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Vice-President of the People's Republic of China, H.E. Xi Jinping, will pay an official visit to the island from 11th to the 14th February, 2009. The Vice-President will meet with the Governor General, His Excellency, the Most Honourable Professor Sir Kenneth Hall, Prime Minister Hon. Bruce Golding, The Leader of the Opposition, the Most Honourable Portia Simpson Miller, the President...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh has announced the appointment of Mrs. Sharon Saunders, Jamaica's Deputy High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, as High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago, as well as Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean states. A career foreign service officer, Mrs. Saunders is expected to assume her responsibilities...

A former distinguished an internationally acclaimed Jamaican Diplomat Ambassador Lucille Mathurin Mair,C.D. O.J., died this morning in Kingston. She was in her 85th year and had been ailing for some time. Paying tribute to Ambassador Mair, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and ForeignTrade, Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh praised Ambassador Mair for her distinguished career to the field...

Working in the Foreign Service is often perceived as a career of glitz and glamour, with persons traipsing the globe and rubbing shoulders with Heads of States and Governments, attending high profile functions, and living a life that many could only dream about. But the role of a diplomat in forging ties between countries is a critical one, filled with...

Jamaicans in the Diaspora joined the millions of persons last Tuesday (Jan. 20) celebrating the inauguration of Barack Obama, as the first African American President of the United States. They flocked designated venues, libraries, homes, restaurants and offices sharing the historic occasion with other citizens from around the world. Jamaican Dale Holness, Commissioner of Lauderhill, spoke of his experience with...

The first Jamaica-United Kingdom Investment Forum, which will highlight the broad range of investment opportunities available in Jamaica, will be held in Westminster, London on February 5. The event is being organised by Jamaica Trade and Invest (JTI), through its European Regional Office, in association with the London-based Developing Markets Associates (DMA). The forum, which will showcase the island's growing...

Hundreds of Jamaicans, braving minus 25 degrees celsius weather, packed two venues in Canada to pay tribute to Olympic gold medalist, Melaine Walker. The events, which took place recently at the Jamaican Canadian Association (JCA) in Toronto and the Jim Durrell Centre in Ottawa, were organised by the Jamaican Diaspora Canada Foundation (JDCF), and served to also highlight the work...

Consul General to New York, Geneive Brown Metzger, is optimistic that the Barack Obama administration will be more favourable towards Jamaica and the wider Caribbean region. Mrs. Brown Metzger, who spoke to JIS News recently, expressed the hope that the installation of the new United States (US) Government "will mean a greater level of interest in the affairs of our...

A study of Caribbean youths have found many to be unhappy about their life in the region, with some feeling shunned, expecting to be deceased, in prison, or living abroad within five years. This was revealed by Co-chairman of the two-year-old, CARICOM Commission on Youth Development (CCYD), Professor Barry Chavannes, at a 'JIS Think Tank' session yesterday (January 19). Cautioning...

Jamaican Ambassador to the United States of America (USA), Anthony Johnson, has said that he anticipates, under President Barack Obama's administration, a strengthening of the positive relations that Jamaica has always enjoyed with the U.S. Ambassador Johnson, who, along with his wife, Pamella, represented Jamaica at the inauguration ceremony of the 44th President of the States of America, in Washington,...

Secretary of State-designate of the United States, Hillary Clinton, has said that she is hopeful of forging closer links and working relations with the Caribbean region. Mrs. Clinton was speaking with Jamaica's Ambassador to Washington, Anthony Johnson at a diplomatic reception at Washington Union Station on Tuesday night (Jan. 20), hours after the historic inauguration ceremony of Barack Obama as...

A high level delegation from the United Republic of Tanzania, including three Government Ministers, is paying an unofficial visit to Jamaica between January 20 and 23, to observe and learn from aspects of Jamaica's development strategies. While in Jamaica, members of the delegation are expected to meet with Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw; Minister of Water...