Daviot Kelly, Staff Reporter
Deputy Prime Minister Dr Ken Baugh (right) chats with president of the World Federation of Consuls, Arnold Foote, and wife Patricia. - Peta-Gaye Clachar/Staff Photographer
There is a certain time every year when friends from the diplomatic circles involving Jamaica get together.
Diplomatic Week saw a series of meetings and forums for the heads of missions assigned to Jamaica, and it got rolling with a reception at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel last Monday evening. The week provided an opportunity for the non-resident ambassadors and high commissioners to meet those based here and get first-hand knowledge of what the island is like.
The reception in the Jamaica Pegasus Gardens was just the first in a series of events that marked another packed week for the diplomats.
Greetings
Dean of the Consular Corps of Jamaica, Grantley Stephenson (centre), and wife Judith listen keenly to immediate past dean Arnold Foote at the corps' Diplomatic Week reception at the Jamaica Pegasus on Wednesday, January 30. - Peta-Gaye Clachar/Staff Photographer
Even Their Excellencies, the Most Honourable Sir Kenneth Hall and Lady Hall, wasted no time in getting to meet the diplomats along with the chief servant, Prime Minister Bruce Golding. The Jamaica Constabulary Force band took care of the guests' musical needs.
Guests out included: Belgian Ambassador Herman Portocarero and wife Miriam, Cuban Ambassador Gisela Garcia and husband Jorge Crespo, Dominican Republic Ambassador Filomena Navarro, Mexican Ambassador Leonora Rueda, French Ambassador Francis Hurtut, Canadian High Commissioner Denis Kingsley and wife Jo'Ann, St Kitts and Nevis High Commissioner Cedric Harper and wife Barbara, Trinidad and Tobago High Commissioner Yvonne Gittens-Joseph, John Issa and daughter Zein Issa-Nakash, House Speaker Delroy Chuck, Sandra Grant-Griffiths, Justice Minister Dorothy Lightbourne, Dr. Christopher Tufton, Ambassador Douglas Saunders, Ambassador Dr. Matthew Beaubrun, Ueli Bangerter, Kenny Benjamin, Arthur Williams, Dr. Ronald Robinson, Norma Harrack, Lois Grant and Wilton Dyer.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Dr Ken Baugh and wife Vilma (right) chat with Trinidad and Tobago High Commissioner Yvonne Gittens-Joseph. - Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer
