Events in the year 2024 in Jamaica.
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Incumbents
Events
- March 31 – Haitian crisis: Canada deploys 70 members of its armed forces to Jamaica to train peacekeepers for a future intervention in Haiti.
- April 23 – Jamaica becomes the 140th UN member state to recognize the State of Palestine.
Scheduled
- 26 July–11 August – Jamaica at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Holidays
Source:
- 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.