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  2. The Gleaner - Wikipedia

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    The Gleaner is an English-language, morning daily newspaper founded by two brothers, Jacob and Joshua de Cordova on 13 September 1834 in Kingston, Jamaica. [1] Originally called the Daily Gleaner, the name was changed on 7 December 1992 to The Gleaner. The newspaper is owned and published by Gleaner Company publishing house in Kingston, Jamaica.

  3. Gleaner Company - Wikipedia

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    The Gleaner Company Ltd. is a newspaper publishing enterprise in Jamaica. Established in 1834 by Joshua and Jacob De Cordova, the company's primary product is The Gleaner, a morning broadsheet published six days each week.

  4. LGBT rights in Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    Jamaica Gleaner columnist Morris Cargill, who supported the "nurture" view with respect to environment and sexual orientation, opinionated in 1999: There seems to be a certain logic in female homosexuality.

  5. Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    Jamaica is an upper-middle-income country [17] with an economy heavily dependent on tourism; it has an average of 4.3 million tourists a year. [22] The country performs favourably in measures of press freedom, democratic governance and sustainable well-being.

  6. Marcus Garvey - Wikipedia

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    Attacks back-and-forth between Garvey and his critics appeared in the letters published by The Gleaner. From Jamaica, Garvey traveled to Costa Rica, where the United Fruit Company assisted his transportation around the country, hoping to gain his favor.

  7. Gwendolyn Spencer - Wikipedia

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    Gwendolyn Spencer, OD (26 October 1916 – 20 August 2015) was a nurse and midwife, who co-founded the Jamaican Midwives' Association. An advocate for professionalism, she was instrumental in developing training programs for midwives and establishing a professional pay grade from the government for their services.

  8. Jamaican literature - Wikipedia

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    Jamaican literature. Jamaican literature is internationally renowned, with the island of Jamaica being the home or birthplace of many important authors. One of the most distinctive aspects of Jamaican literature is its use of the local dialect — a variation of English, the country's official language. Known to Jamaicans as "patois", and now ...

  9. Jamaica Observer - Wikipedia

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    Jamaica Observer is a daily newspaper published in Kingston, Jamaica. The publication was owned by Butch Stewart (now deceased), who chartered the paper in January 1993 as a competitor to Jamaica's oldest daily paper, The Gleaner.