CARICOM REVIEW COMMISSION Members of the Commission to Review Jamaica’s Relations within the CARICOM and ACP cariforum framework    Former Prime Minsiter Bruce Golding (Chairman) Mr Metry Seaga, President, Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association Mrs Michelle Chong, President, Jamaica Exporters Association Mr Warren McDonald, President, Jamaica Chamber of Commerce Mr William Mahfood, President, Private Sector Organization of Jamaica Hugh Johnson, President, Small Business Association of Jamaica Damien...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says the process is under way for the appointment of a new Jamaican High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK). Mrs. Johnson Smith was responding to questions posed by Opposition Senator, Mark Golding during Friday’s (July 1) sitting of the Senate. “There is a process between the...

A memorial statue for Jamaican-born Mary Seacole, believed to be the United Kingdom’s (UK) first in honour of a named black woman, was unveiled in London on June 30. Mary Seacole cared for wounded British soldiers during the Crimean War from 1853 to 1856. She was born in Kingston in 1805 and died in London in 1881. The unveiling of the...

The Most Honourable Prime Minister Andrew Holness leads Jamaica’s delegation to the 37th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM being held in Georgetown, Guyana, July 4-6 under the Chairmanship of the Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister of Dominica. The Prime Minister and his delegation left the island yesterday (Sunday, July 3). The meeting is being...

Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, says the Government continues to monitor the possible opportunities and implications for Jamaica, consequent on Britain’s decision to leave the European Union (EU). She said the Ministry, through its Foreign Trade Department, was liaising with representatives from the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, and academics, in this...

Senate Statement By Senator The Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade on The Implications of the United Kingdom’s Vote to Leave the European Union Friday, 1st July 2016 Mr. President Honourable Members, For several months preceding the United Kingdom’s Referendum held on 23rd June 2016, in which the people of that country voted on whether to...

Jamaica Pulse, the first major exhibition of Jamaican visual art to be held in the United Kingdom, opened on Friday (June 24) in Bristol. The four-month exhibition is being staged by the Royal West of England Academy (RWA), and showcases the diversity of Jamaican art, ranging from contemporary pieces to the works of veteran artists such as Albert Huie, George...

The Caribbean is being urged to strengthen its regional community and economy through CARICOM, as well as the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP), in light of Britain’s pending exit from the European Union (EU). This call came out of a forum titled, ‘BREXIT: Implications for the Caribbean’, which was hosted by the Office of the Vice Chancellor...

Chairman of Jamaica’s newly formed Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Review Commission, Hon. Bruce Golding, says the panel will be taking a structured approach to fulfilling its very broad mandate. He says this includes utilising a “huge body of work”, comprising reports, research and studies that exist on CARICOM, to “inform ourselves as we try to address the wide range of issues”....