2024 in Jamaica
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Events in the year 2024 in Jamaica.
Incumbents
[edit]- Monarch: Charles III
- Governor-General: Patrick Allen
- Prime Minister: Andrew Holness
- Chief Justice: Bryan Sykes
Events
[edit]February
[edit]- February 28 – 2024 Jamaican local elections
March
[edit]- March 31 – Haitian crisis: Canada deploys 70 members of its armed forces to Jamaica to train peacekeepers for a future intervention in Haiti.[1]
April
[edit]- April 23 – Jamaica becomes the 140th UN member state to recognize the State of Palestine.[2]
June
[edit]- 28 June – The Financial Action Task Force removes Jamaica from its "gray list" of countries not fully complying with measures to combat money laundering and terrorism financing.[3]
July
[edit]- 4 July – Category 4 Hurricane Beryl causes a six- to nine-feet storm surge and fierce winds along Jamaica's southern coast, killing at least one person there before tracking to the Cayman Islands.[4]
- 26 July–11 August – Jamaica at the 2024 Summer Olympics[5]
August
[edit]- 11 August – Eight people are killed and nine others are injured in a mass shooting in Clarendon Parish. Six people are arrested.[6]
September
[edit]- 10 September – The government announces that it would deploy 24 police and military personnel to Haiti to help in operations against the country's gang war.[7] The contingent arrives in Haiti on 12 September.[8]
October
[edit]- 21 October – Five people are killed in a shooting at a football match in Pleasant Heights, Kingston.[9]
November
[edit]- 25 November – Five people are killed in a shooting in Saint Andrew Parish.[10]
Holidays
[edit]Source:[11]
- 1 January - New Year's Day
- 14 February – Ash Wednesday
- 29 March – Good Friday
- 1 April - Easter Monday
- 23 May - Labour Day
- 1 August - Emancipation Day
- 6 August - Independence Day
- 21 October – National Heroes Day
- 25 December – Christmas Day
- 26 December – Boxing Day
Deaths
[edit]- 19 January – Pluto Shervington, 73, reggae musician.[12]
- 3 February – Aston "Family Man" Barrett, 77, musician (Bob Marley and the Wailers).[13]
- 25 February – Peter "Peetah" Morgan, 46, reggae singer (Morgan Heritage).[14]
- 4 March – B. B. Seaton, 79, singer (The Gaylads), songwriter and record producer.[15]
- 19 April – Princess Lawes, 79, politician.[16]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Canadian Forces personnel deploy to Jamaica to train troops for Haiti mission". CBC. March 31, 2024.
- ^ "Jamaica recognises Palestine as a state". Jamaica Observer. 2024-04-23. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
- ^ "Monaco added to money laundering 'gray list'". DW. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ Chowdhury, Dalia Faheid, Mary Gilbert, Eric Zerkel, Maureen (2024-07-04). "The latest on Hurricane Beryl". CNN. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Jamaican Olympic chief targets largest team at Paris 2024". Inside the Games. 24 August 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ "Jamaican police arrest 6 suspects in mass shooting that killed 8 and injured 9". AP News. 2024-08-16. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
- ^ "Jamaica to deploy a limited number of soldiers and police to help fight gangs in Haiti". AP News. 11 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "Jamaican soldiers and police arrive in Haiti to help fight gangs". AP News. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ "Shooting at a soccer match in Jamaica leaves 5 dead and several injured". AP News. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ^ "Five people were killed in Jamaica in the island's latest mass shooting". AP News. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ "Jamaica Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
- ^ "'Ram Goat Liver' singer Pluto Shervington has died". jamaica-gleaner.com. 2024-01-19. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
- ^ Chen, Isabell (2024-02-03). "Reggae Musician Aston "Family Man" Barrett Has Died At Age 77". World Music Views®. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
- ^ "'Peetah' Morgan, lead singer of family reggae band Morgan Heritage, dies at 46". AP News. 2024-02-25. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
- ^ "Gaylads singer BB Seaton dead at 79". Jamaica Observer. 2024-03-04. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
- ^ "Former MP Princess Lawes dies at 79". jamaica-gleaner.com. 2024-04-21. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
