Vice-President of the People's Republic of China, H.E. Xi Jinping, will pay an official visit to the island from 11th to the 14th February, 2009. The Vice-President will meet with...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh has announced the appointment of Mrs. Sharon Saunders, Jamaica's Deputy High Commissioner to the United...

A former distinguished an internationally acclaimed Jamaican Diplomat Ambassador Lucille Mathurin Mair,C.D. O.J., died this morning in Kingston. She was in her 85th year and had been ailing for some...

Working in the Foreign Service is often perceived as a career of glitz and glamour, with persons traipsing the globe and rubbing shoulders with Heads of States and Governments, attending...

Jamaicans in the Diaspora joined the millions of persons last Tuesday (Jan. 20) celebrating the inauguration of Barack Obama, as the first African American President of the United States. They...

The first Jamaica-United Kingdom Investment Forum, which will highlight the broad range of investment opportunities available in Jamaica, will be held in Westminster, London on February 5. The event is...

Hundreds of Jamaicans, braving minus 25 degrees celsius weather, packed two venues in Canada to pay tribute to Olympic gold medalist, Melaine Walker. The events, which took place recently at...

Consul General to New York, Geneive Brown Metzger, is optimistic that the Barack Obama administration will be more favourable towards Jamaica and the wider Caribbean region. Mrs. Brown Metzger, who...

A study of Caribbean youths have found many to be unhappy about their life in the region, with some feeling shunned, expecting to be deceased, in prison, or living abroad...

Jamaican Ambassador to the United States of America (USA), Anthony Johnson, has said that he anticipates, under President Barack Obama's administration, a strengthening of the positive relations that Jamaica has...

Secretary of State-designate of the United States, Hillary Clinton, has said that she is hopeful of forging closer links and working relations with the Caribbean region. Mrs. Clinton was speaking...