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The Jamaican community in Toronto turned out on Sunday (Aug.1) for a flag raising ceremony at Toronto's City Hall to commemorate the country's 48th year of Independence. The event is organised each year by the oldest and largest Jamaican community association in Canada, the Jamaican Canadian Association (JCA), which is also celebrating 48 years of existence this year. It was...

The Police Youth Club movement will host its annual national summer camp from August 8 to16 at the Maggotty High School in St. Elizabeth. The one-week camp will target young people from clubs across the island, who will be engaged in skills training and motivation workshops. "Our summer camp will be held with a view to exposing our clubbites to...

The following roads will be closed to ensure the easy flow of traffic for the staging of the Independence Grand Gala 48th Anniversary celebration on Friday, August 6. Before the event the following roads will be operated as one-way:Arthur Wint Drive from Tom Redcam Drive to the National Stadium.Upper section of Arthur Wint Drive from Mountain View Avenue to access...

As Jamaica marks 48 years since becoming a sovereign nation, some youths are weighing in on the country's progress, with the consensus being that the country has a lot to celebrate in its short journey since August 6, 1962, even as it strives to achieve visions of becoming a developed state. Personifying Jamaica as a woman, communications practitioner, Gareth Manning,...

Political Scientist and Lecturer in the Department of Government at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Professor Rupert Lewis says Jamaica's stellar achievements in sports and culture continue to serve as notable examples of the country's success since its Independence from Britain in 1962. Professor Rupert Lewis Jamaica, on August 6, will celebrate its 48th year of Independence,...

Former Prime Minister, Hon. Edward Seaga will be the guest speaker at a Dinner/Dance, commemorating Jamaica's anniversary of Independence, to be held on Friday, August 6, at the Fort Lauderdale Hilton Hotel. Hosted by members of Jamaica United Relief Association (JURA), a South Florida non-profit community association, the event will begin at 7:00 p.m. with a Cultural Extravaganza and reception....

Hundreds of citizens from St. James came out to embrace and participate in the Emancipation celebrations at Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay on Saturday night (July 31). The celebrations were organised and produced by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), in association with the St. James Parish Council. It included demonstrations by marching bands, renditions from a number of gospel...

On Friday (August 6), at dusk, the Miami Tower, formerly the Bank of America Tower, at International Place, downtown in Miami, will illuminate in the black, green and gold colours of the Jamaican flag, in celebration of Jamaica's 48th anniversary of Independence. The Miami landmark will remain lit into Monday morning (August 9), as a tribute to the positive impact...

Hundreds of Jamaican nationals and friends united in worship at the First Presbyterian Church of Fort Lauderdale on August 1 to celebrate Jamaica's anniversary of Emancipation and Independence, at the Ecumenical service of thanksgiving. The service was organised by the Consulate General of Jamaica in Miami. Guest preacher, Dr. Samuel Vassel, Pastor of the Bronx Bethany Church of the Nazarene...

Sunday, August 1 was declared 'Jamaica Day' in the United States capital, by the Mayor of Washington, D.C., Adrian Fenty. Mayor Fenty read the proclamation at a Thanksgiving Service to commemorate Jamaica's 176th year of Emancipation as well the country's 48th year of Independence, at Dumbarton Chapel, Howard University, in Washington, D.C., on August 1. Security Attach

Overcast conditions and a light drizzle did not dampen the spirits of hundreds of Jamaicans and friends of the island, who turned out for today's (July 31) service of Praise and Thanksgiving in London, to mark Jamaica's 48th anniversary of Independence. Among the special guests at the Parish Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, were the Deputy Lord Mayor of...

The Emancipation "Road to Freedom" exhibition, depicting the journey of Africans through enslavement to full freedom, is now opened to the public at the St. James Parish Library in Montego Bay. Established and mounted by the St. James office of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), the exhibition was officially opened Thursday (July 29), at a ceremony attended by persons...