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Maryland House of Delegates Representative and founding member of the Jamaica Association of Maryland (JAM), Shirley Natham-Pulliam (2nd left), presents the 2014 Marcus Garvey UNIA award to Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins University, Jamaican born Dr. Basil Morgan (3rd left), at JAM’s annual Independence Ball commemorating the country’s 52nd year of independence on Saturday, August 9, at the Martin West Ballroom in Baltimore, Maryland. Sharing in the occasion (from left) are: President of the National Association of Jamaican and Supportive Organizations (NAJASO), Rick Nugent and President of (JAM), Mr. Noel Godfrey.
Maryland House of Delegates Representative and founding member of the Jamaica Association of Maryland (JAM), Shirley Natham-Pulliam (2nd left), presents the 2014 Marcus Garvey UNIA award to Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins University, Jamaican born Dr. Basil Morgan (3rd left), at JAM’s annual Independence Ball commemorating the country’s 52nd year of independence on Saturday, August 9, at the Martin West Ballroom in Baltimore, Maryland. Sharing in the occasion (from left) are: President of the National Association of Jamaican and Supportive Organizations (NAJASO), Rick Nugent and President of (JAM), Mr. Noel Godfrey.

Jamaican Assistant Professor Gets UNIA Award

By: Derrick Scott, Information Attache (Jamaican Embassy, USA), August 11, 2014
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins University, Jamaica born Dr. Basil Morgan, is the recipient of the 2014 Marcus Garvey Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) Award. It was presented...
Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Stephen Vasciannie (left), greets Chief Liaison Officer at the Jamaica Central Labor Organization, Clayton Solomon, after the Service of Thanksgiving to mark Jamaica’s 52nd year of Independence held on August 3 at the Dumbarton Chapel, Howard University campus, Washington DC.

PM Urges Jamaicans to Continue Nation Building Efforts

By: Derrick Scott, Information Attache (Jamaican Embassy, USA), August 8, 2014
Ambassador to the United States, and Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS ), His Excellency Stephen Vasciannie, has been elected to chair OAS Legal Committee.

Ambassador Vasciannie to Chair OAS Committee

By: Derrick Scott, Information Attache (Jamaican Embassy, USA), August 8, 2014

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