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Jamaica to Engage in Key Discussions at 48th Caricom Heads Meeting in Barbados

By: E. Hartman Reckord, February 20, 2025

Jamaica will engage in discussions on critical regional issues, including trade, security and cooperation, at the 48th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, now under...

State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (centre); and State Minister for National Security, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn (third left), look on as Chargé d’Affaires, European Union (EU) Delegation in Jamaica, Piotr Byczkowski (left), shares a point with Olympic triple jump silver medallist Shanieka Ricketts (second left). Occasion was Friday’s (Feb. 14) media launch of the EU-Jamaica 5K and 10K Run/Walk at the EU Delegation offices in Kingston. Also sharing in the discussion are Acting Director of Safety and Security in Schools, Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Richard Troupe (second right) and Race Director, Running Events Jamaica, Alfred "Frano" Francis.

PHOTOS: Launch of EU-Jamaica Walk/Run

Custos of Kingston, Hon. Steadman Fuller, delivers the Throne Speech at the Ceremonial Opening of Parliament for Fiscal Year 2025/26, on Thursday (February 13), at Gordon House. Custos Fuller was deputising for Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen.

EU Programme to Establish Digital Transitioning Centres and Offer Training to 2,700 MSMEs

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Youth 10 months ago At-Risk Youth Benefit from Mentorship Programme of MYF
By: Sherika Williams, February 10, 2025
Foreign Affairs 10 months ago Prime Minister Urges Adherence by Jamaicans Overseas to the Laws of Countries Where They Reside
By: Latonya Linton, February 8, 2025
Education 10 months ago Gov’t of Japan Providing School Buses for Three Institutions
By: Judana Murphy, February 7, 2025

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10 months ago EducationForeign AffairsTechnology

Three Schools to Get Buses from Japan

The Embassy of Japan has signed three grant contracts amounting to $28.8 million, to purchase school buses for Rest Primary and Infant and Bustamante High Schools in Clarendon, and Port...

By: Judana Murphy, February 6, 2025

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, presents a cheque, valued US$5,218, to Chairman of the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation and Mayor of Black River, Councillor Richard Solomon, for the St. Elizabeth infirmary during a brief handover ceremony at the Ministry’s office in downtown Kingston on Wednesday (February 5). The funds were raised by Jamaicans living in the Washington DC (District of Columbia), Maryland and Virginia (DMV) area in the United States, during a church service to commemorate the island’s 62nd Independence Anniversary.

10 months ago Foreign AffairsHealth & WellnessJamaican Diaspora

Foreign Affairs Ministry Hands Over Diaspora Donation to St. Elizabeth Infirmary

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, on Wednesday (February 5), handed over a cheque, valued US $5,218, to the St. Elizabeth Infirmary on behalf of Jamaicans in the...

By: Donique Weston, February 6, 2025

Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon (seated second row, fourth from right), and Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Chen Daojiang (seated second row, fourth from left), are surrounded by members of the Chinese community and students and staff from Albion Primary and Mount Salem Primary and Infant schools in St. James. Occasion was a ceremony for the handover of 11 tablets to the schools by the Jamaica China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification, at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre in Sam Sharpe Square on Monday, February 3.

10 months ago EducationForeign AffairsTechnology

Chinese Community Donates 11 Tablets to Two Primary Schools in Montego Bay

Albion Primary and Mount Salem Primary and Infant schools in St. James have received a donation of tablet computers from the Chinese community in Jamaica. Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica, His...

By: Okoye Henry, February 5, 2025

José Martí Technical High School student, Sanique Roberts (right), is presented with a trophy by Science teacher at the St. Catherine-based institution, Shanice Laing, for outstanding performance in academics and ports. The student is the recipient of the JMcKay Collection scholarship awarded by Jamaican-born registered nurse in the United States (US) and past student of the school, Jillianne McKay Burrell. The scholarship will enable Sanique to pursue nursing studies at Northern Caribbean University (NCU).

10 months ago EducationJamaican DiasporaYouth

José Martí Technical Student Gets Scholarship to Pursue Nursing

José Martí Technical High School student, Sanique Roberts, is well on the way to achieving her ambition of becoming a nurse. The upper-sixth-form student is the recipient of the JMcKay...

By: Garfield L. Angus, February 5, 2025

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), cuts the ribbon to officially hand over a new house to New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) beneficiary, Inez Francis (second left) during a hand over ceremony held on Friday ( January 31). Also participating the ceremony are (from left) Ms. Francis’ granddaughter, Keisha Nelson; Chairperson for the Oversight Committee of the NSHP, Judith Robb Walters (partially hidden in background); Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for St. James Southern, Hon. Homer Davis and Former Councillor of the Maroon Town Division, Everes Coke.

10 months ago Foreign AffairsNational SecurityPrime Minister

PM Issues Warning to Deportees Intent on Committing Crime

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness has issued a stern warning to Jamaicans who return to the island with criminal intentions. “Let me be clear to you that...

By: Serena Grant, February 1, 2025

British High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Judith Slater (third right), and Factories Corporation of Jamaica (FCJ) Chairman, Lyttleton Shirley (centre), tour the Morant Bay Urban Centre in St. Thomas on Thursday (January 30). Also part of the touring party are (from left) FCJ Managing Director, Donald Farquharson; Mayor of Morant Bay, Councillor Louis Chin; Custos Rotulorum for St. Thomas, Hon. Marcia Bennett; Member of Parliament for St. Thomas Western, James Robertson, and Deputy British High Commissioner to Jamaica, Jonathan Cook.

10 months ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentForeign Affairs

British High Commissioner Tours Morant Bay Urban Centre

In her first official visit to St. Thomas, British High Commissioner to Jamaica, Her Excellency Judith Slater, toured the $6-billion Morant Bay Urban Centre project on Thursday (January 30). “It’s...

By: Mickella Anderson-Gordon, January 31, 2025

Chairman of the Factories Corporation of Jamaica, Lyttleton Shirley.

10 months ago Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentForeign Affairs

Phased Handover of Morant Bay Urban Centre Begins in February

A phased handover of the Morant Bay Urban Centre project in St. Thomas is expected to begin mid-February, says Chairman, Factories Corporation of Jamaica (FCJ), Lyttleton Shirley. In an interview...

By: Mickella Anderson-Gordon, January 31, 2025

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith and the High Commissioner of India to Jamaica, His Excellency Mayank Joshi, raise their glasses in a toast at a reception to commemorate the 76th India Republic Day, held on Sunday (January 26) at India House, 2 East King’s House Road, in Kingston.

10 months ago Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs Minister Highlights Support from India

The Government of India has consistently supported Jamaica’s development efforts, says Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith. Speaking at the 76th India Republic...

By: Elaine Hartman Reckord, January 30, 2025

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Three Schools to Get Buses from Japan

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PM Issues Warning to Deportees Intent on Committing Crime

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