Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica and the Honourable François Philippe Champagne, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, co-chaired a meeting of the United Nations Group of Friends of Sustainable Development Goals Financing on Tuesday May 19, 2020. The meeting brought together Ambassadors from across the membership of the United Nations...

Jamaicans overseas who are now applying to return home under the country’s controlled re-entry programme are being encouraged to desist from applying multiple times on the jamcovid19 application and website. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, while disclosing that close to 7,500 applications have, so far, been received, pointed out that persons who...

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, says she is “deeply concerned” about the rapid expansion of the coronavirus (COVID-2019) across the Americas, and has called for greater collaboration among health authorities in member countries to bolster health systems in order to contain the spread. The number of confirmed cases and deaths across the region rose to 1.74...

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Carissa Etienne, says the entity is in “close dialogue” with several bilateral and multilateral institutions to coordinate a response to the negative economic impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on PAHO member countries. Among these, she said, while speaking at a digital media briefing on Tuesday (May 12), are the International Monetary Fund (IMF),...

One hundred and ninety-two Jamaicans overseas are scheduled to arrive in the island from the United States, on Wednesday (May 13), under the Government’s controlled re-entry programme. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, provided details at a virtual press conference on Monday (May 11), at the Office of the Prime Minister Media Centre,...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, is lauding the 45 years of partnership between Jamaica and the Europe Union (EU) and the Union’s solidarity with the country in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19). The Minister, in a message to mark Europe Day on May 9, noted that this year’s observance, which is...

The European Union (EU) will be making a second donation of medical supplies and equipment to Jamaica in support of the country’s efforts to tackle the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This was announced by Head of the EU Delegation in Jamaica, Ambassador Malgorzata Wasilewska, in a statement to mark Europe Day 2020. Ambassador Wasilewska said that the items include monitors, infusion...