7+ hour, 16+ min ago   (259+ words) MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica — Jamaica welcomed 2.34 million visitors through Aug. 31, generating $2.5 billion in tourism earnings and underscoring continued demand for the island destination, tourism officials said. Jamaica is operating at 70% of its previous room capacity as several major resorts refurbish their…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (735+ words) KINGSTON, Jamaica – Around the world, democracy is under pressure. The V-Dem Institute’s Democracy Report 2026 says nearly a quarter of the world’s countries are experiencing democratic backsliding, or autocratization, including influential democracies such as the United States, United Kingdom and Italy....

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (260+ words) MIAMI — The Jamaica Tourist Board has appointed Vance A. Carter, CD, as business development officer for diaspora relations in the United States, strengthening the agency’s outreach to Jamaican communities across the country. Carter, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, brings 41 years…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (126+ words) SOUTH FLORIDA – Message from Mrs. Angella J. Rose Howell | Officer-in-Charge, Consulate General of Jamaica, Miami. Dear Fellow Jamaicans and Friends of Jamaica, It is my honour and a pleasure to extend warm greetings to you as I assume duties as…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1048+ words) by Dr. Lawman Lynch What encouraged me most was seeing so many young people having a genuinely good time. I saw families. I saw children. I saw multiple generations occupying the same cultural space. Whatever disagreements we may have about…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (384+ words) KINGSTON, Jamaica — Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett left Jamaica on Sunday for the Middle East. There, he will lead a series of high-level trade, investment and media engagements. These efforts aim to strengthen Jamaica’s position in emerging travel markets ahead of…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (409+ words) NEW YORK, NY – The Caribbean Music Awards is making its Trinidad & Tobago debut with a major global media boost. The event is announcing Billboard as the Official Global Media Partner and unveiling the first wave of performers for its fourth…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (253+ words) NEGRIL, Jamaica — Royalton Negril reopened Aug. 25. This reopening returned 960 employees to work and restored 573 rooms to Jamaica’s hotel inventory. The island’s tourism sector continues to recover from Hurricane Melissa. The reopening forms part of a phased recovery strategy to safely…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1509+ words) KINGSTON, Jamaica – Papa Michigan is back on the road—and this time, he is bringing decades of reggae and dancehall history with him. With So Many Roads, released August 14 via his Rashanco Music imprint, the Jamaican deejay delivers a polished,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (523+ words) L-R: Sueann Collins (NTA Director of Digital Media & Communications), Pamela Martin (NTA Board Chair), Andia Ravariere (NTA CEO), John Hanley (NTA Board Member), Julie Claxton (NTA UK Sales Manager), Pheon Jones (Director), Shelisia Glasford (Director of MICE and VIP services)…...