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High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Burchell Whiteman, has said that while Jamaica has not been untouched by the global economic meltdown, the country continues to do reasonably well. "While Jamaica has not been untouched by the global economic crisis, our financial institutions have remained stable. I am happy to tell you that in terms of our licensed financial...

More than 100 Jamaican nationals in South Florida benefitted from the processing of applications for passport and citizenship, at a community outreach held on Saturday (March 21) in Palm Beach County. At the event, which was organized by the Jamaican Consulate in Miami, persons also submitted applications for vital records such as birth, death and marriage certificates, and obtained relevant...

Jamaican fashion designer Carlton Brown wowed Canadians on Thursday (March 19), as he made his North American debut at LG Fashion Week in Toronto. Brown was premiering his Fall 2009 15-piece collection entitled 'The Winner's Goal', which showcased his eclectic style of menswear fashion, and was inspired by Jamaica's gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The models all strutted...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Kenneth Baugh, leaves the island tomorrow (March 22) for an official visit to Canada from March 23 to 26. "The visit affords a useful opportunity to continue the process of building relations with Canada, a country with which we enjoy close and mutually beneficial ties at the bilateral,...

Jamaica's first Honorary Consul to the Cayman Islands, Captain Robert Michael Hamaty, who retired recently after 16 years of service, has been honoured for outstanding service. At a farewell reception last week, in Georgetown, Grand Cayman, Consul General in Miami, Sandra Grant Griffiths, paid tribute to Captain Hamaty, and expressed appreciation for the sacrifice and service with which he carried...

Six Jamaican nationals in South Florida will be honored for their positive contributions to Jamaica and the Florida Diaspora, at the Consulate General of Miami's third annual Community Service Awards Ceremony and Tea Party. At the function, which will be held on April 19 at a downtown Miami venue, the honorees will be recognised for outstanding contribution to culture, civic,...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh has expressed the view that developing countries needed a stronger voice especially when dealing with the global economic crisis and climate change. Minister Baugh told visiting Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS), HE Jose Miguel Insulza, on Wednesday morning at the Foreign Ministry,...

Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, has urged United Kingdom-(UK) based Jamaicans to put pressure on their political representatives, in pressing their case against a planned increase of the Air Passenger Duty (APD) regime. Speaking at a community meeting at the Jamaican High Commission in London recently, Mr. Bartlett said the proposed increase, would be crippling to tourism in Jamaica and...

The Atlanta-Montego Bay Sister Cities Committee will host its tenth annual fundraising brunch on Sunday, March 21, at the Atlanta City Hall Atrium, downtown, Georgia. Jamaica's Honorary Consul in Atlanta, Vin Martin, who also Chairs the Sister City Committee, says proceeds will be used to offset the cost of the annual health mission to Montego Bay in October, which is...

Two Jamaicans are among six outstanding women across the globe, who will be presented with the prestigious Emerald Award by the Women of Great Esteem (WGE) Organization, at its 14th annual awards dinner and gala slated for March 28 in Brooklyn, New York. They are Medical Doctor and Educator, Dr. Rosemarie Wright-Pascoe, and Attorney & Managing Partner of the Law...

Jamaica is to benefit from US$4.3 million in grant funding under cycle six of the Caribbean Development Bank's (CDB) Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF6), which is scheduled to commence in mid 2010. The allocation is part of a provision of more than US$51 million, being made available under BNTF6, to the 10 Caribbean borrowing member countries (BMC) of the CDB....

On Friday, March 20, jerk lovers will gather in Ocho Rios for the first Jamaica Jerk Challenge. The event will feature self-taught Jamaican executive chef, Cheryl Smith of Cheryl's Global Soul, Brooklyn, New York, and UK celebrity chef, Antony Worrall Thompson, taking on some of the world's leading jerk chefs in an exclusive cook-off. Other invitees include, Jamaican, Rupert Bourne...