Merrick Needham News Today

As the tributes poured in on the passing of protocol expert Merrick Needham I was reminded of those intense days and nights preparing for Carifesta 76. The top players had some funny nicknames, bu...

Many years ago Mr Desmond Allen, the founding editor of this newspaper, chronicled the life of Mr Merrick Needham, the man who was Jamaica's principal logistic, ceremonial and protocol consult...

GOVERNOR General Sir Patrick Allen and the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) have hailed logistics and protocol consultant Merrick Needham for his invaluable contribution to Jamaica ove...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has expressed deepest condolences to Camille Needham, the executive director of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), and her family, o...

Merrick Needham, the man regarded as Jamaica's foremost ceremonial and protocol expert, passed away on Thursday, December 29, six days after he marked his 89th birthday. Needham, who had been hos...

For more than 40 years Merrick Needham was Jamaica's principal logistic, ceremonial and protocol consultant. His work ranged from large banquets to major international conferences with up to 2,400...

KINGSTON, Jamaica— Ceremonial and protocol consultant Merrick Needham died this morning, six days after marking his 89th birthday. Needham was admitted to the University Hospital of the West Indies a...

As I write, we are monitoring the track of Tropical Storm Ian as it moves closer to Jamaica on its way to becoming a hurricane. The strengthening is due to the warming of the Caribbean Sea, throug...

Merrick Needham on Thursday remembered Queen Elizabeth II as an outstanding woman who, throughout her 70 years on the British throne, ruled with grace and diplomacy. "She filled her office suprem...

We are reeling from the news that a mother and four children were murdered in Cocoa Piece, Clarendon, allegedly by a relative. What could make a man’s heart so cold that he could commit such a h...