More than ten years after his death, the late former Prime Minister Michael Manley will create history when he becomes the first Jamaican leader to be inducted into the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame, on Saturday, January 12th.

Manley’s induction, part of the annual Trumpet Awards, will take place at the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site, in downtown Atlanta , Georgia , following a ceremony at the landmark Ebenezer Baptist Church .  He is being inducted alongside such other American civil rights icons as poet Maya Angelou; singer-dancer Sammy Davis, Jr.; activist Benjamin Hooks; radio host Tom Joyner; and Martin Luther King attorney Clarence B. Jones.

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The United States (U.S.) Congress has passed a bill that pushes back by a year passport requirements for Americans on the borders of Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.

"The passport requirement is the wrong answer to the wrong question," said Vermont Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy.

"It creates major hassles for law-abiding citizens and communities all across the longest peaceful border in the world," he added.

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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade,  Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh has announced the appointment of  former Senator and Member of Parliament, Mr. Anthony Johnson as Ambassador-designate to the United  States of  America.

Currently Senior Lecturer in  the Department of Management Studies, Mona, He succeeds Ambassador Gordon Shirley, Principal of the University of the West Indies, who  ended a three year tour of duty in August

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The recently announced requirement by both the Jamaican and US Governments in the cases of individuals seeking to access immigration related services including citizenship, and  Jamaicans seeking to renew their Jamaican Passports must present a birth certificate, has created a massive  application intake by the Registrar General’s overseas outreach team now visiting the United States. This was disclosed by RGD’s CEO Dr. Patricia Holness while addressing the Jamaican community at a Town Hall meeting recently held in Atlanta, Georgia.

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