Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (left), highlights features of the Seville Heritage Park in St. Ann to Secretary-General of the United Nations, His Excellency António Guterres, during a tour of the historical site on Sunday, May 14. The UN Secretary-General is on a two-day working visit to the island.

Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister (West), Hon. Homer Davis (left), greets United Nations Secretary-General, His Excellency António Guterres, in the MBJ Lounge at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St. James, shortly after his arrival in the island on Sunday (May 14) for a two-day working visit. Mr. Guterres is scheduled to tour the...

Jamaica has commenced discussions with the European Union (EU) to identify bankable national investment projects in several priority areas covered under the European Union (EU) Global Investment Alliance. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, who made the disclosure, said this is with a view to incentivising and allowing wider private-sector involvement and benefit...

Jamaicans are being urged not to fall prey to scammers and smugglers and enter a country illegally. “These things are not a bed of roses and the story that these scammers and smugglers sell to individuals in vulnerable communities should not be trusted,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith. The Minister was...

Duty-free importation of European automobiles is to come into effect this year, says Ambassador, Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Jamaica, Her Excellency Marianne Van Steen. “As a trading partner, I am very proud to announce that after 15 years, we have a trade agreement, free-trade agreement in force. We have arrived at the end of almost all transitional...

The Jamaican Embassy in Washington DC will, on Saturday (May 6), join more than 50 other foreign missions in the US Capital for Events DC/Passport DC Around the World Embassy Tour. Events DC /Passport DC runs from May 1 to 31 and offers an outstanding array of cultural activities presented at embassy open houses, street festivals, performing arts venues, museums,...

Jamaica’s capacity to capture and preserve historical records and information has been boosted through the donation of scanning equipment by Mexico to the Jamaica Archives and Records Department (JARD) in the Office of the Prime Minister. Speaking at the recent handover of the Model 5 Bookeye Scanner at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade in downtown Kingston, portfolio...