Jamaica News – Caribbean Life

Barbados' Mia Amor Mottley was elected the 8th prime minister of Barbados in 2018.

Barbados

Reggae royals battle for Crown and country; world leaders in the spotlight for Women’s History Month

By Vinette K. Pryce

Leon Bailey Aston Villa Jamaica

AMNY

With new coach, Jamaica enters World Cup play-off as favorites over New Caledonia

Energy Minister Daryl Vaz (center) and other top officials have felt compelled to ask Jamaicans to have patience as the country is still a ways from determining whether commercial quantities lie below the seabed off waters to the south of the island.

Jamaica

Jamaicans excited, upbeat about recent offshore oil studies

By Bert Wilkinson

Gaston Browne, prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, seeks greater cooperation among middle and small nations.

Antigua

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

West Indies head coach Daren Sammy.

Jamaica

Clive Lloyd calls on Cricket West Indie to help Daren Sammy

By Devika Ragoonanan

Jamaica's Kishane Thompson.

Jamaica

Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association names powerhouse squad for World Indoors

By Devika Ragoonanan

Edmund Bartlett, left, Minister of Tourism, and Prof. Lloyd Waller during a recent press conference to discuss Jamaica’s participation at the 4th Global Tourism Resilience Day Conference and Expo in Nairobi, Kenya.

Jamaica

Jamaica’s tourism minister’s new book positions tourism for global digital age

By Nelson A. King

Cuban medics arrive in Jamaica to help the country in its fight against coronavirus.

Cuba

Jamaica dumps formal Cuban medical program

By Bert Wilkinson

Jamaica's Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett.

Jamaica

NBC Today Show with Jenna and Sheinelle goes to Jamaica

By Dawn Plummer

St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew.

Antigua

CARICOM to send aid to Cuba amid simmering crisis

By Bert Wilkinson

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness.

Jamaica

Cuba Crisis

By Bert Wilkinson

PNP Leader and attorney Mark Golding.

Cuba

PNP calls on CARICOM to stand with Cuba

By Dawn Plummer

The Honourable Olivia Babsy Grange, CD, MP, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Jamaica.

Jamaica

CPL matches, franchise set to return to Jamaica

By Devika Ragoonanan

A man protests holding a Haitian flag while Haitian security forces guard the Prime Minister's office and the headquarters of the Transitional Presidential Council (CPT), as the mandate of the transitional governing council, formed to curb gang violence and pave the way for long-delayed election, is set to end on February 7 with no succession plan in place, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Feb. 6, 2026.

Bahamas

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Antigua

Rubio visit sets stage for tense CARICOM talks

By Bert Wilkinson

Digicel’s CEO Marcelo Cataldo has been leading the telecommunications company based in Jamaica, since May 2024.

Jamaica

Digicel signals turnaround after Caribbean storm

By Milette Millington

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Mamdani administration kicks off bus lane overhauls near Yankee Stadium ahead of Opening Day

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Mamdani appeals CityFHEPS lawsuit, breaking campaign promise to drop suit and expand rental assistance to thousands

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