The Government of Jamaica has welcomed the clearance of a shipment of Jamaican beef patties by the Trinidad and Tobago authorities. This action follows several weeks of consultations, including at...

Expectations are high about the benefits that will accrue to Jamaica when the country's National Report on its progress in meeting and implementing the eight United Nations Millennium Development Goals...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh, departed the island this afternoon (Monday June 1) to attend the 39th General Assembly of...

The United Nations (UN) has established a trust fund for a permanent memorial to honour the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. A ceremony was held recently at...

Jamaicans in the United States (US) Diaspora have come out in support of a proposal by the University of Technology (UTech), to operate the Trelawny Multi-Purpose Stadium as the western...

Conversations flowed freely, hugs and kisses were exchanged, childhood friends rekindled old ties, and food and spirits were bountiful, as thousands gathered in Queen's, New York last weekend for the...

Consul General to New York, Geneive Brown Metzger, has hailed the Friends of Trelawny Association (FOTA), for its commitment to the development of parish and the wider Jamaica. Speaking at...

The Jamaica Diaspora UK Youth Association (JDYA), is hosting a special forum for young people of Jamaican heritage in Brixton, South London, on May 30. Co-ordinator of the forum, Saffron...

A panel discussion on the effects of the global economic crisis on the Latin America and the Caribbean region will take place at the Americas Society/Council of the Americas (AS/COA),...

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers of Health and Education will be involved in two meetings in Montego Bay, Jamaica next week. First they will convene the Eighteenth Meeting of the CARICOM...

High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Burchell Whiteman, has said that despite the economic turmoil that has affected some of the island's major sectors, including bauxite, the Government has...