Government's investment promotion agency, Jamaica Trade and Invest (JTI) is exploring the possibility of establishing joint venture investment linkages between Jamaican entrepreneurs and their Chinese counterparts, particularly in the areas of textiles and tourism, JTI President, Robert Gregory, has disclosed. These were two of the main areas in which mutual interest of possible business partnerships was expressed by stakeholders...

The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) is sponsoring the all-Jamaican masquerade band, 'Jamaican Twist', at this year's Notting Hill Carnival, which will hit the streets of London England on August 29 and 30. The JTB branding will appear on the colourful Jamaican Twist float, along with images of Jamaica, to give a true sense of what the island has to offer...

The Inaugural Future Leaders Diaspora Conference, held from August 4 to 9, is being hailed as a success by the young overseas nationals, eager to plan its successor. Future Leader representative for the United States Diaspora, David Mullings, told JIS News that he is "extremely pleased" with the staging and the outcome of the conference held on the Mona campus...

Jamaica has been praised by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), for its involvement in formulating the Global Jobs Pact, which aims to boost job creation and economic recovery efforts across the globe. There are "Jamaican fingerprints all over this Global Jobs Pact," said Director of the ILO's Policy Integration Department, Stephen Pursey, at the meeting with officials of the Labour...

High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), His Excellency Burchell Whiteman, has urged United Kingdom (UK) based Jamaicans to be proud of themselves and Jamaica, and to be confident about the future. "We must be proud of ourselves and our country of birth and heritage. Be proud of our assertiveness, born out of our experience in overcoming hardships and succeeding...

Sunday, August 9 was declared 'Jamaica Day' in the United States capital, by the Mayor of Washington, D.C., Adrian Fenty. Mayor Fenty read the proclamation at a Thanksgiving Service to commemorate Jamaica's 47th year of Independence, at Dumbarton Chapel, Howard University, in Washington, D.C., on August 9. The Mayor said that Washington, D.C., is proud to be the home to...

The historic Hall of the Americas at the Organisation of American States (OAS) headquarters, in downtown Washington USA, was the venue for an afternoon of music and dancing, hosted by the Embassy of Jamaica, on Sunday, August 9, to mark Jamaica's 47th year of Independence. The event, a key feature of the Embassy's annual calendar, brought together hundreds of Jamaicans...

Minister of National Security, Senator the Hon. Dwight Nelson, has said that the Jamaican Diaspora can help to deter Jamaican citizens residing abroad from overstaying their time, through the establishment of an education programme. He was responding to a question posed by one of the participants at a workshop on Crime and Violence, under the topic: 'Management of Deportees', put...

Canadians are learning about Maroon culture and history from the Charles Town Maroons from Portland, who have been in the North American country since July 30. The 10-member group of dancers and drummers is in Canada at the invitation of the Jamaican High Commission to take part in Emancipation and Independence celebrations. They have conducted workshops in Ottawa and Toronto,...