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Jamaica's new Ambassador to the United States, retired Major General, Antony Anderson.

Jamaica

Jamaica’s U.S. Embassy to lead Diaspora disaster coordination efforts

By Dawn Plummer

Gold medallist Noah Lyles of United States celebrates on the podium with silver medallist Kishane Thompson of Jamaica and bronze medallist Fred Kerley of United States.

Jamaica

Noah Lyles donates essential supplies to Jamaica

By Devika Ragoonanan

Murad Awawdeh, NYIC’s executive director

Jamaica

NYIC urges Trump to grant TPS for Jamaica

By Nelson A. King

Drone view of vehicles driving along a flooded road, in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, in Black River, Jamaica, Nov. 2, 2025.

Cuba

JAH live: JAH JAH guide: Africa unite for Jamrock

By Vinette K. Pryce

Dr. Dawn Marie Silvera, left, with friend, supporter and Jamaican compatriot Icilda Sibley at the Gala 28th Annual Vernese Weeks Scholarship Luncheon of the Bronx-Manhattan-Westchester (BMW) Chapter of the New York-based Caribbean-American Nurses Association (CANA) at Eastwood Manor in the Bronx.

Jamaica

Jamaican Family Nurse Practitioner Dr. Dawn Marie Silvera extols ‘sacred call of nursing’

By Nelson A. King

New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Bahamas

AG Letitia James warns against charity scams amid Hurricane Melissa relief efforts

By Nelson A. King

Caribbean-American Democratic U.S. Representative Yvette D. Clarke addresses town hall meeting at George Wingate High School Auditorium in Brooklyn on June 16, 2025.

Jamaica

Sea-lift operation to aid Jamaica in wake of Hurricane Melissa

By Nelson A. King

Jacqueline Hopkins conducts The Jacqueline Hopkins Choir during its world premiere at FSUMC.

Jamaica

Homecoming Harmony

By Nelson A. King

People sit on the roof of a vehicle riding on a flooded road, after Hurricane Melissa made landfall, in Prospect, Manchester, Jamaica, Oct. 29, 2025.

Bahamas

Western Jamaica ravaged by Hurricane Melissa

By Bert Wilkinson

Lynette Burnley, aunt of Chad Joseph, who family members believe was killed in a U.S. military strike on a boat in the Caribbean, lights a candle at an altar for Joseph in the family home in Las Cuevas, Trinidad and Tobago, Oct. 22, 2025.

Guyana

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

Celebrated Jamaican footballer player and cultural figure Allan 'Skill' Cole (R) sharing lens time with Louis Grant (Irie Jam Radio, NY) and Niambe McIntosh, daughter of reggae icon Peter Tosh, at the annual Peter Tosh Symposium in Kingston, Jamaica on Oct. 16, 2024.

Jamaica

NY radio program remembers Jamaican folk hero Allan’ Skill’ Cole

By Nelson A. King

Former Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson.

Jamaica

‘Dangerous and erosive’: P.J. Patterson blasts U.S. drone strikes in Caribbean waters

By Dawn Plummer

Jamaican Pauline Thomas at Fenimore Street United Methodist Church.

Jamaica

Pauline Thomas celebrates 18 years breast cancer-free

By Nelson A. King

Jamaica

Jamaican graphologist delves into ‘Caribbean Fraud’

By Vinette K. Pryce

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Lar Lubovitch’s Many Angels.

Jamaica

Ailey II’s world tour includes Jamaica

By Nelson A. King

Prime Minister of The Bahamas, Phillip Davis.

Bahamas

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

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The aftermath of the fire that ravaged building on 660 E. 187th Street in Bronx's Little Italy.

Bronx Little Italy fire fueled by open doors, leaving 2 dead and 11 injured

A College Point man was extradited back to Queens to face burglary charges of targeting homes in Bayside and other northeast Queens neighborhoods after he fled the country and was apprehended with a codefendant from Flushing in Panama.

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