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JAMAICA | Pearnel Charles Relents, Audit to be Tabled on Tuesday

KINGSTON, Jamaica, January 17, 2020 - Speaker of the House of Representatives, Pearnel Charles Sr, says he intends to table the Auditor General's report concerning the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) at the next sitting of Parliament.

January 17, 2020
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Shadow Minister of Finance & Planning Mark Golding

JAMAICA | Golding laments Foreign Exchange Market woes

KINGSTON, Jamaica, January 16, 2020: Jamaica’s foreign exchange market continues to be plagued by the triple woes of a chronically volatile exchange rate, acute shortage of supply of foreign exchange to serve the real economy, and a lack of transparency in the Forex operations of authorised dealers.

January 16, 2020
Published in Business & Economy

JAMAICA | PNP Youth arm to help Domestic Abuse Victims

KINGSTON, Jamaica, January 16, 2020: The People’s National Party Youth Organisation has announced that it is leading the coordination of a project to provide legal services to assist victims of abuse to access free legal support that will allow them to safely separate themselves and their children from their abusers.

January 16, 2020
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Frpm left are former chairman of the Integrity Commission, Justice (Ret’d) Karl Harrison, recently resigned commissioner Dr. Derrick McKoy and commissioner Eric Crawford.

JAMAICA | PNP Tells Gov't: Fix Issues Affecting Integrity Commission

KINGSTON, Jamaica, January 15, 2020: The People’s National Party (PNP) says the government needs to take immediate steps to resolve the issues affecting the smooth operations and legislative mandate of the National Integrity Commission, so that outstanding corruption matters can be prosecuted, and persons brought before the court.

January 16, 2020
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Member of the National Council on Reparation (NCR), Frank Phipps Q.C. (left); Director of the Institute for Gender and Development Studies, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Professor Opal Palmer Adisa (second left); Chairman of the NCR, Laleta Davis-Mattis (third left) and Principal Director of Culture and Creative Industries at the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Jo-Anne Archibald (right), at the Zong Monument in Black River, St Elizabeth. Occasion was a wreath laying ceremony held on Sunday, December 22, to commemorate the memory of those who lost their lives in the Zong Massacre of 1781. The event was organised by the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, in collaboration with the NCR.

JAMAICA | Enslaved Africans Of The Zong Massacre Remembered

BLACK RIVER, St. Elizabeth December 26, 20-19 - Jamaica's National Council on Repartion on Sunday, laid wreaths at the Zong Monument in Black River, St Elizabeth, to remember those who lost their lives in the Zong Massacre of 1781.

December 26, 2019
Published in Entertainment

Dr. Karren Dunkley, newly elected representative for the North East United States on the Jamaica Global Diaspora Council

DIASPORA | Philly Educator Dr. Karren Dunkley is Ja Global Diaspora Rep for NE USA

NEW YORK, NY, December 17, 2019 - Educator Dr. Karren Dunkley has emerged the winner in the elections to represent the North East United States on the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council (GJDC) recently introduced by the Jamaica government to replace the Diaspora Advisory Board.

December 17, 2019
Published in Diaspora

Jamaican Elected Treasurer of Consular Corps Association in Philadelphia

WASHINGTON, DC, December 17, 2019 - Jamaica’s Honorary Consul in Philadelphia, Christopher Chaplin, has been elected Treasurer and a member of the Executive Committee of the Consular Corps Association of Philadelphia.

December 17, 2019
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JAMAICA | Japan Provides Maritime Vessels to Jamaica

KINGSTON, December 13, 2019 Jamaica is to receive a major boost to maritime security operation. this follows an exchange of note between the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe and Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday, which will see Japan providing maritime patrol vessels to Jamaica.

December 13, 2019
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