Jamaican-born Renatha Francis was appointed today by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to the state’s Supreme Court. “Judge Francis’ story demonstrates that anyone who comes to United States has an opportunity to make the most of their God-given talents,” said Governor DeSantis. “Before immigrating to Florida, she ran two businesses and served as the primary caregiver for a […]
Photo: Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton By Caribbean360 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Thursday April 30, 2020 – Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton has confirmed that one of the 46 deportees who returned last Tuesday from the United States has tested positive for COVID-19. He said the Ministry is still awaiting some additional […]
Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. Christopher Tufton
By Caribbean360 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Monday, March 16, 2020 – The first batch of 21 specialist nurses from Cuba will arrive in Jamaica on March 24, to boost the capacity of the health system to deal with the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). “We’re trying to get about 100 additional specialist nurses in the system, focusing primarily on high […]
PHOTO: JIS PHOTOGRAPHER Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton Ladies and gentlemen of the press, Representatives of the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Other stakeholders. Good afternoon. Thank you for joining us this afternoon for what is an important development with the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Jamaica today confirmed its first […]
Alsion Wilson-Roach, Consul General of Jamaica to New York (center), joins the award-winning JTB team of Philip Rose, Regional Director, Northeast USA and Marcia Sinclair, District Sales Manager, Northeast USA on the red carpet to celebrate their win at the 2020 Travvys in midtown Manhattan NEW YORK, NY – February 14, 2020 – Jamaica captured three […]
BY JUSTIN CHAN (In The Know) If you take one look at Tamara Jacqueline Smith’s Instagram account, @taqueth, you’d find it hard to miss images of vibrant faces and food that litter her page. Since 2015, the 24-year-old New York City native and freelance videographer — who goes by Taqueth — has been heavily promoting her Jamaican […]
Kingston, Jamaica – December 17, 2019 Xoom, PayPal’s international money transfer service, has announced the launch of its fast, secure, and easy bill payment service for Jamaicans, in collaboration with Paymaster (Jamaica) Ltd., Jamaica’s leading bill payment platform provider, facilitated through a collaboration with Paykii, a leading global bill payment platform provider. According to The […]
Montego Bay, Jamaica – February 13 2016: Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce after anchoring and winning the 4x100M Relay at the 2016 Milo Western Relays in the Catherine Hall Stadium, Montego Bay, Jamaica. – Image By Gregory Molette, The Jasmine Brand A queen has been crowned, again over the weekend (Sept. 29th), during Sunday’s women’s 100m final, […]
BY JACQUELINE CHARLES | MARTA OLIVER CRAVIOTTO, Miami Herald Jamaica’s economy is growing at a pace consistent enough to attract foreign investment, experts say. Just seven years ago, Jamaica was an economic basket case. The government was bleeding so much red ink it couldn’t fix potholes or keep streetlights on as it faced a staggering $20 […]
Prime Minister Andrew Holness of Jamaica addresses the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly. UN Photo/Cia Pak UNITED NATIONS (CMC) – Jamaica says it believes a partnership approach is required in order to generate the type of response needed to create long-term mobilisation of the financial resources small island developing states (SIDS) […]
