The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, better known by its acronym, UNESCO, added a second heritage site in Jamaica this week, at Port Royal. According to the Jamaica ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) – Archaeologists said Tuesday that they’ll ask the United Nations’ cultural agency to bestow world heritage status on Port Royal, the mostly submerged remains of a historic ...

The island nation of Jamaica is celebrating 45 years of independence. People of Jamaican heritage are commemorating the anniversary in cities around the world. In this week's Heard on the Street, hear ...

You can sense the pride in the eyes of Patricia Chin as she points out some of the famous artists that have been part of VP Records, the Caribbean music label based in Jamaica, Queens. It was ...

Every October, Jamaica honors the visionaries who fought for the island’s freedom, equality, and self-determination. National ...

Jamaica’s tiny Jewish community will soon celebrate its 350th anniversary — one year late. Some 150 to 200 Jews live on the Caribbean island of 3 million. Mostly intermarried and interracial, the ...

While the world watched Kamala Harris adeptly shatter glass ceilings, the national media made much of the vice president’s roots in India. Her Jamaican heritage? Not so much. Here in South Florida, ...