January 28, 2025 Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, The UWI Vice-Chancellor and Chair, CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC) has welcomed the recommendation from Jamaica’s Maroon community to establish a new institute to…
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Legendary Jamaican Jazz Maestro Hon. Dr. Monty Alexander Presents ‘A Living History: Jamaica To Jazz’ At Lincoln Center, NYC
January 10, 2025 Celebrated Jamaican-born, Grammy-nominated jazz virtuoso, Hon. Dr. Monty Alexander, CD, O.J., is set to usher in 2025 in spectacular fashion with a historic, career retrospective and musical…
Holness under fire for secret bank accounts
By: Staff Writer September 27, 2024 Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness is facing calls for his resignation amid an Integrity Commission investigation that revealed that Holness had omitted bank accounts…
OAS High-Level Group for Strengthening Women’s Political Participation Begins Visit to Jamaica
September 13, 2024 The High-Level Group of the Organization of American States (OAS) to promote the implementation of the recommendations of Electoral Observation Missions (EOMs) on women’s political participation is…
Teen decapitated by shark in Jamaica
By: Staff Writer August 30, 2024 The headless body of a teenager from Trelawny was the victim of a shark attack authorities have said. The body of 16-year-old Jahmari Reid…
Jamaica’s Clarke to IMF
By: Staff Writer August 27, 2024 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday named Jamaican Finance Minister Nigel Clarke to a top post at the agency, after the official spearheaded…
Jamaican Consul General to NY Alsion Wilson promotes Caribbean investment
August 20, 2024 Jamaica’s Consul General to New York, Alsion Wilson, says Jamaica and the Caribbean is ripe for investment and called for more concrete efforts from the United States…
Jamaica in State of Emergency amid weekend massacre. Suspect killed by police
By: Staff Writer August 16, 2024 Jamaica is under a State of Emergency for 14 days amid fears of escalating violence emanating from the Clarendon Parish as a result of…
Buju: Afro-Beats don’t give props back to Dancehall or Reggae
By: Staff Writer August 13, 2024 Jamaican recording artist, Buju Banton, spoke out on the popular Drink Champs podcast with Nore where he hit out at Afro-Beats for not acknowledging…
CARICOM SG lauds Jamaica as a leading voice in international affairs as the country marks its 62nd Independence Anniversary
August 9, 2024 As Jamaica prepares to celebrate its Sixty-Second Anniversary of Independence on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, CARICOM Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett stated that the country continues to be…
Vybz Kartel released four months after Privy Council murder conviction quashed
By: Staff Writer August 2, 2024 Imagine being in prison after your murder conviction was quashed by the highest court in the land, this was the fate of legendary dancehall…
Jamaican-American exec spreads awareness about work-abroad jobs for Caribbean people
July 9, 2024 “There’s always opportunity in America and Canada.” – Kerry Ann Edwards, KERG Consulting Most working people in the Caribbean are not aware of the vast range of…