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Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry, engages with High Commissioner of Canada to Jamaica, Her Excellency Emina Tudakovic, during the launch of the Local Engagement and Action Fund (LEAF) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (April 20).
Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry, engages with High Commissioner of Canada to Jamaica, Her Excellency Emina Tudakovic, during the launch of the Local Engagement and Action Fund (LEAF) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Thursday (April 20).

Up to Can$100,000 Available for Local Organisations Under Canadian Grant Mechanism

Local organisations in Jamaica and seven other Caribbean countries will be able to access grants of up to Can$100,000 to undertake various projects to assist vulnerable populations The support is being provided by the Government of Canada under the Local...
Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks (centre), accepts the 2023 International Engagement Leadership Award from the Capital City Chapter of The Links, Incorporated of Washington DC. Presenting the award is the President for the Capital City Chapter of The Links, Jeanie Collin-Carr (right). Sharing in the occasion is President elect of Capital City Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, Michelle Bernard. The presentation took place at the organisation’s ninth annual women’s recognition High Tea in the City, at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, downtown Washington DC on Saturday, April 15.
Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks (centre), accepts the 2023 International Engagement Leadership Award from the Capital City Chapter of The Links, Incorporated of Washington DC. Presenting the award is the President for the Capital City Chapter of The Links, Jeanie Collin-Carr (right). Sharing in the occasion is President elect of Capital City Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, Michelle Bernard. The presentation took place at the organisation’s ninth annual women’s recognition High Tea in the City, at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, downtown Washington DC on Saturday, April 15.

Ambassador Marks Given Leadership Award
State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell.
State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell.

Global Diaspora Councils’ Elected Members Praised
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addresses journalists during a post-Cabinet press briefing, held at Jamaica House on Wednesday (April 12).
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addresses journalists during a post-Cabinet press briefing, held at Jamaica House on Wednesday (April 12).

Government Will Not Agree to Deep-Sea Mining Without Regulations
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (third left, front row), holds a copy of a children’s activity book, titled ‘Life Under Water: Pre-School Companion’, which was launched by the International Seabed Authority (ISA) at the entity’s headquarters in Kingston on April 4. The book, authored by Director, Centre for Language and Culture, Aline Luna Leclere-Less (fourth left, front row), is intended to teach children, aged three to six, about the importance of the ocean and how it should be protected. Also holding copies are other stakeholders, including ISA Secretary-General, His Excellency Michael Lodge (centre, front row).
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (third left, front row), holds a copy of a children’s activity book, titled ‘Life Under Water: Pre-School Companion’, which was launched by the International Seabed Authority (ISA) at the entity’s headquarters in Kingston on April 4. The book, authored by Director, Centre for Language and Culture, Aline Luna Leclere-Less (fourth left, front row), is intended to teach children, aged three to six, about the importance of the ocean and how it should be protected. Also holding copies are other stakeholders, including ISA Secretary-General, His Excellency Michael Lodge (centre, front row).

PHOTOS: Launch of the Book ‘Life Under Water: Pre-School Companion’

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Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell (left), greets former United States Agency for International Development (USAID) officer, Carol Cooke, on arrival for Saturday’s (April 1) grand reopening ceremony for the Family Unification Resettlement Initiative (FURI) Service Centre, Jamaica Chapter, at 11 Grayden Avenue in Kingston. Others (from second left) are FURI Founder and President, Carmeta Albarus and her sister, Lilly McKenzie.
Foreign Affairs

FURI Service Centre Reopens

The grand reopening of the Family Unification Resettlement Initiative (FURI) Service Centre, Jamaica Chapter, has been welcomed by Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell. Under the initiative, which has been in operation for 21 years, persons in the Jamaican Diaspora in the United States (US), who have returned to...
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Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation with Responsibility for Water, Climate Change and the Environment, Senator the Hon. Mathew Samuda (left), speaking with High Commissioner of Canada in Jamaica, Her Excellency Emina Tudakovic, during a courtesy call on the Minister at the Towers on Dominica Drive in Kingston on Thursday (March 30).
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PHOTOS: Canadian High Commissioner Calls on Matthew Samuda

Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation with Responsibility for Water, Climate Change and the Environment, Senator the Hon. Mathew Samuda (left), speaking with High Commissioner of Canada in Jamaica, Her Excellency Emina Tudakovic, during a courtesy call on the Minister at the Towers on Dominica Drive in Kingston on Thursday (March 30).
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Chargé D’Affaires, Embassy of Venezuela, José Antonio Sánchez-Vegas (centre) leads a workshop with students and representatives from the Spanish-Jamaican Foundation, on the festivities of San Pedro the Apostle, whose Saint Day is celebrated in the Spanish-speaking country. Occasion was Spanish Immersion Day activities at the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Library on March 29.
Foreign Affairs

PHOTOS: Spanish Emersion Day on March 29

Chargé D’Affaires, Embassy of Venezuela, José Antonio Sánchez-Vegas (centre) leads a workshop with students and representatives from the Spanish-Jamaican Foundation, on the festivities of San Pedro the Apostle, whose Saint Day is celebrated in the Spanish-speaking country. Occasion was Spanish Immersion Day activities at the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Library on March 29.
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