Lending a hand to Jamaica

As the plane descended over Jamaica recently, Dr. Pytregay Thompson did not fully recognize the place where she spent the first 27 years of her life. She remembered an island full of lush tropical trees and foliage dotted with fruit nearly everywhere, but …

How Jamaica Restored Tourism Operations After Hurricane Melissa

Jamaica’s tourism sector has recorded steady gains following Hurricane Melissa, meeting its target to restore tourism operations by December 15. Just over six weeks after the storm, the island welcomed 300,000 visitors, including stopover and cruise …

Jamaica thanks China for hurricane relief support

KINGSTON – Prime Minister Andrew Holness has expressed gratitude to the Government of the People’s Republic of China for its support to Jamaica following Hurricane Melissa, which caused extensive damage across parts of the island. “The Chinese Government …

STATEMENT: End of year message – Outgoing chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Dr the Most Honourable Andrew ...

Colleague Heads of Government, and Distinguished Citizens of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), It has been an immense honour for Jamaica to serve as Chair for the second half of this year. As I conclude my tenure, I place on record my sincere gratitude …

Caribbean Matters: Remembering Samuel Sharpe and Jamaica's 1831 Christmas Rebellion

The Christmas Rebellion of 1831, led by Sharpe exposed colonial brutality, united 60,000 enslaved Jamaicans, and accelerated the British Empire’s path to abolishing slavery THE STORY of Samuel Sharpe and Jamaica’s Christmas Rebellion, which kickstarted on …

Snow storms affecting New York area flights to Jamaica

  Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has revealed that some flights to Jamaica from New York's major airports may be affected on Saturday by a significant winter storm. Hundreds of flights have been cancelled at the New York airports as the winter storm …

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Leicester beauty Kira McKenzie is Miss Jamaica UK 2025

LONDON: Thirty-one-year-old singer Kira McKenzie, representing the parish of St Elizabeth, was crowned Miss Jamaica UK 2025 before an appreciative audience inside the Cavendish Banqueting Suite, Edgware Road, London NW9 on Saturday, November 29. She beat …