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Published:Saturday | November 2, 2024 | 12:06 AMDerrick Scott/Gleaner Writer

WASHINGTON, DC: Jamaica’s Adopt-a-Clinic Programme is gaining traction, with notable input from the diaspora in the United States, members of which have taken several clinics across the island under their wings. On a recent visit to Washington, DC...

Published:Friday | May 24, 2024 | 12:05 AMDerrick Scott/Gleaner Writer

WASHINGTON DC: New York State Assembly Member Brian Cunningham (43rd District), who has strong Jamaican roots, will declare open the New York-based Friends of Falmouth Symposium...

Published:Friday | June 10, 2022 | 12:07 AMDerrick Scott/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica’s ambassador to the United States, Audrey P. Marks, has reiterated a call for access to concessional financing for middle-income countries, if Jamaica and other developing countries are to create an enabling environment for investment....

Published:Tuesday | April 6, 2021 | 12:12 AMDerrick Scott/Gleaner Writer

Washington, DC: Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States Audrey Marks has lauded the contribution of Patricia Chin and her late husband, Vincent ‘Randy’ Chin, to the development and promotion of Jamaica’s reggae music through their business, Randy...

Published:Sunday | September 20, 2020 | 7:12 AMDerrick Scott/Gleaner Writer

WASHINGTON, DC: The Philadelphia-based mid-Atlantic chapter of the Cornwall College Old Boys Association (CCOBAMA) has secured a massive donation of desks and science lab equipment to strengthen its current campaign to improve infrastructure and...

Published:Sunday | December 22, 2019 | 12:00 AMDerrick Scott/Gleaner Writer

The flow of illegal guns and ammunition from the United States to Jamaica figured prominently in the discussions between National Security Minister Horace Chang and officials of the US State Department in Washington last week. Speaking at...

Published:Thursday | December 13, 2018 | 12:00 AMDerrick Scott/Gleaner Writer

More than 200 friends of Jamaica attended a special dinner in honour of Prime Minister Andrew Holness, on November 27.Hosted by Ambassador of Jamaica to the United States Her Excellency Audrey Marks, the dinner was held at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in...

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