Jamaica is to establish diplomatic relations with two countries in Africa as well as a number of Pacific Island States. These are the Republic of Liberia and the Togolese Republic in Africa, and the Republic of Kiribat, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau, the Independent State of Samoa, and the Kingdoms of Tonga and Tuvalu. Speaking...

According to Jamaica’s State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, access to financing is “one of the biggest challenges” for developing countries, “on a path to recovery.” Sen. The Hon. Leslie Campbell, who was addressing the 10th Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Committee on South-South Cooperation on March 18, noted that “ cooperation among...

The 12 blind and visually impaired artisans of  the Superior Craft and More Co-operative Society,  are now offerings their skills in caning, webbing, wickerwork and cording from a more comfortable and well-equipped workspace. With grant funding of $1.8 million under the European Union (EU)-funded Poverty Reduction Programme (PRP), a small building was constructed to accommodate them at the Jamaica Society...

State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Leslie Campbell, says the Government is committed to ridding the country of the crime of human trafficking. Mr. Campbell, who was addressing a virtual Jamaica Diaspora Round Table on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) on Thursday (March 11), said that “considerable” gains have already been made in...

Jamaica will now accede to the International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures, commonly known as the Revised Kyoto Convention (RKC), following Cabinet’s approval. Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, provided details at a virtual post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday (March 10). She said that Cabinet gave consent for Jamaica to be bound by...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert, says the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) provides an avenue for all member countries and parliamentarians to have an equal voice regardless of country size, income, race, religion, or gender. She was speaking at the Houses of Parliament Commonwealth Day virtual forum held on Monday (March 8). The CPA is an association of...

This year, Commonwealth Day is being celebrated on 8th March under the theme “Delivering a Common Future: Connecting, Innovating and Transforming”.  In so doing, the Commonwealth shares the platform with International Women’s Day, which fortuitously embraces the theme #ChooseToChallenge. As a nation, Jamaica could not be more cognizant and supportive of the need to connect, innovate and transform as we...