Andre James is a 32-year-old Jamaican originally from the city of Kingston. Living in São Paulo, Brazil, since 2010, he owns a Jamaican restaurant – Jerky’s Cozinha Caribenha– in one of the largest ...

Economic, security and political crises have resulted in millions of Haitians fleeing the country over the last several ...

Meet Lysandra, a Jamaican living in Uganda in East Africa. While there are many similarities between island life in Jamaica and Uganda, there is much to learn too. From similar foods to culture shock, ...

Born and raised in Ginger Hill, St Elizabeth, Woodstock shared with the Jamaica Observer that, while he left Jamaica in 1996, the island has never left him. In fact, he said he is still very connected ...

People from Jamaica living in Massachusetts are doing everything they can to help family members back on the island as Hurricane Melissa makes landfall as a Category 5 storm. Delroy Allen is a former ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — A Jamaican citizen living in New Haven was arrested and charged on Wednesday with illegal reentry after being deported. Norwalk man sentenced to 5 years in prison for ...

Clover Watts said the scenes that have unfolded in her native land have been "horrendous". She was speaking in the wake of Hurricane Melissa sweeping across Jamaica on Tuesday. A rare Category Five ...

A Jamaican national living in Waterbury was indicted for his alleged role in a sweepstakes scheme that defrauded elderly victims across the country of millions of dollars, federal officials said. A ...

The roots of relief from Charlotte to Jamaica and in between are making an impact. All this as the island nation works to ...