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2024 in Jamaica
Summary
Events in the year
2024 in
Jamaica
.
←
2023
2022
2021
2024
in
Jamaica
→
2025
2026
2027
Decades:
2000s
2010s
2020s
See also:
Other events of 2024
Timeline of Jamaican history
Incumbents
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Monarch
:
Charles III
Governor-General
:
Patrick Allen
Prime Minister
:
Andrew Holness
Chief Justice
:
Bryan Sykes
Events
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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 23 – Jamaica becomes the 140th
UN member state
to recognize the
State of Palestine
.
[2]
Scheduled
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26 July–11 August –
Jamaica at the 2024 Summer Olympics
[3]
Holidays
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Source:
[4]
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
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19 January –
Pluto Shervington
, 73, reggae musician.
[5]
3 February –
Aston "Family Man" Barrett
, 77, musician (
Bob Marley and the Wailers
).
[6]
25 February –
Peter "Peetah" Morgan
, 46, reggae singer (
Morgan Heritage
).
[7]
4 March –
B. B. Seaton
, 79, singer (
The Gaylads
), songwriter and record producer.
[8]
See also
edit
2020s
2024 Atlantic hurricane season
2024 in the Caribbean
References
edit
^
"Canadian Forces personnel deploy to Jamaica to train troops for Haiti mission". March 31, 2024.
^
"Jamaica recognises Palestine as a state - Jamaica Observer".
www.jamaicaobserver.com
. 2024-04-23
. Retrieved
2024-04-24
.
^
"Jamaican Olympic chief targets largest team at Paris 2024".
Inside the Games
. 24 August 2022
. Retrieved
29 November
2023
.
^
"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".
www.jamaicaobserver.com
. 2024-03-04
. Retrieved
2024-03-04
.
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