NEW YORK: The Jamaican Independence Gala set to take place in New York on August 23 is hoping to realise the goal of raising between $500,000 and $1,000,000 to fund scholarships for Jamaican students to tertiary institutions, as well as assist a...
Even as nursing homes in the United States (US) reel from a shortage of nurses and other healthcare professionals, there are some 200 Jamaican healthcare professionals awaiting the American government’s approval to take up jobs in nursing homes and...
Construction is to get under way on the long-awaited Harmony Cove resort immediately after a groundbreaking exercise later this month, bringing tangibility to the US$1-billion luxury project more than 20 years after it was first announced by former...
“A debacle.” “Atrocious.” “A bunch of misfits.” Those are just some of the expressions used by cricket enthusiasts to describe the performance of the West Indies following their disastrous showing in the third Test against...
Jamaican permanent residents (green card holders) could find themselves shut out of medical services in the United States (US) unless they meet certain conditions. If the green card holder is a low-income person and has had green card status for...
Jamaicans seeking to travel to the United States (US) on a visitor, student or work visa will now face a steep increase in the fees charged by the American government. As set out in the newly signed-into-law ‘Big Beautiful Bill’, Jamaicans wanting...
Members of the Jamaican diaspora in the United States are condemning the new excise tax of one per cent on money remitted to Jamaica, effective December 31 this year. The one per cent tax is set out in the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ passed by the US...
Ninety-eight individuals from the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) in Kingston are among students who will receive scholarships and grants from the Florida-based American Caribbean Maritime Foundation (ACMF) for the academic year 2025-2026. A...
The ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has selected two recently minted senators, Ambassador Audrey Marks and Delano Seiveright, to be its standard-bearers in Manchester North East and St Andrew North Central, respectively. Marks, the former...
As voters in New Jersey go to the polls in primary elections today, two candidates with Jamaican roots are vying to make history by winning their respective races. Running for the post of governor is Sean Spiller, who boasts Jamaican lineage...
NEW YORK: Jamaican leaders in the New York diaspora have paid tribute to the late Congressman Charles Rangel, who passed away on Monday at age 94, describing him as a champion of Jamaica and the wider Caribbean whose legacy of advocacy and...
Legislation that paves the way for the long-delayed Harmony Cove tourism project in Trelawny, and other massive developments to get off the ground, has received approval from the Senate. The Income Tax Relief (Large-Scale Projects and Pioneer...
NEW YORK: Two Jamaica-born women are seeking to make history in this year’s US off-year elections by winning the mayoralties of East Orange, New Jersey and Spring Valley in Rockland county, New York. Narda Morant, an educator and businesswoman,...
NEW YORK: As the Trump administration intensifies its immigration enforcement, fear and uncertainty continue to ripple through immigrant communities, prompting a surge of green card holders, including many Jamaicans, to apply for US citizenship in...
Phelicia Nembhard, who started off her life in Whitfield Town in St Andrew, Jamaica, is back as mayor of New Carrollton in Maryland. Nembhard will be serving a second term as mayor after losing her re-election bid in 2023. She was first elected...
Jamaica’s tourism numbers for the first four months of 2025 have shown a downturn, but tourism officials and stakeholders are expressing optimism that the numbers will increase for summer. Robin Russell, the president of the Jamaica Hotel and...
Consumers of Jamaican exports to the United States (US) can now expect to face increased prices as the 10 per cent tariff imposed by President Donald Trump on all countries has taken effect for the Caribbean nation. Jamaica was hoping to escape...
Jamaica’s newly appointed ambassador to the United States (US), retired Major General Antony Anderson, has received his letters of credentials from the Jamaican foreign ministry and is expected to take up his post shortly. The post has been vacant...
NEW YORK: When the Hartford, Connecticut-based West Indies Social Club of Hartford holds it 75th anniversary gala on May 3, among those who will be honoured will be a 102-year-old Jamaican who is a co-founder of the club. Kenneth Bennett Sr, a...
JAMAICA’S HEALTHCARE system is to get a boost with the provision of a mobile cancer screening unit that has been purchased by the Organisation for International Development (OID) for donation to Jamaica. The mobile unit, valued in excess of US $180...
Female reggae icon Rita Marley and the executive chairman of Sandals Resorts International (SRI), Adam Stewart, head a list of eight persons to be honoured at this year’s Jamaica Independence gala to be held in New York. The gala will be held on...
NEW YORK: A number of Jamaicans have made the ballot in New York City to contest the Democratic Party’s primary. Among them are Michael Blake, who is running for the position of mayor, Lawman Lynch who is running for the city council and Selvena...
NEW YORK: Jamaica must adopt smarter import strategies in response to the global 10-per-cent tariffs imposed by United States President Donald Trump, according to Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator Audrey Marks...
THE LATE George Foreman, who died on Friday at 76 years old, arguably, had one of his greatest moments in the ring against ‘Smokin’’ Joe Frazier in Kingston, Jamaica, forever endearing fans of the sport and up-and-coming boxers to the man...
A change is coming to Jamaica’s top diplomatic post in the United States (US), with retired Major General Antony Anderson set to replace Audrey Marks as the island’s ambassador in Washington, DC, at the end of the month. Anderson, a former...
