Embassy of Jamaica, Washington, DC

H E A D L I N E S Last updated: Thursday, March 9th, 2009 12:00pm EST

Prime Minister Bruce Golding congratulates Organisation of American States (OAS) Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza on his work to reduce regional conflict. He also urged the OAS to use its position in international summits to represent the issues of small nations. The OAS Secretary General paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister on March 18 at Jamaica House.

PM Golding Urges OAS to Support Call for
Stronger International Finance Regulation

Thurday, April 9th, 2009

Prime Minister Bruce Golding has stressed the importance of the Organisation of American States, (OAS) to support the call for stronger regulations of financial institutions that have an international reach.

"There is a need to rebuild global confidence. There must be synchronization of regulatory systems. It will be a tragedy if developing countries become more excluded from global decisions", Mr. Golding said.

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Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Kenneth Baugh (left), welcomes Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Jose Miguel Insulza, on the latter's arrival at the Norman Manley International Airport on Tuesday (Mar.17) for a two-day visit in Jamaica. Looking on is OAS Director in Jamaica, Joan Neil

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Wants Stronger Voice for Developing

Thurday, April 9th, 2009

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh has expressed the view that developing countries needed a stronger voice especially when dealing with the global economic crisis and climate change.

Minister Baugh told visiting Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS), HE Jose Miguel Insulza, on Wednesday morning at the Foreign Ministry, that he hoped that the 5th Summit of the Americas, which will be held next month in Trinidad and Tobago, would facilitate greater expression by developing countries.

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Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Anthony Johnson (right), listens to Chicago businessman Munir Muhammad (2nd left), while (from left) Jamaica's Honorary Consul to Chicago, Lloyd Hyde; and Elzie Higginbottom, President and Chief Executive Officer of Eastlake Management and Development Corporation, listen. The Ambassador was at a luncheon with members of the Chicago business community on Friday (Feb.20) at the Top Notch Restaurant in the United States city

Ziggy for White House Gig

Thurday, April 9th, 2009

Reggae singer Ziggy Marley is scheduled to perform at the White House on April 13, as part of President Barack Obama's Easter celebrations. Marley, the eldest of reggae legend Bob Marley's sons, said he was contacted by the office of First Lady Michelle Obama to appear at the event which is a White House tradition.

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President of Atlanta Caribbean Jerk Festival, Glen Simmonds (left), makes a donation to Medical Director of the Atlanta Montego Bay Health Mission, Dr. Debra Haynes, to assist the Mission to stage its annual Health Fair, in Montego Bay, St. James. The presentation took place on Sunday, March 22, at the Atlanta-Montego Bay Sister Cities Committee 10th annual fund-raising brunch, held in downtown Atlanta. Looking on is Jamaica's Honorary Consul in Atlanta, Vin Martin, who also chairs the Sister Cities Committee.

Sister Cities Committee Plans to Build Clinic in Mo-Bay

Thurday, April 9th, 2009

The Atlanta-Montego Bay Sister Cities Committee plans to construct a health clinic in Montego Bay, St. James, to facilitate a more organised and sustainable health care programme between both cities.

Jamaica's Honorary Consul in Atlanta, Vin Martin, told JIS News that for the past 15 years, Atlanta has been conducting its health mission to Montego Bay and it is now time that "we have a permanent health facility in that city, where we can schedule to see our patients more frequently and conduct follow-up treatment, rather than just seeing them once per year."

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Jamaican Easter Traditions Steeped in Culture and History

Thurday, April 9th, 2009

While American families hide colored eggs and eat chocolate bunnies, Jamaica’s tradition of eating Easter bun and cheese, fortune telling and Carnival are the ways this island celebrates this holiday period.

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