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...
In paying tribute to her parents, United States Vice President and Democratic Party nominee for president, Kamala Harris, said among the lessons her Jamaican father Donald J. Harris taught her was to be fearless. “When my sister and I accompanied...
NEW YORK: The service hosted annually by the Jamaican Consulate in New York to mark the island’s anniversary of Independence will be held this Sunday, August 25, at 4:00 p.m. at the New Jerusalem Worship Centre in Jamaica, Queens. The ceremony, a...
Jamaica’s Consul General to New York, Alsion Wilson, has touted Jamaica and the Caribbean as an area ripe for investment and called for more concrete efforts from the United States (US) to get this done. “We need to see the passage of legislation...
NEW YORK: Jamaica-born Don Samuels has failed in his second try to unseat Congresswoman IIhan Omar in Minnesota’s 5th congressional district. The primary election was closely watched after two members of the so-called “squad”, of which Omar is a...
As Ukraine continues its battle with Russia to preserve its territory, a Jamaican is among the scores of people on the ground who are helping to rebuild that war-torn country’s infrastructure. Major Phillip Green leads a team of 20 people who are...
Dr Kingsley Chin, CEO of KIC Ventures, a Boston, United States (US)-based spinal technology development company, has called for the Jamaican Government to set up a fund to invest in technology development. “Tourism, agriculture and other...
As the Kamala Harris campaign rolls towards the Democratic National Committee (DNC) convention in Chicago next week, where she will formally accept the nomination for president of the United States (US), many Jamaicans in the diaspora have adopted...
A programme unveiled by President Joe Biden, to regularise undocumented spouses of United States citizens, is set to open up on August 19. The Department of Homeland Security says Citizenship and Immigration Services will begin accepting...
Several members of the overseas Jamaican communities were named in this year’s list to receive Jamaican national honours and awards. Heading the list is Jamaica’s Ambassador to Washington, Audrey Marks, who has been awarded membership in the Order...
There has been a groundswell of support among Jamaicans in the diaspora for the Kamala Harris campaign for president of the United States, with community leaders saying they have not seen such enthusiasm for a candidate since the candidacy of...
As Jamaicans across the United States get ready to celebrate Jamaica’s 62nd anniversary of Independence, they will do so through several flag-raising events, church services and Independence galas. An annual Independence Church Service, organised...
Several prominent figures in the Jamaican Diaspora have hailed the decision by United States President Joe Biden to pull out of the 2024 presidential race as the right thing for him to do. On Sunday, Biden, 81, bowed to weeks of intense pressure...
NEW YORK: Jamaican political and community leaders in the United States have paid tribute to late longtime Texas Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, who died on Friday at age 74. Jackson Lee, whose grandparents were Jamaicans, died from pancreatic...
NEW YORK: In the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl, the Jamaican Diaspora in the United States has intensified its efforts to support the island’s recovery. Using a preliminary list of much-needed items and supplies provided by the Office of Disaster...
NEW YORK: Daphne Mahoney, a well-known philanthropist, businesswoman and community leader in the New York Jamaican diaspora, died last Tuesday after ailing for some time. Mahoney is well known for her more than 30 years association with the...
NEW YORK: The Jamaican community in North America is being mobilised and placed on high alert to assist recovery efforts in the island in the wake of Hurricane Beryl. Jamaica felt the brunt of the weather system on Wednesday as its eye passed just...
Three new Spanish hotel projects are apace for groundbreaking later this year. The projects are expected to pump US$2.2 billion into the Jamaican economy, and create some 20,000 new jobs in construction and tourism services. They are a 1,000-room...
With the election season in the United States moving into high gear ahead of the November 5 general elections, a number of Jamaicans are hoping to win political offices in their respective states. Jamaicans are running for the United States House...
The 10th Biennial Diaspora Conference, which opens in Montego Bay tomorrow, will see a drastic departure from previous conferences with more interaction by participants. So says Dr Kevin Brown, chair of the conference’s programme and content...
With just four days remaining until the commencement of the 10th Biennial Diaspora Conference, the ambitious goal of attracting 1,000 participants from the diaspora appears increasingly elusive. Compounding the challenge, prospective attendees are...
There will be no official Jamaica Independence gala in New York this year. The Independence gala is usually organised by the Jamaican Consulate in New York in conjunction with non-profit organisation, Jamaica Promise. In a statement, the consulate...
A 37-year-old Jamaica woman was killed early Saturday morning in the Bronx when her throat was slashed. She has been identified as Ashley Smith of a Mount Vernon address. The police had, up to yesterday, not yet made any arrest in her death nor...
United States (US) President Joe Biden has described Caribbean Americans as dreamers, doers and leaders who are always finding ways to push the US towards a more perfect union. In a proclamation marking Caribbean-American Heritage Month, Biden said...
