By WiredJA News Team NEW YORK, Jamaica, Queens, May 2, 2022 – Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, has offered to partner with the government of Jamaica to stem the flow of guns and drugs that continues to create mayhem both in the city of New York and in Jamaica. “As Mayor of the […]
London, United Kingdom – May 25, 2016: Bob Marley in Madame Tussauds of London. (Shutterstock) By Staff Writer, Jamaicans Lisa Hanna, who represents St. Ann South East in the Jamaican Parliament, has reiterated calls to name legendary reggae musician Bob Marley as the nation’s eighth National Hero. Hanna made a motion in the House of […]
By Linda S. Hohnholz, EturboNews Jamaica Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has painted a picture of Jamaica’s tourism industry as a sector booming with investment and arrivals as it emerges stronger and more resilient from the fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In an upbeat Sectoral Presentation to Parliament yesterday (April 5), Mr. Bartlett […]
Kamala Harris hosts a political rally in Reno, Nevada on October 27, 2020. (Shutterstock) By Noah Bierman, LA Times Vice President Kamala Harris — whose father emigrated from Jamaica —met Wednesday with the island nation’s prime minister, Andrew Holness, at the White House, marking another historic moment for the first Black and South Asian vice […]
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 […]