Trump Administration to Review 55 Million U.S. Visa Holders, Halts Worker Visas for Truck Drivers

By Jamaica Live Medias / August 21, 2025

Jamaica Live International News– | Aug 21, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration has announced a sweeping review of more than 55 million people holding valid U.S. visas, warning that even those already granted entry could face revocation and possible deportation if found in violation of visa rules. In a statement on Thursday, the…

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Gates Foundation Launches 8-Year Contraceptive in Kenya Amid Debate Over Global Population Policies

By Jamaica Live Medias / August 20, 2025

Jamaica Live International News– | Aug 20, 2025 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced the launched what they dubbed as groundbreaking contraceptive — a hormonal intrauterine device (IUD) capable of preventing pregnancy for up to eight years. Kenya, alongside Nigeria and India, is among the first countries to benefit from this initiative, which…

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Could Interracial Marriage Be on the Supreme Court’s Chopping Block?

By Jamaica Live Medias / August 18, 2025

Jamaica Live International News Desk– | Aug 16, 2025 A storm of controversy erupted when U.S.  Republican Senator Mike Braun suggested that the Supreme Court should leave the question of interracial marriage to individual states. In a recent interview, Braun argued that deeply personal freedoms—such as marriage rights and access to contraception—should be decided at the…

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No More Photo Finish: Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson Leaves Noah Lyles Eating His Words

By Jamaica Live Medias / August 17, 2025

For months, track fans have debated who really is the fastest man alive. Paris 2024 gave us a “photo finish” that handed Noah Lyles Olympic gold by a mere five-thousandths of a second. Many Jamaicans cried foul, branding it “Olympic robbery” – bureaucracy, technology, and slow-motion pixels deciding glory instead of raw speed. But in…

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Jamaican man in Brooklyn becomes a victim of what some describe as underhanded gentrification

By Jamaica Live Medias / August 16, 2025

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Aug 16, 2025 Brooklyn, New York – A Jamaican immigrant’s American dream turned into a nightmare when the city of New York sold his fully paid-off home at auction over an unpaid water bill of just over $5,000. The case of Filmore Brown, a Canarsie resident who worked tirelessly for…

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Port of Spain to Remove Columbus Statue, Honour Genocide Victims and Pan-African Hero Kwame Ture

By Jamaica Live Medias / August 14, 2025

Jamaica Live Regional News- Aug 14-2025 Port of Spain, Trinidad – August 1, 2025 – In a historic move aimed at reckoning with the city’s colonial legacy, the Port of Spain City Council has remove the bronze statue of Christopher Columbus from the capital’s Columbus Square and rename the landmark in honour of the victims…

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US “Keep Call Centers in America” Bill Could Shake Jamaica’s BPO Industry

By Jamaica Live Medias / August 13, 2025

Jamaica Live News Desk- Aug 13-2025 Jamaica’s booming call centre and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry could soon face major challenges if a new bill making its way through the United States Congress becomes law. The proposed S.2495 – Keep Call Centers in America Act of 2025 aims to discourage U.S. companies from moving customer…

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Could the Conflict with Israel and Other Middle Eastern Countries Escalate?

By Jamaica Live Medias / August 13, 2025

Jamaica Live International News Desk-Aug- 13-2025 Concerns are mounting across global capitals that the simmering tensions in the Middle East could spiral into a wider regional conflict, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirmed his attachment to the controversial vision of a “Greater Israel.” In a televised interview on Tuesday with i24 News, Netanyahu was…

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The United States Offers $50 Million Bounty for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro

By Jamaica Live Medias / August 8, 2025

Jamaica Live International News Desk | August 8, 2025 Washington, D.C. – The United States has dramatically escalated its pursuit of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, with Attorney General Pam Bondi announcing on August 7 a $50 million reward for information leading to his arrest or conviction on narco-terrorism charges. This unprecedented bounty, the highest ever…

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SHOCK: Two Black Women Allegedly Shot and Fed to Pigs on South African Farm

By Jamaica Live Medias / August 5, 2025

Jamaica Live International Edition-Aug 5, 2025 LIMPOPO, SOUTH AFRICA — A chilling case unfolding in South Africa has once again thrown the spotlight on the nation’s deeply entrenched racial and land-related tensions. A white farmer and his two employees have been charged in the brutal murder of two Black women, whose decomposing bodies were discovered…

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Woman Gives Birth Mid-Flight from Jamaica to US, Ignites Birthright Citizenship Debate

Jamaica Live News Desk– | April 11, 2026 A routine flight from Kingston to New York turned into a global talking point after a baby was born mid-air aboard Caribbean Airlines Flight BW005 on April 4, 2026 — raising a complicated and controversial question: Where does this child legally belong? Passengers onboard the flight, which…
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JUTC Drivers Busted in an alleged Expanding Ticket Fraud Scandal

Jamaica Live News Desk– | April 11, 2026 The scandal rocking the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is widening, as detectives from the National Strategic Anti-Gang Division (NSAD) have slapped charges on four more employees in a growing crackdown on alleged fare fraud. The accused—31-year-old Kimanie Brown of Sandy Bay, Clarendon; 41-year-old Nikesha Bell of…
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Ask for Justice, Get Locked Out: UK Party Targets Countries Over Reparations

Jamaica Live News Desk– | April 10, 2026 Reform UK’s proposal to block visas over slavery reparations ignites outrage across the Caribbean, raising deeper questions about Britain’s historical accountability. A political firestorm is brewing across the Atlantic after Britain’s right-wing Reform UK party declared that it would deny visas to nationals from countries pursuing slavery…
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Crime Against Humanity—But No Accountability? U.S., Israel and Argentina Vote ‘No’ as World Confronts Slavery’s Legacy”

On March 25, 2026, the United Nations General Assembly passed a historic resolution—A/80/L.48—formally declaring the transatlantic trafficking and racialized enslavement of Africans as “the gravest crime against humanity.” Backed by 123 nations and championed by Ghana under the leadership of John Dramani Mahama, the resolution pushes the world closer to an uncomfortable but long-overdue conversation:…
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Golding at the Crossroads: Age, Ancestry, and the Battle for Jamaica’s Future

Jamaica Live News Desk– | Mar 20, 2026 Golding’s Early Power Play Raises Questions of Timing, Identity and Readiness Opposition Leader Mark Golding has made a bold declaration—he intends to lead the People’s National Party (PNP) into the next general election and is confident of defeating Prime Minister Andrew Holness. But with Jamaica not constitutionally…
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U.S. Tightens Grip: Blocked Cuba from taking Russian Oil

Jamaica Live Regional News – | Mar 20, 2026 Cuba’s worsening energy crisis has taken a dramatic turn after the United States moved to explicitly block the island from accessing Russian oil, intensifying geopolitical tensions and raising serious concerns across the Caribbean. On March 19, 2026, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued…
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