Embassy of Jamaica, Washington, DC

H E A D L I N E S Last updated: Thursday, July 10th, 2008 12:00am EST

amaica’s Ambassador to the United States Anthony Johnson at center posed for a photograph with awardees at the Merl Grove High School Past Students Association North East American Chapter. From left to right Denise McCalla-Creary, Maureen Samuels, Faye Williams, Andrea McDonald Blake; President of the Association, Paulette Parkinson, and Amy Allen Principal of Merl Grove High School. The awards presentation took place at the Association’s 4th annual awards and fundraising banquet at the Hilton Hotel in Green belt Maryland on Saturday July 5.

Ambassador Johnson States That Access to Quality Education is an Investment to Social Advancement

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States Anthony Johnson has emphasized access to quality education as an effective investment and a guarantee for future economic and social advancement when he was addressing the 4th Annual Gala of the Merl Grove High School Past Student’s Association North American Chapter at the Hilton Hotel, in Green Belt, Maryland on
Saturday July 5.

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Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Ronald Robinson (centre), with the newly elected Regional Chairmen of the Jamaica Diaspora Advisory Board in the USA. At left is Patrick Beckford, Northeast; Wayland Richards (third right), Midwest; and Marlon Hill (right), Southeast. Also sharing in the occasion are Jamaica's Ambassador to the US, Anthony Johnson (second left); Consul General to Miami, Richard Allicock (third left); and Consul General to New York, Geneive Brown Metzger. The election was held on the final day of the third Biennial Conference of the Jamaican Diaspora, at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on June 17.

Regional Chairmen Elected for Diaspora Board in USA

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Chairmen for the three regions of the Jamaica Diaspora Advisory Board in the United States (US), were elected on the final day of the Third Biennial Conference of the Jamaican Diaspora, at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on June 17.

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Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States (US), Anthony Johnson

Ambassador Encourages Jamaicans to
Avoid Alternative Financial Schemes

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Ambassador to the United States (US), Anthony Johnson, has encouraged Jamaican nationals returning home to seek out lucrative investments, and avoid the alternative financial schemes.

Speaking at the first annual charity event of the All Christian, Incorporated, in Miami, recently, the Ambassador cited opportunities for investment in the areas of tourism, information technology, business outsourcing, agro-food processing and manufacturing.

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The Hon. Edmund Bartlett demonstrates how to drink a water coconut to Linda McIntosh, a visitor to the Jamaica Tourist Board booth at the Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center in Washington, DC The occasion was the 1st Annual Caribbean Tourism Summit held , which brought together leaders from political, tourism and investment communities and the Caribbean Diaspora. Pictured (L-R): Victoria Harper-Business Development Manager, Jamaica Tourist Board-Mid-Atlantic; Linda McIntosh; Hon. Edmund Barltett-Minister of Tourism and Carrole Guntley-Director General of Tourism

First Annual Caribbean Tourism Summits

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

The Hon. Edmund Bartlett demonstrates how to drink a water coconut to Linda McIntosh, a visitor to the Jamaica Tourist Board booth at the Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center in Washington, DC The occasion was the 1st Annual Caribbean Tourism Summit held , which brought together leaders from political, tourism and investment communities and the Caribbean Diaspora. Pictured (L-R): Victoria Harper-Business Development Manager, Jamaica Tourist Board-Mid-Atlantic; Linda McIntosh; Hon. Edmund Barltett-Minister of Tourism and Carrole Guntley-Director General of Tourism.

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