2023 in Jamaica
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Events in the year 2023 in Jamaica.
Incumbents
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".[2]
- 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.[3]
- 22 March – PM Andrew Holness announces the Constitutional Reform Committee to guide Jamaica’s transition to a republic.[4]
- 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.[5]
- 26-28 May – The Calabash International Literary Festival is held in Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth, for its 15th staging.[6]
- 12-16 July – USA South wins the RAN Women’s Rugby Championship in Kingston, beating Trinidad and Tobago in the final; Mexico take bronze.[7]
- 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.[8]
- 7 December – Marubeni executives distribute care packages to students at Drews Avenue and Mountain View primary schools in Kingston.[9]
Deaths
- 4 January – Richard Bernal, diplomat and economist.[10]