Events in the year 2023 in Jamaica.
Incumbents
Monarch: Charles III Governor-General: Patrick Allen Prime Minister: Andrew Holness Chief Justice: Bryan Sykes
Events Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Jamaica
1 February – Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness says that his government is willing to send troops to Haiti as part of a "multinational security assistance deployment". Jamaica implements the Road Traffic Act 2018 and a digitised Traffic Ticket Management System; pre-2018 tickets are nullified, and points for later tickets are expunged if paid. 22 March – PM Andrew Holness announces the Constitutional Reform Committee to guide Jamaica’s transition to a republic. 6 May – Coronation of Charles III as King of Jamaica and the other Commonwealth realms. Governor-General Patrick Allen and Lady Allen attend the ceremony in London. 26-28 May – The Calabash International Literary Festival is held in Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth, for its 15th staging. 12-16 July – USA South wins the RAN Women’s Rugby Championship in Kingston, beating Trinidad and Tobago in the final; Mexico take bronze. 17-26 November – Jamaica competes at the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile, with 3 athletes in 2 sports; the flagbearers are Theodor Thomas and Asoysona Campbell, and the team wins no medals. 7 December – Marubeni executives distribute care packages to students at Drews Avenue and Mountain View primary schools in Kingston.
Deaths
4 January – Richard Bernal, diplomat and economist.
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