Jamaica's 50th year: Celebrating the best, confronting the challenges
OPINION - Happy 50th Independence Day Jamaica! Here’s hoping that the next 50 will bring peace, prosperity and a continuation of the grand Jamaican spirit...
Top black 'Influential People' from 'Time 100'
SLIDESHOW - Among those entertainers, leaders, educators, and icons that made the list this year, several were prominent black figures in the U.S. and abroad...
Can Jamaica survive without British rule?
theGRIO REPORT - Jamaica's new Prime Minister, Portia Simpson-Miller, has recently announced the pledge to replace the British monarch as head of state and make the island a republic.
Portia Simpson Miller sworn in 2nd time as Jamaica prime minister
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Portia Simpson Miller was sworn in for the second time as Jamaica's prime minister Thursday, pledging to ease its deep poverty, boost the sputtering economy, heal political divisions and sever colonial-era links with Britain...
