Contrary to the practice of placing the focus on civil and political rights which Western governments deem more important than economic, social and cultural rights that are the main thrust...

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade K.D. Knight has emphasised that the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) will have very positive spin offs for the country through job...

Wayne McCook, Senior Director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade has said that private sector response to the upcoming China-Caribbean Economic Co-operation Trade Forum has been so...

The Jamaica Library Service (JLS) had a number of significant achievements for the 2003/04 fiscal year including the reconfiguration of the first mobile library to offer information and communication technology...

The China-Caribbean Trade Fair and Forum, which will be held from February 2-5 2005, will provide a golden opportunity for private sector interests in Jamaica and the wider Caribbean to...

Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has stated that Jamaica's contribution to countries affected by the tsunami disaster in South Asia could take the form of monetary assistance given the magnitude of...

Irwine Clare, Head of the New York-based Caribbean Immigrant Services (CIS), has urged Caribbean nationals in the United States to seek to become citizens of the country. Mr. Clare issued...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Delano Franklyn has called for support of the implementation of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), particularly...

The World Blind Cricket Council (WBCC) is reporting that its seven-day visit to Jamaica to promote the coaching and playing of blind cricket in the island was successful. In a...

Thomas "Mack" McLarty, former White House Chief-of-Staff and Special Envoy to Latin America and the Caribbean, has welcomed the appointment of Professor Gordon Shirley as Ambassador to Washington and expressed...

Jamaica has been given the honour of hosting the 35th Annual Conference of the International Institute of Communications (IIC), which will see the convergence of telecommunications and broadcasting regulators from...