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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ambassador Paul Robotham (left), and Argentina’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Ariel Fernandez, peruse a document prior to last Saturday’s (March 12) closing ceremony at the Ministry’s New Kingston officers for participants in the just concluded six-month Argentine Spanish Language Training course. The course was organised by the Ministry under a South-South Cooperation programme between Jamaica and Argentina.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ambassador Paul Robotham (left), and Argentina’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Ariel Fernandez, peruse a document prior to last Saturday’s (March 12) closing ceremony at the Ministry’s New Kingston officers for participants in the just concluded six-month Argentine Spanish Language Training course. The course was organised by the Ministry under a South-South Cooperation programme between Jamaica and Argentina.

Government Officers Complete Six-Month Argentine Spanish Training Programme

By: Elaine Hartman Reckord, March 13, 2016
Fourteen Jamaicans have completed a six-month pre-intermediate Spanish Language Training Programme, offered by the Government of the Argentine Republic. The programme was conducted in Jamaica by four professors from the...
Governor of the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ), Brian Wynter (centre), welcomes the media and other officials to the Bank’s quarterly press briefing, at its headquarters in downtown, Kingston on March 7. Others at the head table are: Deputy Governor of the Bank of Jamaica, Livingston Morrison (left) and Senior Deputy Governor, John Robinson.

BOJ Governor says Exchange Rate Remains Stable

By: Chad Bryan, March 8, 2016
Pro Vice Chancellor and Principal of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Professor Archibald McDonald (seated, right), along with Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency Mr. Masanori Nakano (seated, left), sign a contract for grant funding, valued at US$90,000, being provided by the Japanese government to UWI for the construction of a gymnasium to facilitate gymnastic training at the institution. Looking on are (from left): Japanese Deputy Chief of Mission to Jamaica, Mr. Hiromoto Oyama; Campus Registrar, Mrs. Camille Bell-Hutchinson; and Deputy Principal, Professor Ishenkumba Kahwa. The signing ceremony was hosted at the UWI Council Room on Wednesday, March 2.

UWI Receives Gymnasium from Japan

By: Denise Dennis, March 2, 2016

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Jamaica’s Trade Deficit Narrows

Jamaica’s merchandise trade deficit fell by 13.4 per cent to US$2.9 billion for January to September 2015, when compared to the US$3.3 billion recorded over the similar period in 2014....
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By: Denise Dennis, January 20, 2016