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The new headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade at 2 Port Royal Street, downtown Kingston.

Foreign Affairs Ministry to Begin Operating from New Offices on May 4

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade will commence operating from its new headquarters at 2 Port Royal Street, downtown Kingston, on Tuesday, May 4. The 11-storey building will accommodate 285 members of staff spanning 17 departments. The complex,...

Outgoing Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) President, Jamaican, Dr. William Warren Smith.

CDB President Bids Farewell to Member Countries and Staff

Tourism Minister Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left) engages Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Tourism His Excellency Ahmed Al Khateeb in conversation during a successful meeting held today at the World Travel & Tourism Council's (WTTC) long-awaited 2021 Global Summit in Cancun, Mexico. The pair discussed a number of investment opportunities and possible areas for collaboration between both nations.

Minister Bartlett Discusses Investment Opportunities with Saudi Arabia’s Tourism Minister

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, addressing Friday's (April 23) sitting of the Senate at Gordon House.

Jamaica Provides Humanitarian Assistance to St. Vincent and the Grenadines

27 Jamaicans Repatriated From The UK In State Quarantine

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), speaks with Senior Director of Preparedness and Emergency Operations at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Horace Glaze, about the donations destined for St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The Minister was at the Kingston Wharves Terminal on Thursday (April 22), to observe the departure of the HMBS Lawrence Major, which transported the donations on behalf of Jamaica.

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Jamaica’s Support To St. Vincent And The Grenadines Ongoing

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says Jamaica’s efforts to assist St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) are ongoing as the islands continue to be impacted by continuous volcanic eruptions. A shipment of supplies gathered through public and private contributions left the island on April 22 for SVG. Minister McKenzie, who was on hand to observe...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), takes a tour aboard the HMBS Lawrence Major vessel with Jamaica Defence Force Commanding Officer, Alvin Gayle (centre) and Senior Director of Preparedness and Emergency Operations at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Horace Glaze, on April 21. The vessel, belonging to the Royal Bahamas Defence Force was laden with more than $20 million worth of relief supplies bound for St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The vessel will leave Kingston Wharves on April 22 to transport the items on behalf of Jamaica.

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Supplies Worth More Than $20 Million Going To SVG

More than $20 million worth of supplies are bound for St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), as part of Jamaica’s disaster relief aid, as they continue to cope with the erupting La Soufriere volcano. Speaking at the Kingston Wharves Terminal on April 21, where he called on the crew of the HMBS Lawrence Major, Minister of Local Government and Rural...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right) and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), display some of the COVID-19 testing supplies donated by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea to support the Government’s fight against the pandemic. The ceremony was held at the National Public Health Laboratory, 21 Slipe Pen Road, Kingston, on April 20. Also sharing the moment (from second left) are Chargé d

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PHOTOS: Donation Of COVID-19 Testing Supplies By Korean Embassy

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Jamaicans Stranded in the UK to be Repatriated Today

Twenty-seven (27) Jamaicans who have been stranded in Britain will return home later today (April 21), as permission has been granted for them to land, despite the closure of our borders to incoming flights from the United Kingdom (UK). The incoming Boeing 777 aircraft will later on Thursday, (April 22) repatriate British nationals and residents to the UK. Due to...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith.

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Brady Hailed for Pushing Small Island States’ Interests In Maritime Arena

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith has paid tribute to the Director-General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica (MAJ), Rear Admiral Peter Brady, for giving Small Island Developing States (SIDS) a voice in the international maritime arena. She said that as Jamaica’s Special Envoy to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Admiral Brady has...

Acting Executive Director of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), Elizabeth Riley.

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CDEMA Advises Donors To St. Vincent And The Grenadines To Contact National Disaster Offices

The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) is urging organisations and individuals across the region that wish to contribute to the disaster relief efforts for St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) to do so through their national disaster offices. In Jamaica’s case, that entity is the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM). Speaking at a virtual press conference...

Local Government and Rural Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. (File Photo)

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Local Government Minister Announces Structure Of Support For St. Vincent And The Grenadines

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says Jamaica is organizing support for St. Vincent and the Grenadines, which are now being battered by the erupting La Soufriere Volcano. “Our Government has been in contact with the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and we are organizing logistical and other forms of support to our brothers...