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The following is a list of Public holidays in Jamaica, which includes Christian holidays and secular holidays. Public holidays. New Year's Day, 1 January (public holiday) Ash Wednesday, Between 4 February and 10 March (public holiday) Good Friday, Friday of Holy Week, late March or early April(public holiday)
March 31 – Haitian crisis: Canada deploys 70 members of its armed forces to Jamaica to train peacekeepers for a future intervention in Haiti. April 23 – Jamaica becomes the 140th UN member state to recognize the State of Palestine. Scheduled. 26 July–11 August – Jamaica at the 2024 Summer Olympics; Holidays
Alma mater. University of the West Indies. Andrew Michael Holness, ON PC (born 22 July 1972) is a Jamaican politician, who has been the prime minister of Jamaica since 3 March 2016, following the 2016 Jamaican general election. [1] He is leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). Holness previously served as prime minister from 23 October 2011 ...
Jamaica ( / dʒəˈmeɪkə / ⓘ jə-MAY-kə; Jamaican Patois: Jumieka [dʒʌˈmie̯ka]) is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi), it is the third largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola —of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. [11] Jamaica lies about 145 km (90 mi) south ...
Montego Bay is the capital of the parish of St. James in Jamaica. The city is the fourth-largest urban area in the country by population, after Kingston, Spanish Town, and Portmore, all of which form the Greater Kingston Metropolitan Area, home to over half a million people. [1] As a result, Montego Bay is the second-largest anglophone city in ...
Public holidays in Saint Kitts and Nevis (1 C, 1 P) Public holidays in Saint Lucia (1 C, 1 P) Public holidays in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1 P)
Public holidays in Barbados. There are 12 public holidays in Barbados, [1] which includes Christian holidays and secular holidays. Holidays in Barbados are also referred to as bank holidays locally: [2] Celebrates the first day of every year in the Gregorian calendar . A day of recognition for Errol Barrow, the Father of the Nation.
Jamaica and the World Bank. Jamaica first joined The World Bank Group (WBG) on 21 February 1963, when the island nation became a member of The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), which lends to middle and low income nations. [1] [2] This occurred the same month as Jamaica joining the International Monetary Fund (IMF ...