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...

Jamaicans in the diaspora are being encouraged to invest in several potential areas of opportunity that have been identified locally by Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO). JAMPRO Vice President for Sales and Promotion, Norman Naar, says they include tourism, agriculture/agro-business, manufacturing, and mining, noting that these and others are key investment opportunities that position Jamaica as a “unique selling proposition”. He...

A United Kingdom (UK)-Jamaica Diaspora early-childhood education support group has provided more than $650,000 worth of school supplies and funds to four basic and primary education institutions in the island. The group, representing community organisations and individuals, was brought together by the Jamaican High Commission. The beneficiary institutions are All Saints Infant, Cornwall Gardens Basic, Mount Salem Primary and St...