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Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, with responsibility for Diaspora Affairs, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (third left), is welcomed to the City of Philadelphia by Donna Jackson Stephens of the Philadelphia Mayor’s Office. Sharing in the welcome are (from left) Chargé d’Affaires at the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington DC, Lishann Salmon; Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Brian Wallace; Consul General of Jamaica in New York, Oliver Mair; and Global Jamaica Diaspora Council representative for the Northeast United States, Michelle Tulloch-Neil. The occasion was the opening of the second Jamaica Diaspora Northeast USA Conference at Temple University in Philadelphia on Friday (October 23).
Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, with responsibility for Diaspora Affairs, Hon. Alando Terrelonge (third left), is welcomed to the City of Philadelphia by Donna Jackson Stephens of the Philadelphia Mayor’s Office. Sharing in the welcome are (from left) Chargé d’Affaires at the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington DC, Lishann Salmon; Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Brian Wallace; Consul General of Jamaica in New York, Oliver Mair; and Global Jamaica Diaspora Council representative for the Northeast United States, Michelle Tulloch-Neil. The occasion was the opening of the second Jamaica Diaspora Northeast USA Conference at Temple University in Philadelphia on Friday (October 23).

Diaspora Hailed for US$3.12B in Remittances to Jamaica

By: EMBASSY OF JAMAICA, WASHINGTON DC, October 24, 2026
Jamaicans living overseas remitted US$3.12 billion during the 2025/26 fiscal year, with inflows increasing significantly in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, underscoring the diaspora’s vital role in supporting Jamaica’s economic...
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (second left), joins (from left) Area Administrator for the Sisters of Mercy Jamaica, Marcia Tai Chun; Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Digicel Foundation, Charmaine Daniels; and Chairman and CEO of National Baking Company, Gary Hendrickson, in cutting the ribbon to officially open the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Lab and Resource Centre at the Alpha Primary School on South Camp Road in Kingston on Thursday (October 22).

Alpha Primary School Opens New STEM Lab

By: BRITNEY STEVENS, October 24, 2026
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), engages Parish Manager for Hanover Public Health Services, Aldwayne Beckford (second left), inside the new pharmacy building during a progress tour of Noel Holmes Hospital in Hanover on Friday (October 23). Looking on are Regional Director of the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), Deveta McLaren (centre); Deputy Mayor of Lucea, Councillor Andria Dehaney-Grant (third right), and other stakeholders.

New 150-Bed Noel Holmes Hospital to Be Constructed

By: OKOYE HENRY, October 24, 2026

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