No more talk shop at Diaspora Convention

JUNIOR MINISTER for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator Marlene Malahoo Forte says she does not want this year's Jamaica Diaspora Convention to be a talk shop.

Malahoo Forte, who was speaking at the media launch of the convention at her New Kingston offices yesterday, said she wanted the three-day event to produce "action items" that could be implemented.

"My commitment is to ensuring that, as far as possible, we implement the decisions in keeping with priorities," she said.

The fourth biennial Jamaica Diaspora Convention will be held in Ocho Rios, St Ann, from June 15 to 17 under the theme 'One Nation: Jamaica and its Diaspora in Partnership'.

Several private sector companies including Jamaica National Building Society, GraceKennedy Limited and LIME have provided financial support for the convention.