Events in the year 2024 in Jamaica. Incumbents
Monarch: Charles III Governor-General: Patrick Allen Prime Minister: Andrew Holness Chief Justice: Bryan Sykes
Events February February 28 – 2024 Jamaican local elections
March March 31 – Haitian crisis: Canada deploys 70 members of its armed forces to Jamaica to train peacekeepers for a future intervention in Haiti.
April April 23 – Jamaica becomes the 140th UN member state to recognize the State of Palestine.
June 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.
July 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. 26 July–11 August – Jamaica at the 2024 Summer Olympics
August 11 August – Eight people are killed and nine others are injured in a mass shooting in Clarendon Parish. Six people are arrested.
September 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. The contingent arrives in Haiti on 12 September.
October 21 October – Five people are killed in a shooting at a football match in Pleasant Heights, Kingston.
November 25 November – Five people are killed in a shooting in Saint Andrew Parish.
Holidays
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
19 January – Pluto Shervington, 73, reggae musician. 3 February – Aston "Family Man" Barrett, 77, musician (Bob Marley and the Wailers). 25 February – Peter "Peetah" Morgan, 46, reggae singer (Morgan Heritage). 4 March – B. B. Seaton, 79, singer (The Gaylads), songwriter and record producer. 19 April – Princess Lawes, 79, politician.
See also 2020s 2024 Atlantic hurricane season 2024 in the Caribbean
References
External links Online calendar