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Jamaica will be hosting the 12th Meeting of CARICOM's Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) on Friday and Saturday (8th to 9th May, 2009) at the Jamaica Hilton Hotel. Jamaica takes over the chair from Antigua and Barbuda. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh, who will preside at the meeting,...

The second Executive Committee Meeting of the Regional Ministers and High Level Authorities of Housing and Urbanisation in Latin America and the Caribbean (MINURVI), which was scheduled for the Jamaica Conference Centre, in Downtown Kingston on May 8, 2009, has been cancelled. The move is in keeping with the recommendations of the World Health Organisation (WHO) that persons postpone travel...

Governor- General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Dr Patrick Allen, has thanked Jamaicans overseas for their continued support of the country. Speaking at a special recognition ceremony, held in his honour at the Mount Sinai Seventh-day Adventist Church in Orlando, Florida, recently, Dr Allen lauded the Diaspora for their significant contribution to Jamaica's development. He called on Jamaicans, at home...

A group of nine business persons from the City of Lauderhill in Florida are on a four-day visit to Trelawny, to look at business opportunities in the parish in trade, commerce, among other areas. At a reception held at the Falmouth Town Hall last night (April 29) to welcome the visitors, His Worship the Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor Colin Gager,...

Forty-five women are among a number of Jamaicans departing for Canada between Tuesday and Wednesday (April 28-29) this week, to work as seafood packers in British Columbia, on the overseas employment programme. According to the Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles, the departure of the women is an indication that the Government is committed to expanding the...

Jamaica will be featured at Flower Mart 2009, the premier outdoor festival for garden and floral enthusiasts from the mid-Atlantic United States region, to be held from May 1 to 2, in Washington, DC, USA. The event, which will be staged on the grounds of the historic Washington National Cathedral, will be held under the theme: 'Flowers Around the World',...

When Rupert Douglas went to Canada as a farm worker for the first time in 1972, a lot of things were different. For one, his salary was 65 cents per hour and the Ontario farm on which he worked, H. W. Holdings Limited, only produced peaches. Thirty-seven years later, the Port Antonio native is still making the trip every year...

The Canadian Army on Thursday (April 23) donated educational items valued at CA$2000 to the Port Royal Primary and Junior High School. Speaking with JIS News Master Corporal in the Canadian Army, Kimberly Hardy said that they are pleased to give assistance to Jamaica. "I am very touched, and it is heart warming because of the reality of what our...

The City of Birmingham is making a bid to provide training camp facilities for the Jamaican and Caribbean Track and Field teams, ahead of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Last week, the city hosted the Jamaican High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Burchell Whiteman, and showcased the city's facilities and highlighted its strong Caribbean links. High Commissioner Whiteman...

The first United States of America (USA)/Jamaica Diaspora Conference, initially planned for June, has been rescheduled to October. Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Dr. Ronald Robinson, confirmed the new date during an interview with JIS News, following a meeting with members of the Jamaica Diaspora Advisory Board for the Northeast...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Dr. Ronald Robinson, has called on the Jamaican community overseas not to lose its focus in the midst of the current global difficulties. Speaking against the background of the global financial crisis, Senator Robinson asserted that just as the crisis had a beginning, there would...

The commitment by the Canadian Government to provide Can$18 million to strengthen Jamaica's judicial system, through the Justice Undertakings for Social Transformation (JUST) programme, has been welcomed by Justice Minister and Attorney General, Senator the Hon. Dorothy Lightbourne. On April 21, Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding, and his Canadian counterpart, the Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper, signed a Memorandum of...