The funeral for retired Ambassador Madge Barrett, often referred to as ‘Miss Protocol’, has been set for December 16. The service of thanksgiving will be held at the University Chapel, Mona, starting at 10:30 a.m. Barrett died at home on November...
Thirty-six persons were sworn as new Jamaican citizens, while Gramps Morgan, a member of the reggae group Morgan’s Heritage, led a group of nine Jamaicans in the Tri-State area who received the Consul General’s Heritage Awards on November 15. The...
A federal judge in a Massachusetts court has dismissed a charge of money laundering brought against Dr Kingsley Chin, a Jamaica-born spinal surgeon, and the company he founded, SpineFrontier Incorporated, while castigating the Government for...
Ambassador Madge Barrett, often referred to as ‘Miss Protocol’, has died. Barrett passed away peacefully on her 87th birthday last Friday. According to her stepdaughter, Betty Barrett-Thompson, Barrett was a stickler for perfection who was always...
NEW YORK: The Jamaican diaspora in New York has lost another community stalwart with the passing of Dr Michelle Malcolm-James, president of the Organization for International Development (OID). She died suddenly last Sunday at the age of 56 years....
Congresswoman Yvette Clarke has decided to run to become the next chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus. Should she win, she will become the 29th chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC). Clarke, whose parents are Jamaicans, is currently...
Jamaicans in the South Florida area saw significant success at the end of the recent United States elections, with several securing various positions across several cities, including the first Jamaican to be elected mayor of the city of Lauderhill...
In 1975, at the age of 14, Merna Hughes left Jamaica on a visitor’s visa to see her mother in the United States (US), fully intending to return to Jamaica. However, fate had another plan in store for her. Hughes, who lived in Independence City...
Several Jamaican Diaspora leaders in the United States (US) who backed Vice President Kamala Harris in Tuesday’s presidential election have been left devastated by her loss but are now adopting a wait-and-see attitude towards the incoming Donald...
NEW YORK: As the United States presidential election takes place today, immigration attorneys believe Jamaicans, like other immigrants, should be worried about a potential victory for former President Donald Trump, as he has promised sweeping...
Jamaicans across the diaspora in the United States (US) are remaining confident that Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party’s candidate for president, will come out victorious when the polls close tomorrow. Harris, who moved to the top...
Spain-based Bloom Consulting is the company that the Jamaican Government has contracted to carry out international branding for the island. Both Senator Aubyn Hill, minister of industry, investment, and commerce, and Shullette Cox, president of...
With just 13 days to election day in the United States presidential elections, and polls showing an extremely tight race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, Jamaicans in several areas considered battleground...
Jamaica-born Lyenda Simpson Delp is to become the new head the Global Institutional Client Group of Northern Trust Asset Management, a leading global investment management firm, the first Jamaican and woman of colour to hold this position. She will...
Beginning October 26 this year, JetBlue Airlines, one of the major United States (US) carriers to Jamaica, will end its flights from Newark International Airport to Sangster Airport in Montego Bay as part of the airlines cutting of some 50 routes...
The nine-member school team representing Jamaica at this year’s Robotics Olympics was set to arrive in Greece yesterday for the start of the competition today. The team comprises five students, two coaches, one additional student and one additional...
Callers to the Jamaican Consulate in New York will shortly have their most basic questions about passports and visas answered by an automated voice. The consulate unveiled an example of the coming approach to answering callers’ questions during a...
The Vision 2030 timeline for Jamaica to be seen as a developed country will not be met, Prime Minister Andrew Holness confirmed Saturday night as he addressed a town hall meeting with Jamaicans in the United States. “The goal posts have moved,” the...
Jamaica’s National Commission on Violence Prevention (NCVP) has submitted a preliminary report to the government and, according to Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness, his administration will be seeking to develop a social consensus around the...
On August 30, the Police Academy in Queens was filled with pride and joy as eight members of the Jamaican American Law Enforcement Organization (JAMLEO) were promoted within the ranks of the New York Police Department (NYPD). The occasion marked a...
The team to represent Jamaica at the upcoming Robotics Olympics in Greece has been selected. Schools represented on the 2024 team delegation are the American International School of Kingston, Campion College, Hillel Academy, Immaculate Conception...
Jamaica-born Winsome Earle-Sears has filed paperwork to run for governor of Virginia in 2025, hoping to become the first woman to hold this office in the history of the state. She is currently lieutenant governor of Virginia, the first black woman...
Jamaicans running in various elections in Florida on primary day, August 20, came away with mixed results. The most high-profile race – that for the United States Senate – saw Jamaican Stanley Campbell coming up short in seeking to win the...
A 26-member healthcare mission drawn from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut will arrive in the island on September 4 for an 11-day visit. Headed by Dr Robert Clarke, chief medical adviser for the Northeast Diaspora, the health mission is under...
Heeding the call by the government for members of the diaspora to invest in Jamaica, a group of diasporans have embarked on a project to invest almost US$90 million in a high-end villa resort in Negril, Westmoreland. Known as High Life Resort and...
