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Wesly Morris, writing for The Gleaner, was critical of Davies' tenure as finance minister, blaming him for the "breakdown in the Jamaican economy in the 1990s". [3] Garfield Higgins of the Jamaica Observer called Davies "the worst financial minister since political independence", adding that his retirement "will mark the end of an era which ...
The Jamaica Association of Local Government Officers (JALGO) is a 5,000-member public sector trade union in Jamaica which represents workers in local and national government, governmental corporations, quasi-government bodies and other agencies created by statute.
Jamaica is a source, transit, and destination country for adults and children trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced labor. [1]Domestically, most victims are impoverished women and children enticed from rural parts of the country to metropolitan areas by family members or newspaper classified job postings for spa attendants, masseurs, or exotic dancers. [2]
Barbara Joy Gloudon OD OJ IOJ (née Goodison; 5 February 1935 [1] – 11 May 2022) was a Jamaican writer. She received two Seprod Awards from the Press Association of Jamaica and Order of Distinction.
Adam Stewart (born January 27, 1981) is a Jamaican businessman. He is the executive chairman of the Caribbean-based resort company Sandals Resorts (SRI) and Beaches Resorts, president of the Sandals Foundation, and executive chairman of the ATL Group, a Jamaica-based automotive, commercial, and domestic appliance distributor.
The Jamaica Premier League was formed in 1973 to serve as the top tier of Jamaican professional club football. [6] The league's inaugural season kicked off on September 22, 1973 as the Craven A National Club League Championships, and finished with Santos F.C. as the first title winners. [7] 14 clubs have been crowned champions of Jamaica.
Dwayne Jones sitting in a car's driver seat. Dwayne Jones was a Jamaican 16-year-old boy who was killed by a violent mob in Montego Bay in 2013, after he attended a dance party dressed in women's clothing.
Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller announced the date of the general election on 31 January 2016. The nomination date of 9 February 2016 was also announced. The election can be considered as having been called early, as it was constitutionally due between 29 December 2016 (the date in 2011 of the previous general election) and 16 April 2017 (within five years and three months of the date in ...