Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Major General (ret’d) Antony Anderson is working with members of the diaspora to coordinated disaster relief effort in anticipation of the impact of Hurricane Melissa on the island. Anderson is scheduled...
Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, has labelled the Trinidad and Tobago government’s support for ongoing US military action in the Caribbean as “misguided”. Speaking on Tuesday at The University of the West Indies...
A trailer load of medical supplies, valued around US$300,000, is to be handed over this week to the National Healthcare Enhancement Foundation (NHEF). The handover ceremony is set to take place at the foundation’s offices on Hope Road in St Andrew...
With less than two weeks to go before voters cast ballots in the Virginia governor’s race in the United States (US), Jamaica-born Winsome Earle-Sears, who is running on the Republican Party’s ticket, hopes she will continue her history-making...
Jamaica-born educator Dr Rushell White has been promoted to interim acting superintendent in the New York City (NYC) school system. White becomes the third Jamaican to rise to and currently hold the position, with 47 superintendents now in the...
NEW YORK: Jamaicans living across North America, the United Kingdom, and other parts of the world are being encouraged to take part in the upcoming elections for the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council. The registration and nomination periods will run...
Jamaican children are more at risk of being trafficked than any other group, according to Diahann Gordon Harrison, the national rapporteur on trafficking in persons. From 2020 to 2025, more than 80% of persons trafficked in Jamaica were children,...
NEW YORK: The United States has delayed the start to the implementation of a US$250 visa surcharge despite the One Big Beautiful Bill signed by President Donald Trump in July indicating an October 1 start date. A spokesperson for the State...
NEW YORK: Effective immediately, Jamaicans applying for visitor, student, or work visas to the United States must now pay an additional US$250 visa surcharge, bringing the total cost of a standard tourist visa to US$435 per person. The surcharge,...
To take advantage of Port Royal being designated a UNESCO Heritage Site, the Jamaica Tourist Board has announced that it will be staging the first Kingston Pirates Week from October 29 to November 2. Port Royal, once the home to buccaneers and...
Members of the Jamaican diaspora in the United States and Canada have described as onerous and an unexpected hurdle new requirements from the National Education Trust (NET) governing donations being made by alumni associations to their alma maters...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has told Jamaicans in the diaspora that there will be no honeymoon period for the Government following the September 3 general election that gave his administration a third consecutive term in power. “Days after the...
Jamaica’s Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness is calling for the urgent reform of the world’s multilateral systems so that small countries, including his own island nation, can benefit from specific financial streams. “Jamaica has achieved economic...
NEW YORK: Education Minister Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon has called for greater cooperation between the ministry and the US-based Union of Jamaican Alumni Associations (UJAA) to help move the sector forward in the country. To this end, the...
Six months ago, she was Jamaica’s top diplomat in the United States (US), but today she is the first female member of parliament to represent the Manchester North East constituency. Audrey Marks has transformed from diplomat to political...
When most Jamaicans think of living in the United States, they often eye locations, such as New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida and Atlanta in Georgia, but rarely is there mention of midwest states such as Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, among...
Derrick Heaven, a former Jamaican consul general to New York and the person credited with founding the Union of Jamaican Alumni Associations (USA) Inc (UJAA), is among individuals to be honoured during the organisation’s 35th anniversary awards...
Former Director of Elections Orette Fisher believes Jamaica’s reported voter turnout is misleading, as the current voters’ list is significantly overinflated with names that should have been removed long ago. Speaking with The Gleaner following...
With voter turnout in yesterday’s general election falling below the 50 per cent mark, a suggestion is being put forward to stagger voting days in an effort to get more Jamaicans interested in the election process. Dr Basil Wilson, provost emeritus...
Members of the Jamaican diaspora in the United States have welcomed the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) re-election victory in yesterday’s general election, expressing hope that the Andrew Holness-led administration will stay true to its promises and...
As Jamaicans head to the polls on Wednesday to elect a new government, several members of the diaspora have returned to the island to cast their votes, underscoring the significance they place on this election. Over the past month, social media has...
Former Jamaican Ambassador to the United Nations, Curtis Ward, was recently honoured by Maryland Governor Wes Moore for his outstanding contributions to the state of Maryland, as well as the Jamaican and Caribbean communities living there. During...
A healthcare mission drawn from the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut areas will arrive in the island on September 3 for a 10-day visit. The more than 30 healthcare professionals, headed by Dr Robert Clarke, chief medical adviser for the...
In July Jamaican Orville Etoria was one of five men the United States (US) government sent to the tiny African Kingdom of Eswatini, claiming they were barbaric individuals who needed to be deported from America. However, Jamaica’s Minister of...
Dr Julius Garvey, the son of Jamaica’s first national hero, Marcus Garvey, has welcomed the recently tabled resolutions in the United States Congress seeking exoneration of his father and to make August 17 his day. Brooklyn Congresswoman Yvette...
