We kno of slave trade&300yrs of atrocities BUT do we kno of King Hannibal King Mansa Musa I King Shaka King Ramesses II King Amenhotep IV King Taharqa Queen Nzingha Queen Nefertiti Queen Hatshepsut Nana Yaa of Ashanti CARTHAGE THEBES EGYPT BENIN YORUBA? That is our history!!

Blessings. Looking forward to changes to allow full 24hr /same day RTGS actoss all platforms now that we have been remobed from the global grey list. #Jamaica #banking

Hon. @terrelonge2016, Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (@mfaftja), discussed the 11th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, the country's premier platform for engaging its global community in meaningful partnerships with a focus on building a more resilient nation and advancing sustainable development through collaboration, investment and shared purpose. #SmileJamaica

Join our parliamentary committee on Economy and Production live at 10am today as we discuss national policy framework for flexi-work hours and work from home #Jamaica 🇯🇲

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Alando Terrelonge, has welcomed the participation of Jamaican track and field legend Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in the 11th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference. According to a ministry statement, Fraser-Pryce will be a featured speaker on the third day of the conference during the highly anticipated panel discussion, “Leveraging the Creative Economy to Build Stronger Cultural Industries”. jamaicaobserver.com/2026/06/…

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Chairman of Parliament's Economy and Production Committee, Alando Terrelonge, has announced that the committee will undertake a comprehensive review of flexible work hours and work-from-home policies as energy prices continue to fluctuate jamaicaobserver.com/2026/06/…

Join us for the 11th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, taking place June 14–18, 2026, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre. This premier gathering will bring together Jamaicans from across the globe to strengthen connections, foster collaboration, and contribute to Jamaica’s continued growth and development. Register today and be part of the conversation, the collaboration, and the future of Jamaica. #mfaftja #bjdc11 #jamaicadiasporaconference2026 #investinjamaica #jamaicaforward

Hear it directly from someone who’s done it. Meet Okama Ekpe Brook, who successfully registered her business here in Jamaica while attending our last Conference. Now it’s your turn. Join us in Montego Bay from June 14–18, 2026, and take the next step toward fulfiling your business in Jamaica. #mfaftja #bjdc11 #JamaicainJune #investinjamaica

Special sessions tailored for Jamaica’s young Diasporans are coming this June at the 11th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference #BJDC11, and the conversation has already begun. Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, the Honourable Alando Terrelonge (@terrelonge2016), met with young Canadian-based Jamaicans at a Youth Meet ‘N’ Greet in Toronto on Wednesday, one of several engagements being held ahead of the Conference. 1/2

The first of four Diaspora Town Hall meetings in Canadian went underway on Thursday, April 30.🇯🇲 Members of the Jamaican Diaspora gathered at the Jamaican Canadian Association Alberta (JCAA) in Calgary for a powerful evening of dialogue and connection, led by Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, the Honourable Alando Terrelonge @terrelonge2016. 1/4

Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, the Honourable Alando Terrelonge @terrelonge2016 , on Sunday May 3 joined High Commissioner of Jamaica to Canada, Her Excellency Marsha Coore Lobban; Honorary Consul of Jamaica in Montreal, Mr. George Grant and the Jamaican Association of Montreal for the final stop in a week of meaningful engagements with the Jamaican diaspora residing in Canada. The conversations were rich, the energy was real, and the message was consistent from coast to coast — Jamaica needs you home. 2/4

The dialogue continues in Montego Bay, June 14 to 18. We look forward to seeing you there. Register today at bjdc.mfaft.gov.jm (link in bio). #mfaftja #BJDC11 #diasporatownhall #JamaicaDiasporaConference2026

Don’t wait until someone you know needs blood to donate. 🩸 Regular voluntary blood donation helps keep the blood supply ready for emergencies, surgeries, and patients in need every day. Be a regular donor. Save lives. ❤️ #YoureSomebodysType

So you mean to tell me that someone down your ancestry line survived being chaıned to other human bodięs for several months in the bottom of a disease-infested ship during the Middle Passage, lost their language, customs and traditions, picked up the English language as best they could while working free of charge from sun up to sun down as they watched babies sold from out of their arms and women rapęd by ruthless sIave owners. Took names with no last names, no birth certificates, no heritage of any kind, braved the Underground Railroad, survived the Civil Wąr to enter into sharecropping... Learned to read and write out of sheer will and determination, faced the burning crosses of the KƘK, everted their eyes at the black bodies swinging from ropes hųng on trees... Fought in World Wąrs as soldiers only to return to America as boys, marched in Birmingham, hosed in Selma, jailed in Wilmington, assassinated in Memphis, segregated in the South, ghettoed in the North, ignored in history books, stereotyped in Hollywood... and in spite of it all, someone in your family line endured every era to make sure you would get here, but you receive one rejection, face one obstacle, lose one friend, get overlooked, and you want to quit? How dare you entertain the very thought of quitting. People, you will never know, survived from generation to generation so you could succeed. Don’t you dare let them down! It is NOT in our DNA to quit!

“You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.”  —Malcolm X

The 11th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference, scheduled for June 14 to 18 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James, will integrate artificial intelligence (AI) technology to create more seamless connections between participants and exhibitors. Addressing the Global Launch of the Conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade in downtown Kingston on Wednesday (April 15), State Minister, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, emphasised that through the use of this technology, the Ministry is setting a new benchmark for diaspora engagement. Visit jis.gov.jm/jamaica-diaspora-… for more info.

The 11th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference 2026 launches in 2 days! Do you know what happens when you put Jamaicans from all around the world in one room? Ideas collide. Perspectives expand. Collaborations begin. The Jamaica Diaspora Conference launch is where those connections start. Location: 2 Port Royal Street, Kingston, Jamaica (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Building) #JamaicaDiasporaConference2026 #InvestInJamaica #JamaicaForward #mfaftja

Principal Wayne Robinson of Jamaica College is a revolutionary. He should be supported at every level. His policy reflects a modern and culturally inclusive approach that empowers youths wearing black hair with pride irrespective of religious reasons #Jamaica #BlackPride #hair

Many thanks to the Hon. Earl Jarrett and the JN Group for hosting Minister @terrelonge2016 and I to breakfast with members of the private sector - mostly past sponsors - allowing us to share plans regarding the upcoming 11th Biennial Diaspora Conference and to discuss diaspora engagement more widely. Lovely morning focussed on nation building - very much looking forward to working with these companies and so many more as we strive to always widen engagement and conference participation! The last one was great and this year promises to be even greater! #staytuned #JamaicaDiasporaConference #MontegoBay @mfaftja

#freedomfighters against a brutal and unjust colonial system. Their legacy continues until the philosophy that holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned.