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Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), looks on while the Most Hon. Lady Allen (2nd left), pins United Kingdom (UK) Diaspora Advisory Board Member – Future Leader, Tanesha Westcarr, during the Governor-General's Achievement Award ceremony held at the opening of the Jamaica 55 Diaspora Conference at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Sunday (July 23). Also pictured is fellow award Recipient from the UK, Vendrys Henry.
Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), looks on while the Most Hon. Lady Allen (2nd left), pins United Kingdom (UK) Diaspora Advisory Board Member – Future Leader, Tanesha Westcarr, during the Governor-General's Achievement Award ceremony held at the opening of the Jamaica 55 Diaspora Conference at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Sunday (July 23). Also pictured is fellow award Recipient from the UK, Vendrys Henry.

Heritage Programme to Connect UK Youth with Jamaican Roots

By: Tomeica Gunn , July 25, 2017
The United Kingdom (UK) Diaspora is looking to engage young people of Jamaican heritage in a month-long internship programme in the island. “We want the young people to stay connected...
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (2nd left), converses with (from left): Chair, Lifelong Leadership Institute, Toronto Canada, Trevor Massey; Lead, Jamaica Diaspora Foundation Education Task Force, United States, Leo Gilling; and Professor and Vice-Chair Basic Sciences, Division of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Dr. Hansel Fletcher. They were at Monday’s (July 24) session of the Jamaica 55 Diaspora Conference at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston.

Diaspora Urged to Utilise Education Trust for School Donations

By: Latonya Linton, July 24, 2017
Health Minister, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), listens to Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), during Monday’s (July 24) opening plenary session, focusing on health care, at the Jamaica 55 Diaspora Conference. The Conference is being held from July 23 to 27 at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, under the theme: ‘Partnering for Growth’. Also listening (from 2nd left) are: Medical Chief of Staff, University Hospital of the West Indies and session moderator, Dr. Carl Bruce; Conference Chairman, Earl Jarrett; and Surgeon, Researcher and Specialist in Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment at Mercy Medical Centre in the United States, Dr. Vincent Reid.

PHOTOS: Diaspora Conference Holds Session on Health Care

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