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Prime Minister Bruce Golding will attend two regional meetings in Mexico from February 21-23. The Prime Minister will address the first Mexico-Caricom Summit on Sunday, February 21 where he will make a presentation on trade and development in the region. The meeting provides an opportunity for dialogue between Caricom member states and Mexico in areas of mutual interest. Mr. Golding...

The family of Mr. Ivan Washington Bernard, a 70-year-old-Jamaican from the parish of Hanover, who was residing in the United States of America is being asked to contact the Diaspora and Consular Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade at 926-4220. Mr. Ivan Washington Bernard died of natural causes in the Cobb County area of the...

A visionary, giant, cultural icon and intellectual were some of the accolades repeatedly echoed today (February 16) as Jamaicans bade farewell to Professor the Hon. Ralston 'Rex' Milton Nettleford, at a thanksgiving service held at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Chapel in Kingston. For a man who wore many caps as an academic, a dancer, choreographer, cultural ambassador...

Former Prime Ministers of Jamaica, the Most Hon Edward Seaga and the Most Hon P.J. Patterson, paid tributes to the late Vice Chancellor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor the Hon. Rex Nettleford, during Tuesday's (February 16) sitting of the House of Representatives at Gordon House in Kingston. Mr. Seaga remembered Professor Nettleford as an individual...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding says a great deal of Prof. Rex Nettleford's life can never die. His work, Mr. Golding said includes the bridges he built to enable Jamaican's minds to travel beyond self imposed boundaries, the confidence he inspired in Jamaicans, organisations he helped to build and his published works, writings and commentaries. Mr. Golding who was...

In a statement to Parliament on Wednesday February 10th, Prime Minister the Bruce Golding asserted that the competitive tender process that governs the divestment of Air Jamaica, requires the Government to pursue diligently and in good faith, the negotiations with Caribbean Airlines which had submitted an offer by the stipulated deadline of June 30, 2009. This position has been upheld...

On March 1, 2010, the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) will embark on a new approach to its programmes for radio and television. The Agency will no longer produce the 30-minute Jamaica Magazine programme but will instead, produce two five-minute features to be repeated three times daily from Monday to Saturday, to make use of the 30 minutes allocated for Government...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding will officially open the new Downtown Kingston office of the Spectrum Management Authority (SMA), on Thursday, February 18. Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Desmond McKenzie, will welcome guests to the function which starts at 4 p.m. The SMA, the regulator which manages the radio frequency spectrum on behalf of the government, has been in operation since April,...

The Jamaican community and friends of the Diaspora in South Florida will pay their last respects to late Vice Chancellor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor the Hon. Ralston "Rex" Nettleford, OM, at a thanksgiving service slated for next Tuesday (February 23). The function, which will be held at the Holy Family Episcopal Church in Miami...

Members of the CARICOM Caucus of Ambassadors, academia and the Jamaican community residing in Washington D.C. and the metro areas began paying tribute to the late Vice Chancellor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Rex Nettleford O.M. on Friday (February 12), when a condolence book was officially opened at the Jamaican Embassy in Washington, DC. Jamaican...

The Tea Garden located on the grounds of the historic King's House in the capital city has been refurbished, with new features put in to enhance its appeal to Their Excellencies and visitors to the property. Honorary Consul of Ukraine, Kenny Benjamin, who is also Guardsman Group chairman, carried out the project with support from the Consular Corps. The garden,...

On Tuesday (February 16), the Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) will be hosting the last in a series of amnesty sessions, geared at sensitising charitable groups to how they can benefit from the amnesty currently being offered. Part of the 'COJ Meet the People Series', the session will be held at the Hibiscus Lodge in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, commencing...