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Jamaica becomes the 140th UN member state to recognize the State of Palestine.
2024-04-23

Canada deploys 70 members of its armed forces to Jamaica to train peacekeepers for a future intervention in Haiti.
2024-03-31

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake is recorded off the coast of Jamaica.
2020-01-28

Jamaican reggae singer Tessanne Chin wins Season 5 of the American singing competition "The Voice".
2013-12-17

The Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller announces that the country is to become a republic, with plans to remove Queen Elizabeth II as head of state and the Jamaican monarchy in general.
2012-01-6

Residents in Haiti and Jamaica are evacuated ahead of Tropical Storm Tomas.
2010-11-4

Christopher Coke, sent to United States territory by Jamaica, pleads not guilty to United States charges of drug smuggling at a federal court in New York and, in his first public comments since August, says he took the decision to be extradited "in the best interest of my family, the community of western Kingston and in particular the people of Tivoli Gardens and above all Jamaica".
2010-06-25

Evangelical preacher Merrick "Al" Miller is charged with "harbouring a fugitive" and "perverting the course of justice", though he says Coke was on the verge of turning himself into authorities.
2010-06-25

Christopher Coke walks into a police station on the outskirts of Kingston, Jamaica and is detained, following search efforts which killed more than 70 people last month. The United States accuses him of being the Shower Posse leader, which it alleges operates an international drugs and guns network.
2010-06-22

The Jamaican Government orders civilians to keep off the streets for two days in several slums in Kingston because authorities are still hunting for Christopher Coke, alleged by the United States to be a drug lord.
2010-06-16