The Hon. Dr. Edmund Bartlett, the longest-serving minister of tourism in the world, was recognized yesterday in Jamaica by his home country on National Heroes Day with the Order of Jamaica. “It’s a ...

Pan-African leader Marcus Mosiah Garvey, convicted of mail fraud in 1923 in the U.S., is buried at National Heroes Park in Kingston. His remains were brought to Jamaica in 1964 after his death in ...

After coming up short against Sweden, the U.S. women's soccer team is out of the World Cup. It's the first time the U.S. women have been sent home this early, but there is still plenty of magic left ...

A Jamaican legislator is asking the country's parliament to name reggae legend Bob Marley a national hero, an effort that comes amid rising nationalism in English-speaking Caribbean countries that are ...

Queen Nanny, a Jamaican national hero, was a well-known leader of the Jamaican Maroons in the 18th century. Nanny was kidnapped from Ghana, West Africa, as a child, and was forced into slavery in ...

We think most Jamaicans are too young to properly understand the high regard by their elders for celebrated footballer Mr Allan Cole, hailed as “Skill” and “Cherry Baller”, who died on Tuesday at age ...

The Jamaican women's soccer team has advanced to the round of 16 after a long fight to keep the team going. NPR's Sarah McCammon talks to Charles Edwards, a former coach of the team. After coming up ...