Senior Superinendent of Police Stephanie Lindsay and her partner Marlon Morris greet the New Year with a kiss at Footprints Cafe Sunday night. (Photo: Llewellyn Wynter)
January 2, 2024
Jamaicans greet 2024 with prayer, fireworks and kisses
Jamaicans welcomed the new year giving praises to God at traditional watchnight services, or by enjoying the annual fireworks display on the Kingston waterfront staged by the Urban Development Corporation, or at New Year parties.
Here are a few scenes.
Christene Collins and her son Damoni Collins pray as they greet the new year in worship at a watchnight service at Wildman Street Pentecostal Church in downtown Kingston Sunday night. (Photo: Garfield Robinson)
Omar Wilson kisses his wife Kerry-Ann at Midnight Chiq New Year’s party as fireworks light up the sky in downtown Kingston Sunday night. The party was held next door to the Urban Development Corporation’s popular Fireworks on the Waterfront event. (Photo: Garfield Robinson)
The Urban Development Corporation’s popular Fireworks on the Waterfront event elicits applause and squeals of delight as usual from the crowd in downtown Kingston Sunday night.(Photo: Garfield Robinson)
Another burst of fireworks is seen as Jamaicans greet 2024 at the Urban Development Corporation’s popular Fireworks on the Waterfront in downtown Kingston Sunday night. (Photo: Garfield Robinson)
Prime Minister Andrew Holness and wife Juliet Holness engage with little Jayceon Burke at the Fireworks at the Kingston Waterfront, downtown Kingston on December 31. (Photo: JIS)