A delegation from the Rotary Club of Falls Church, Virginia in the United States, is slated to visit the Sir John Golding Rehabilitation Centre in Jamaica next month, to assess...

Southwark Council, in South London, United Kingdon (UK), has voted veteran Jamaican-born community campaigner and the borough's first black Mayor, Sam King, among 10 persons and institutions to be honoured...

Today, Monday, 8th June 2009, marks the first World Oceans Day. As Chairman of the National Council on Ocean and Coastal Zone Management (NCOCZM), I am particularly pleased that attention...

Assistant Secretary General of the Organisation of American States (OAS), Ambassador Albert Ramdin, is urging CARICOM countries to provide greater support for Haiti. Speaking at an OAS press briefing at...

It is still unclear whether Cuba will rejoin the Organisation of American States (OAS), despite passage of a resolution on Wednesday removing a 47-year ban during the OAS 39th General...

Project Abroad Jamaica will be undertaking a number of programmes in Jamaica for the 2009/10 period, as the organisation continues its voluntary work in the island. Projects Abroad Country Manager,...

Jamaica's Consul General to Toronto, Canada, Anne-Marie Bonner, has described author and communications guru, Easton Lee, as "a master storyteller and a great edutainer." She was speaking at the Toronto...

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...