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Jamaican Recognised for Helping Migrants Find Belonging in Canada

For Jamaican-born Didan Ashanta Wedderburn, home has become bigger than any one place on a map. It is a perspective shaped by a life spent crossing cultures. Raised in Portmore, St...

Jamaicans.com Live: Are You a ‘Real’ Jamaican If Yuh Bawn a Farrin?

Ask a Jamaican what makes someone Jamaican and you are likely to get plenty of answers. Maybe it is where you were born. Maybe it is who your parents are. Maybe it is the food, the...

Why More Diaspora Jamaicans Are Claiming Citizenship by Descent

More Jamaicans in the diaspora are making their connection to the island official. Applications for Jamaican citizenship have surged in the United States, driven in large part by p...

From Farm Work to Financial Resilience

KINGSTON, Jamaica — For Jamaican seasonal farmworkers in Canada, the first weeks of the agricultural season can test more than endurance. Paycheques may still be pending while bill...

The Jamaican-American ‘Connector’ Opening Doors to Global Opportunities

When Asha Richards spoke with Jamaicans.com earlier this year about the role she hoped to play in Jamaica’s development, she described herself as a “connector”, someone who could u...

What’s It Really Like Being a Jamaican Student in Finland? Daniel Kelly Shares His Story

For generations, Jamaicans looking to pursue higher education overseas have naturally looked towards North America. The United States and Canada are relatively close to home, Engli...

Jamaican Chef Rebuilds Life After Nearly 10 Months In Ice Detention

4 Jamaica Post Services Every Jamaican Abroad Should Know About

For many Jamaicans living overseas, the post office is something they only think about when they need to send a barrel, mail important documents or receive a package from home. But...

Jamaica Is Now Taking Migrants For The US From Other Countries – And Its Own Parliament Still Hasn’t Seen The Deal

Jamaica Diaspora Sent Home $3.12 Billion in Remittances

  PHILADELPHIA — Jamaicans overseas sent home $3.12 billion in remittances during fiscal year 2025-26, underscoring the diaspora’s role in Jamaica’s economy and recovery from Hurri...

Jamaican Couple Brings Tallawah Spirit to Canada’s Dragons’ Den

When Jamaican-born entrepreneurs Faith and Hercules Grant stepped into the spotlight on Canada’s Dragons’ Den, they brought with them more than a line of topical pain relief produc...

How NBA Star Jalen Brunson Is Giving Back to Jamaica

Did you know NBA star Jalen Brunson is helping Jamaican and Caribbean athletes pursue their dreams? The New York Knicks captain has become a supporter of Team Jamaica Bickle, using...

4 Jamaican Game Developers Putting Culture in Play

Earlier this year, Jamaicans.com featured Derryk MacGregor, Jordan Thompson Pamba and Chad Wilson, the team behind Kingston-based indie game developer BChaotic, following the launc...

Jamaica Rises in Global Tourism Index

Jamaica posts the Americas’ largest gain in the 2026 Travel & Tourism Development Index, climbing four places to No. 78.     KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica climbed four places to...

Jamaica Lacrosse Turns to Diaspora for Support as Men’s and Women’s Teams Chase LA28 Dream

Just weeks after Jamaica’s men’s lacrosse team secured its place at the 2027 World Lacrosse Men’s Championship, the country is preparing for another major international challenge,...

Jabari’s People Turns a Familiar Cultural Premise Into a Deeper Story About Connectedness

For generations, Jamaican families living overseas have turned to a familiar solution when a young person needs a change of environment. They send them back home. Sometimes it is a...

Two Jamaicans Among 12 Selected for Prestigious Yale Cultural Heritage Fellowship

Two Jamaican cultural heritage leaders from the Institute of Jamaica are among just 12 people selected for the second cohort of the Yale Directors Forum (YDF), a highly selective f...

Jamaica to advisors: Keep selling the favourites, then go further

Are Canadians ready for more ways to experience Jamaica? Absolutely, said Philip Rose, JTB’s Deputy Director of Tourism, Americas, at JAPEX

Jamaica offers Saudi Arabia workforce blueprint for 1 million tourism careers

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia  — Jamaica is offering Saudi Arabia a workforce-development model to help turn the kingdom’s Vision 2030 tourism expansion into 1 million lasting careers, Tour...

Jamaican-Born Keisha Blair Named Among Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women

Economist, author and entrepreneur Keisha Blair has been named one of WXN’s Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 for 2026, adding another milestone to a career that has taken her...

International Diplomat Of The Year Award For Jamaica’s Honorary Consul In Philadelphia

International Travel Trade Shows Boosting Jamaica’s Tourism

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...

Blue Mahoe Capital targets diaspora housing investment in Jamaica

A regulated investment model aims to turn Caribbean support into ownership. It creates a bridge between diaspora capital and housing supply.   ORLANDO, Fla. — For generations, the...

Jamaica Cruise Powerhouse Targets Triple World Triumph

Jamaica’s maritime tourism sector is celebrating extraordinary international recognition as the Port Authority of Jamaica arrives with a prestigious trio of nominations at th...