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	Jamaican Elected To Inter-American Commission On Human Rights
	Thursday, June 28, 2011
	Jamaican national and Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of the West Indies, Ms. Tracy Robinson has been elected to serve on the Inter American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). Ms. Robinson . . . [FULL STORY]

	Jamaica's Economic Prospects are good - Ambassador Marks
	Monday, November 08, 2010
	Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks has said that while the island is faced with the challenges posed by the global economic crisis, the prospects for its long-term sustainable economic development are strong. [FULL STORY]

	Diaspora key to Jamaica's development - Marks
	Tuesday, November 09, 2010
	Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks, while lauding the Diaspora's philanthropic efforts and remittances to the island, says nationals abroad have a key role to play in the country's social and economic development through investment and entrepreneurship.   [FULL STORY]

Ambassador Marks praises Diaspora's contribution to Jamaica

Touting areas of solid economic and social development in Jamaica, the island's ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey P. Marks, praised the Diaspora's contribution to the island's progress.

She singled out the Jamaica Awareness Association of California (JAAC) as a model to those "who are looking for ways to help to advance the development of our country."

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Hospitals to get supplies from Jamaican Organisation in New Jersey

Two health institutions in western Jamaica are to receive medical supplies and furniture valued at US$325,000 (J$27.6 million).

The items are being donated to the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St. James and the Falmouth Hospital, in Trelawny, by the Jamaican organisation of New Jersey (John J) and Foster Dublin and Associates, a consulting firm based in Highland Park, New Jersey.

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Diaspora members urged to play a more strategic role in country's development

Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey Marks has challenged members of the Jamaican Diaspora to play a more strategic role in Jamaica's economic development.

Delivering the keynote address at the 5th Trade and Investment Summit sponsored by the Caribbean Trade Council (CTC), at the State House in Hartford, Connecticut on October 28, Ambassador Marks.....

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Ambassador marks gives U.S. Attorney General a call

Cooperation between Jamaica and the United States on security issues highlighted discussions as Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey P. Marks, paid a courtesy call on U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder, on Thursday (October 28).

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Gov't remains committed to the Diaspora - Malahoo Fortey

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Marlene Malahoo Forte, says that the government remains committed to ensuring that the voices of Jamaicans living outside of the country are heard.

She was addressing a welcome reception for participants in the first annual Jamaica Diaspora Northeast United States Conference.......

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Ambassador Marks warns about cracks in overseas educational systems

Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Audrey P. Marks, is calling on Caribbean Americans to become fully engaged, and invest in their children's education.

She noted that, otherwise, even brilliant children risk falling through the cracks in the education system of their adopted country.

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Next Annual Diaspora Conference set for June, 2011

The third bi-annual Diaspora conference, postponed in June of this year due to the unrest in Kingston, has been rescheduled to June, 2011.

This was disclosed by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Marlene Malahoo Forte....

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