title: 2018 in Jamaica
text: # 2018 in Jamaica
  
  Events in the year 2018 in Jamaica.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Monarch: Elizabeth II
  * Governor-General: Patrick Allen
  * Prime Minister: Andrew Holness
  * Chief Justice: Zaila McCalla
  
  ## Events
  
  ### Sports
  
  * 9 to 25 February – Jamaica participated at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, with 3 competitors in 2 sports, bobsleigh and skeleton
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 5 March – Dorothy Henriques-Wells, 92, artist
  * 15 March – Gene Pearson, 71, ceramic artist.
  * 7 July – Garry Lowe, musician (b. 1976).
  * 31 July – Irvin Jarrett, reggae percussionist (Inner Circle, Third World).
  