Jamaica News – QNS

Detectives from the Queens Special Victims Squad arrested this Nassau County man for allegedly committing sex crimes while impersonating a medical professional at a Jamaica clinic, and the NYPD is asking other victims to come forward.

Long Islander accused of impersonating therapist, groping two female patients at Jamaica clinic: NYPD

By Bill Parry

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News

Newly renovated Dunkin’ and Baskin-Robbins reopens on Jamaica Avenue

By Ethan Marshall

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Gov. Hochul unveils plan to reimagine Jamaica Station during her State of the State address in Albany

By Bill Parry

Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Kamla Persad-Bissessar replies to the media after being asked about the presence of U.S. military in the southern Caribbean, at the Red House, parliamentary building, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, September 12, 2025.

Caribbean Life

Caribbean governments fight illegal gun trafficking network

Suspects in Queens murder, stabbing of teen

AMNY

Queens murder: Suspects sought for fatally stabbing teen in broad daylight

Cops are looking for this suspect for allegedly firing gun multiple times on Jamaica Avenue ion Jan. 7.

Suspect sought for firing gun multiple times on bustling street in downtown Jamaica: NYPD

By Bill Parry

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St. Albans mother indicted after allegedly killing her baby boy in his father’s Jamaica home: DA

By Bill Parry

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AMNY

Moped rider dies after colliding with SUV at Queens intersection: cops

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News

Dunkin’ celebrates grand reopening of remodeled Jamaica location with $3K donation to Project Hope Charities

By Ethan Marshall

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Real Estate

Permits filed for mixed-use building with 227 residential units in Jamaica

By Ethan Marshall

A Jamaica man was indicted by a Queens grand jury for allegedly terrorizing a 25-year-old woman at the Pomonok Houses subjecting her to rape, sex trafficking and other heinous crimes for months.

Courts

Jamaica man criminally charged with sex trafficking, rape and strangulation of victim at Pomonok Houses in Fresh Meadows: DA

By Bill Parry

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News

QPL receives $316K donation from National Grid for expanded STEM programming for teens

By Ethan Marshall

A grandfather from Springfield Gardens was struck and killed by a moped rider in Jamaica on the evening of Friday, Dec. 5, police said.

Unlicensed moped operator fatally strikes senior pedestrian in Jamaica: NYPD

By Bill Parry

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News

St. John’s surpasses all-time total of 15,000 pints of blood donated to New York Blood Center

By Renee DeLorenzo

Jamaica's Prime Minister, Andrew Holness.

Caribbean Life

Global Lenders Unite

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Courts

Southeast Queens hit-and-run driver sentenced for killing a woman in front of her daughter on Mother’s Day 2022: DA

By Bill Parry

Jamaican singer Shaggy.

Caribbean Life

US$1M goal for star-studded Jamaica Strong Relief Concert

Assembly Member Jaime Williams, center, in all-black, flanked by Assembly Member Monique Chandler-Waterman to her immediate right; Sen. Roxanne Persaud, to Williams' immediate left; and Brooklyn Canarsie Lions President Jean Joseph, to Persaud's immediate left.

Caribbean Life

Brooklyn leaders rally community for Jamaica relief

A homeless man from Brooklyn was charged with attempted murder for stabbing an E train rider in Jamaica after the victim complained he was talking too loudly on his cell phone.

Homeless man charged with stabbing E train rider in Jamaica who complained he was talking too loudly: DA

By Bill Parry

Jamaican reggae icon Jimmy Cliff during a performance in 2012.

Caribbean Life

Reggae lovers pay glowing tributes to legendary Jimmy Cliff

The roof of El Greko kitchen in Montego Bay, Jamaica destroyed during the passage of Hurricane Melissa.

Caribbean Life

Surviving Melissa: How ChatGPT helped us weather Jamaica’s Category 5 fury

News

JPAFHC provides Thanksgiving meal kits to hundreds of NYC families

By Ethan Marshall

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Caribbean Life

Oliver Samuels brings the laughter — America’s premiere backs Jamaica’s hurricane relief

Caribbean-American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke addresses a town hall meeting at George Wingate High School Auditorium in Brooklyn on Jun. 16, 2025.

Caribbean Life

Clarke leads letter urging Trump to grant TPS for Jamaica

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