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Mentor and Literacy Facilitator, Antonette Wyatt (right), engages with participants at the closing session at a literacy summer camp at the Kingston High School, 172 King Street, on July 26. The initiative is hosted jointly by the Ministry of Education and Youth and Creative Language-Based Learning (CLBL) Foundation with funding from the European Union (EU) 5K run held in March. It utilises a learning recovery strategy, which ensures that children receive the support needed to achieve expected learning targets.
Mentor and Literacy Facilitator, Antonette Wyatt (right), engages with participants at the closing session at a literacy summer camp at the Kingston High School, 172 King Street, on July 26. The initiative is hosted jointly by the Ministry of Education and Youth and Creative Language-Based Learning (CLBL) Foundation with funding from the European Union (EU) 5K run held in March. It utilises a learning recovery strategy, which ensures that children receive the support needed to achieve expected learning targets.

PHOTOS: Literacy Summer Camp

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, addresses the 28th Session of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) in downtown Kingston, on July 25.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, addresses the 28th Session of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) in downtown Kingston, on July 25.

Jamaica Supports Measures to Preserve Seabed
Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, delivers the keynote address at the Caribbean Union of Teachers 41st Biennial Conference, held today (July 21), at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, in New Kingston. At right is President of the Union, Dr. Garth Anderson.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, delivers the keynote address at the Caribbean Union of Teachers 41st Biennial Conference, held today (July 21), at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, in New Kingston. At right is President of the Union, Dr. Garth Anderson.

Educators Central to Moulding Human Capital – State Minister
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, responds to a question posed during Wednesday’s (July 19) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.
Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan, responds to a question posed during Wednesday’s (July 19) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.

No Asylum Application Made By Haitians Illegally Entering Jamaica Recently
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith.

Jamaica and the United States Continue to Enjoy Strong Diplomatic Relations

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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addresses guests attending a soirée hosted at the French Embassy in St. Andrew on July 14 to commemorate the 234th anniversary of France’s National Day – Fête Nationale Française (Bastille Day). Listening is France’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Olivier Guyonvarch.
Foreign Affairs

Investments Remain Hallmark of Partnership Between Jamaica and France – Senator Johnson Smith

Investments remain a hallmark of the longstanding partnership between Jamaica and the Republic of France, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith. She notes that these have been undertaken in areas of critical national development, such as shipping, logistics, petroleum distribution, water-system development, highway construction and port expansion. Senator Johnson Smith was...
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Chief Executive Officer of the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ), Deryck Omar.
CARICOMForeign Affairs

Certification of Carib Brewery Hailed as Regional Success

The certification of CARIB Brewery Limited has been hailed as a regional success by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ), Deryck Omar. The brewery, located in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis, was presented with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 22000:2018 certification for food safety management system at a handover ceremony,...
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Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States (US), Audrey Marks, who is the new Chair of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), bangs the gavel, during Monday’s (July 17) installation ceremony held at the Halls of the Americas in Washington DC.
Foreign Affairs

Jamaica’s Ambassador In Washington DC Is New Chair of OAS Permanent Council

Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States and Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS), Audrey Marks, was on Monday (July 17), sworn in as Chair of the Permanent Council of the OAS for the fourth time. She succeeds outgoing Chair and Permanent Representative of Uruguay, Ambassador Washington Abdala. Ambassador Marks accepted the ceremonial gavel of authority at an...
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), and State Minister, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (second left), converse with representatives of the CARICOM Founding Member States that signed the historic Treaty of Chaguaramas on July 4, 1973, which facilitated the regional organisation’s establishment. From right are Barbados’ Honorary Consul in Kingston, Winston Bayley; High Commissioner of Trinidad and Tobago to Jamaica, His Excellency Deryck Murray, and Guyana’s Honorary Consul in Kingston, Indera Persaud. The occasion was the CARICOM 50 Flag Raising Ceremony at the Foreign Affairs Ministry in downtown Kingston on Thursday (July 13).
CARICOMForeign Affairs

Jamaica Will Continue to ‘Work Constructively’ within CARICOM – Minister Johnson Smith

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says Jamaica will continue to “work constructively” within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), in the best interest of the country and region. Speaking at the CARICOM 50 Flag Raising Ceremony at the Foreign Affairs Ministry in downtown Kingston on Thursday (July 13), Senator Johnson Smith said CARICOM is...
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addressing Wednesday’s (July 12) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House in St. Andrew.
Foreign Affairs

Eminent Persons Group to Hold Second Round of Discussions In Haiti

The Eminent Persons Group appointed by CARICOM is scheduled to arrive in Haiti on Wednesday (July 12) for another round of stakeholder consultations. The meetings will take place over the next three days. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, made the disclosure while addressing today’s post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. The Eminent...
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Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Prime Minister of Dominica, Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit, addresses a press conference on July 5 to provide an update on decisions arrived at during the 45th Regular Meeting of the CARICOM Heads of Government, held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
CARICOMForeign Affairs

CARICOM Heads to Participate In August Retreat In Dominica

Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will participate in a retreat in Dominica from August 18 to 19, 2023. The retreat will follow on the heels of the just concluded 45th Regular Meeting of the Heads of Government of CARICOM in Trinidad and Tobago and will focus on critical core issues of the Community, including the review of...
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