Many people in the United States want to visit Jamaica. But, a lot of these would be travelers simply know that Jamaica is a warm tropical island. They do not know if Jamaica is near Hawaii or Florida, and fewer know that Jamaica is an independent foreign nation with its own culture and way of life.

Hurricane Dean crept into the northwestern Caribbean Sea early Monday after unleashing its fury on Jamaica, prompting its government to declare a state of emergency.

Mexico and Belize have issued hurricane warnings as Hurricane Dean churns across the Caribbean, bringing torrential rains and winds of more than 240 kilometers-per-hour.

AccuWeather.com® forecasters predict that Hurricane Dean will continue to intensify over the weekend to a Category 4 or 5 storm.

The World Bank today (July 26) announced it will work with Jamaican authorities to prepare a Second HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Project based on the current program’s successful performance and ratings.

The General Assembly today elected Georgia and Jamaica to the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission, the body set up by the United Nations in December 2005 to prevent countries emerging from conflict from falling back into chaos.