No Nobel, No Peace? Trump Letter to Norway Sends Shockwaves Through Europe

By Jamaica Live Medias / January 19, 2026

Jamaica Live International News– | Jan 19, 2026 A controversial letter sent by President Donald Trump to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has ignited fresh diplomatic tensions across Europe, after Trump explicitly linked his renewed push for U.S. control of Greenland to his failure to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. The letter, reportedly circulated…

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A Revolution Without an Exit: Museveni’s Long Rule and Uganda’s Broken Vote

By Jamaica Live Medias / January 18, 2026

Jamaica Live International News– | Jan 18, 2026 When Yoweri Museveni seized power in 1986, he did not pretend that his rule would be temporary. He warned Ugandans plainly that he would govern for “a long time,” that there would be “no alternative arrangement” for the country, and that the revolution he led was “irreversible.”…

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Machado Hands Nobel Medal to Trump as Venezuela’s Political Future Hangs in the Balance

By Jamaica Live Medias / January 15, 2026

Jamaica Live International News– | Jan 14, 2026 Washington, D.C. — Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado said Thursday that she presented her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize medal to U.S. President Donald Trump during a high-stakes meeting at the White House — a symbolic gesture underscoring her hopes of cementing U.S. support for Venezuela’s political future.…

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Frozen Gold Rush: Billionaires, Trump, and the Battle for Greenland

By Jamaica Live Medias / January 14, 2026

Jamaica Live International News– | Jan 14, 2026 In a stunning escalation of geopolitics and presidential brinkmanship, President Donald Trump has openly threatened to risk war with NATO allies in pursuit of a prize that is both strategic and symbolic: Greenland — the massive Arctic island belonging to Denmark. What has been dismissed as vanity…

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Jamaica Among 75 Countries Hit by New U.S Immigrant Visa Freeze

By Jamaica Live Medias / January 14, 2026

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Jan 14, 2026 The United States government has confirmed that visa processing for citizens of 75 countries will be suspended indefinitely. There will be no processing of new immigrant visas for Jamaica and dozens of other countries, triggering concern across the Caribbean and the wider Global South. The U.S. State…

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Breaking: U.S. Military Captures Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro

By Jamaica Live Medias / January 3, 2026

Jamaica Live Regional News – | Jan 3rd, 2026 What Jamaica and the Caribbean Need to Know In an extraordinary and unprecedented military operation early Saturday, January 3, the United States says it has struck Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. According to U.S. President Donald Trump, both were taken into…

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Jamaican-Born Educator Kamar Samuels Named NYC Schools Chancellor by Mayor Zohran Mamdani

By Jamaica Live Medias / January 1, 2026

Jamaica Live International News– | Jan 1, 2026 New York City is set to enter a new chapter in public education as Mayor Zohran Mamdani announces the appointment of Jamaican-born veteran educator Kamar Samuels as the city’s next Schools Chancellor. Samuels will assume leadership of the nation’s largest public school system on January 1, 2026,…

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Ghanian President John Mahama Calls Out the Silent Weapon of Colonisation

By Jamaica Live Medias / December 31, 2025

At the eagerly anticipated Diaspora Summit 2025, held December 19–20 at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC), a powerful and unflinching message echoed through the halls: Africa and its global diaspora remain bound by the unfinished business of colonisation. Held under the auspices of H.E. John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana, through…

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Former Ohio Missionary Indicted on Federal Charges of Child Sexual Abuse in Haiti

By Jamaica Live Medias / December 27, 2025

Jamaica Live International News– | Dec 27, 2025 A federal grand jury in the Northern District of Ohio has indicted Jeriah Mast, a 44-year-old former missionary from Ohio, on four counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with minors in Haiti. The indictment, announced by the U.S. Department of Justice, alleges that the offenses occurred…

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JPS Boosts Restoration Efforts with Arrival of 120 Overseas Line Workers After Hurricane Melissa

By Jamaica Live Medias / December 27, 2025

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Dec 27, 2025 In the ongoing recovery from Hurricane Melissa, the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) has strengthened its restoration push with the arrival of an additional 120 experienced line workers to the island this week. The team, deployed through Holland Power Services, has joined hundreds of local and international…

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Was Dr. Jason Arday Hounded to Death? Questions Over Racism, Right-Wing Attacks and a Relentless Media Campaign

JAMAICA LIVE – SPECIAL REPORT The sudden death of Professor Jason Arday, Cambridge University’s youngest-ever Black professor, has left Britain confronting an uncomfortable and deeply troubling question: did legitimate scrutiny of an academic accused of wrongdoing develop into a racially charged, right-wing media campaign that placed unbearable pressure on one of Britain’s most prominent Black…
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OP-ED | Jamaica Is at a Crossroads of Neocolonialism and Becoming a Developed Nation

Since Jamaica gained independence from Britain in 1962, the country has struggled with economic and structural disadvantages inherited from colonialism.  Jamaica entered independence as what was then widely described as a “Third World” nation, while Western powers, including the United States and former European colonial states, continued to enjoy far greater levels of wealth, industrialisation,…
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Vaz Turns the Clock Back on Golding: 2000 Squatter Dispute Resurfaces Amid Cooper’s Pen Controversy

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Aug 13, 2026 KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport Daryl Vaz has turned to the newspaper archives in an attempt to challenge Opposition Leader Mark Golding’s position on the demolition controversy in Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny, accusing the People’s National Party (PNP) president of politicising the plight…
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Isat Buchanan Under Fire Over ‘Chop Di Line’ Remarks Following Coopers Pen Demolition

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Aug 12, 2026 KINGSTON, Jamaica — Opposition Spokesperson on Youth and Human Rights and East Portland Member of Parliament Isat Buchanan is facing criticism over remarks circulating on social media in which he appears to encourage Jamaicans who were not affected by the demolition of homes in Coopers Pen, Trelawny,…
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MP Tova Hamilton and ODPEM Respond as Mayor Gager Clarifies Cooper’s Pen Evictions Followed Private Court Dispute

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Aug 12, 2026 TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Member of Parliament Tova Hamilton, in conjunction with the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), moved on Wednesday to respond to the plight of residents of Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny, who were displaced after being evicted from property by a private developer following…
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Stop Rewriting Bob Marley and Marcus Garvey: Jamaica’s Pan-African Legacy Is Not Israel’s Story

OPINION | A recent claim by journalist and documentary filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici, who describes himself as a three-time Emmy Award winner, should be challenged and publicly admonished for attempting to recast Bob Marley as a Zionist while drawing Jamaica’s National Hero Marcus Garvey into the same narrative. Such claims distort the historical record and misrepresent…
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