NEW YORK: 22nd March 2022: The Consulate General of Jamaica, New York, and the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) are pleased to announce the Second staging of the “Investing in Jamaica” Virtual Forum, which will be held on March 23rd and 24th 2022, starting at 5:00 p.m. EST (4:00 p.m. Jamaican Time). According to Jamaica’s Consul […]
Prince William and Kate Middleton are due to arrive in Jamaica on Tuesday amid protesters demanding financial reparations and a royal apology for the country's "colonial past".
London, United Kingdom – June 16, 2007: Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II travels by carriage during the Trooping the Colour ceremony. (Shutterstock) By Lanford Beard, People Prince William and Kate Middleton’s royal tour of the Caribbean in celebration of Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee continues to encounter resistance as a movement to remove the monarch […]
By Staff Writer, Jamaicans Clyde Jureidini, general manager of the Harbour View football team, announced that striker Oquassa Chong, 20, a former Jamaica College student, has signed a 3.5-year deal to play with the Esbjerg FB team in Denmark. Chong was the winner of the Golden Boot in the league in 2021, but after receiving […]
By Linda S. Hohnholz, eturbonews.com Jamaica Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, is encouraging members of the Diaspora to invest in the local tourism sector, which continues to drive Jamaica’s economic recovery. Speaking during the ‘Let’s Connect with Ambassador Marks’ online series, Bartlett noted that: “We have a Diaspora with enormous wealth, experience, capabilities, talent, skill, […]
By JIS Gov Prime Minister Andrew Holness says it is essential that all stakeholders exercise patience as countries begin to recover from the pandemic. Speaking this afternoon (January 27, 2022) at the Ribbon Cutting and Grand Re-Opening of the New, Re-Imagined Sandals Royal Bahamian Spa Resort, and Offshore Island in the Bahamas, Prime Minister Holness […]
Jamaica 1 team at two-man bobsleigh heat at Sochi 2014 XXII Olympic Winter Games. – Sochi, Russia – February 16, 2014 By Christopher Brito, CBS News Jamaica will be back competing in the four-man bobsled at the Winter Olympics for the first time in nearly a quarter century. Team Jamaica announced Monday that they have qualified for the […]
Watch a Christmas message from The Hon. Alsion Wilson, Consul General for the Jamaican Consulate in New York
By Staff Writer, Jamaicans Daena Soares, 22, wearing the sash of Miss Icon Megastore, was crowned Miss Universe Jamaica for 2021. Soares, who also held the Miss Universe Jamaica Central title, received the crown from Miqueal-Symone Williams, who reigned as Miss Universe Jamaica 2020. Soares was selected by the pageant judges from a field of […]
By WiredJA KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 12, 2021 – The Government’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccination Implementation Program has been endorsed by the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) and its affiliates. JCTU executive members, led by President, Helene Davis Whyte, publicly pledged their support for the initiative during a press conference hosted by Minister of Health and […]
By Forrest Brown, CNN (CNN) — Two tropical islands half a world apart and popular with tourists — Jamaica in the Caribbean and Sri Lanka in South Asia — are now among the highest-risk destinations for travelers. That’s according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s travel advisories list, which was updated on Tuesday. Also […]