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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (right), addresses the Indian Diaspora Conference, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on March 26. Since the first arrival of Indians in Jamaica in 1845, they have become an integral part of the Jamaican society, contributing to the progress of the country, while they continue to retain their culture and roots. Others (from left) are Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange and Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte.
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (right), addresses the Indian Diaspora Conference, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel on March 26. Since the first arrival of Indians in Jamaica in 1845, they have become an integral part of the Jamaican society, contributing to the progress of the country, while they continue to retain their culture and roots. Others (from left) are Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange and Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Marlene Malahoo Forte.

PHOTOS: Sen. Aubyn Hill Speaks at Indian Diaspora Conference

Certificates of Accreditation and Re-Accreditation were presented to the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS) Certification Division and the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards Implementation Division, respectively, by the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), during a Trinidad & Tobago Trade Mission breakfast meeting, held at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad, recently. Participating (from left) are Manager, Implementation Division, Gerard Maxwell; Chief Executive Officer at JANAAC, Sharonmae Shirley; Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill; Chairman of the TTBS, Lawford Dupres; Minister of Trade and Industry, Trinidad & Tobago, Senator the Hon. Paula Gopee-Scoon; TTBS Executive Director, José Trejo and Manager, TTBS Certification Division, Rodney Ramnath.
Certificates of Accreditation and Re-Accreditation were presented to the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS) Certification Division and the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards Implementation Division, respectively, by the Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation (JANAAC), during a Trinidad & Tobago Trade Mission breakfast meeting, held at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad, recently. Participating (from left) are Manager, Implementation Division, Gerard Maxwell; Chief Executive Officer at JANAAC, Sharonmae Shirley; Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill; Chairman of the TTBS, Lawford Dupres; Minister of Trade and Industry, Trinidad & Tobago, Senator the Hon. Paula Gopee-Scoon; TTBS Executive Director, José Trejo and Manager, TTBS Certification Division, Rodney Ramnath.

JANAAC Presents Document to Certification Body in Trinidad and Tobago
Members of the local Indian community participate in last year’s Holi Festival on the grounds of India House at 2 East King’s House Road, St. Andrew.
Members of the local Indian community participate in last year’s Holi Festival on the grounds of India House at 2 East King’s House Road, St. Andrew.

Holi Festival at Royal Botanical Gardens on Sunday
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness and Member of Parliament (MP) for St. Andrew West Rural, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (right), shakes hands with Speaker of the House of Parliament of the Cayman Islands, Katherine Ebanks-Wilks (left). Looking on (from second left) are: Speaker of the House of Representatives, Marisa Dalrymple Philibert; Minister of Education and Youth and MP for St. Andrew Eastern, Hon. Fayval Williams; and MP for Trelawny Northern, Tova Hamilton. Ms. Ebanks-Wilks met with female Parliamentarians at Gordon House on March 9.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness and Member of Parliament (MP) for St. Andrew West Rural, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert Flynn (right), shakes hands with Speaker of the House of Parliament of the Cayman Islands, Katherine Ebanks-Wilks (left). Looking on (from second left) are: Speaker of the House of Representatives, Marisa Dalrymple Philibert; Minister of Education and Youth and MP for St. Andrew Eastern, Hon. Fayval Williams; and MP for Trelawny Northern, Tova Hamilton. Ms. Ebanks-Wilks met with female Parliamentarians at Gordon House on March 9.

PHOTOS: Cayman Islands’ House of Parliament Speaker meets with female MPs
Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), and Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States (US), Her Excellency Audrey Marks, discuss ways to increase Jamaica’s cultural presence in the US, during a courtesy call by Minister Grange on the Ambassador, at the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington DC on Friday (March 3).
Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), and Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States (US), Her Excellency Audrey Marks, discuss ways to increase Jamaica’s cultural presence in the US, during a courtesy call by Minister Grange on the Ambassador, at the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington DC on Friday (March 3).

PHOTOS: Minister Grange calls on Ambassador Marks in Washington DC

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses more than 50 resident and non-resident Heads of Mission during a Diplomatic Week event at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade on Tuesday (February 28). The observance will run until Friday, March 3.
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