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...
At 103 years old, Irvin Kiffin is still going strong, even recently taking an axe to cut down a mango tree on his property in Broward County, Florida. Kiffin attributes his longevity to eating food from the earth and working hard. Born on February...
Having witnessed first-hand the needs of children in homes run by the Jamaican Government across the island, Gary Williams made a pledge to help those children 30 years ago Out of his efforts was born Children of Jamaica Outreach (COJO)...
Jamaica-born Dr Trisha Bailey, considered the country’s richest woman, is to be inducted into the University of Connecticut (UConn) Business Hall of Fame on April 11. She would be the first woman of colour to be so honoured by the university....
A fortunate Jamaican student could soon win $1 million for investment in the Jamaica Stock Market through an exciting new essay competition initiative. One hundred students from two Jamaican high schools will compete for the top prize, with the...
He escaped being deported through the benevolence of a judge in Manhattan, New York in the United States (US), as well as an attorney with Catholic Charities in Brooklyn. Today, George Mitchell is making a significant difference in the safety of...
Fifty-five Jamaicans are slated to be deported to Jamaica from the United States (US) on February 27, but one prominent name is not among them. Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke will not be among those returned to Jamaica despite reports circulating on...
In 2025’s off-year elections in the United States (US), a number of Jamaicans or persons of Jamaican descent have thrown their hats into the political ring, the biggest prizes being the governorships of New Jersey and Virginia. Sean Spiller, the...
NEW YORK: Assistant Chief Ruel Stephenson, the highest-ranking Jamaican officer in the New York Police Department (NYPD), is facing allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation from a female subordinate in a lawsuit filed last Friday in...
Jamaican holders of American green cards are being warned against becoming complacent in adhering to the requirements for maintaining the legitimacy of the card when travelling outside of the United States (US). The caution comes from Jamaican...
NEW YORK: The United States House of Representatives’ Haitian Caucus has condemned the Trump administration’s decision to freeze US$13 million in contributions to the Kenyan-led United Nations multinational security mission in the CARICOM country....
Groundbreaking for the new Palladium Hotel in Lucea, Hanover, is scheduled for February 18, according to Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett. The Gleaner has learned that the 900-room luxury hotel will be constructed at a cost of over US$300 million....
The long-awaited Harmony Cove project is expected to move one step closer to getting off the ground, with Cabinet slated to receive a document outlining the financial incentives under the agreement for review. The Government of Jamaica, through...
The bodies of the late principal of Jessie Ripoll Primary School, O’Neil Stevens, and his wife, Camesha Lindsay-Stevens, have been returned to Jamaica in preparation for their funeral. Stevens and his wife were killed in a motor vehicle accident...
Jamaican immigration advocates in the United States (US) have said that the executive order signed by President Donald Trump to halt birthright citizenship is red meat to his base but will have little or no effect as birthright citizenship is...
Community leaders, elected officials, members of the Jamaican diplomatic corps, and organisations in the United States (US) and Canada, have reacted with joy and delight at US President Joe Biden’s granting of a posthumous pardon to Jamaica’s first...
O’Neil Stevens, the late principal of Jessie Ripoll Primary School, and his wife, Camesha Lindsay-Stevens, were hailed yesterday as two of Jamaica’s “brightest lights”, lost to a tragic car accident just days into the new year. Paying tribute on...
With just a week to go before the end of the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris administration, members of the Jamaican Diaspora in the United States (US) are anxiously waiting to see if the outgoing commander in chief will issue a posthumous pardon to...
A federal judge in Westchester County, New York, has approved a US$9.6 million award to Nadine McKenzie, the mother of 13-year-old Shamoya McKenzie, who was fatally shot in a gang-related incident in Mount Vernon in 2016. The award aims to hold...
NEW YORK: The bodies of O’Neil Stevens and his wife, Camesha Lindsay-Stevens, are to flown home to Jamaica for burial. This was confirmed to The Gleaner by Lindsay-Stevens’ mother Veron Roper-Brown, and Khadian Henry, one of Stevens’ cousins. The...
Led by Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, some 20 members of the United States (US) House of Representatives, in a letter to President Joe Biden, is urging the exoneration of Jamaica’s first national hero, Marcus Garvey, from a 1923 conviction for the...
With Christmas just days away, Jamaicans in the United States Diaspora are gearing up for the holiday, holding on to some cherished Jamaican traditions while others are either lost or diluted. The festive meals of Christmas remain a stronghold in...
The Independence gala, hosted by the Jamaican Consulate in New York, will return next year after not being held this past August. The gala will be held on August 23 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in midtown Manhattan. Ticket prices will start at US$...
In Christmas messages to the Jamaican diaspora, Jamaican diplomats in the United States -- Ambassador Audrey Marks, and consuls general Alsion Wilson and Oliver Mair -- have praised its members for their continued contributions to the development...
In 2001, Lois Harris was one of several teachers recruited from Jamaica by the New York City (NYC) Department of Education under its international teacher recruitment programme, and, like so many others, her sojourn to New York was to include a...
