Keeping the Diaspora informed
Kingston, Jamaica – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFATA), has confirmed that one of the 17 students killed by Nikolas Cruz in the Parkland school shooting last Wednesday, Helena Ramsey, 17, is of Jamaican ancestry. We extend deepest condolences to our Jamaican brothers and sisters and the families and friends of all victims…
Washington, DC – Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks has commended the Jamaica David “Wagga” Hunt Scholarship Organization for providing over $8.4 million JMD in scholarships to twenty-one students from two of Jamaica’s premier secondary schools – Calabar High and Kingston College (KC). I am heartened by the tremendous growth of this…
Washington DC – Mrs. Marsha Coore-Lobban, Deputy Chief of Missions at the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington D.C., will officially depart the United States to Jamaica after completing her tenure as Charge d’Affaires of the Embassy of Jamaica. At a well attended farewell party organized under the Patronage of Her Excellency, Audrey Marks, Mrs. Coore-Lobban was…
Washington DC – Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid has called on members of the Jamaican Diaspora in the United States to partner with the government in establishing a national school bus system. Senator Reid, who was speaking at a reception held in his honor at the Embassy of Jamaica…
WASHINGTON D.C. – Ambassador Audrey Marks has announced the launch of a new and innovative Jamaica Connect Program called Jamaica Roots! This promotion is aimed at Jamaican-Americans who have lost connection with their homeland but who would like to take up the opportunity to experience Jamaica and reconnect with their roots. Ambassador Marks explained that,…
The Lynne Mitchell Foundation, a nonprofit diaspora organization in the United States, whose mission is to support the educational needs of underprivileged children in Jamaica, raised over US $100,000 or approximately $12 million JMD at its fifth-annual Philanthropic Gala for the Seaview Primary School in Southfield, St. Elizabeth. Hosted in support of the school’s expansion…
Washington, D.C. – Minister of Finance and the Public Service, the Hon. Audley Shaw was on Friday, October 13th 2017, the honored guest at a celebratory reception hosted by the Embassy of Jamaica, under the auspices of Her Excellency, Audrey P. Marks. The event was a prelude to Minister Shaw accepting the Global Markets Finance…
Ambassador Audrey Marks speaking at a Luncheon organized by the Jewish advocacy organization, B’nai B’rith International, called for deeper cooperation between Jamaica and Israel in the areas of trade, technology and development. Ambassador Marks was addressing the B’nai B’rith Diplomatic Encounter Series, which enables ambassadors and other Washington officials to directly address the most pressing…
Washington, D.C. – Minister of Tourism, the Hon. Edmund Bartlett at a special celebratory reception hosted by Ambassador Audrey Marks to honour the Hon. Audley Shaw for being awarded Best Finance Minister of the Year for the Caribbean at the Embassy of Jamaica, announced that Jamaica will host the first ever Global Conference on Job…
The evening began with reggae music playing softly in the background. The large upstairs reception room at the Georgetown Club was filled with enthused Washingtonians sipping various concoctions of Blackwell Rum and rockin’ to the music. The purpose of the event was to showcase Island Outpost Resorts and Jamaican Rum in the Nation’s capital and…