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The Gleaner. 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 ...
jamaica-gleaner .com. 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. It also publishes a Sunday paper, the Sunday Gleaner, and an evening tabloid, The Star.
The Jamaica Churchman OCLC 63206121. Jamaica Herald [1] Jamaica Information Service ( JIS ), information and news service of the Jamaican Government [3] Jamaica Observer, Jamaican daily [4] The Jamaica Star (1951–present), Jamaican daily [5] Jamaican Times. Royal Gazette. Western Mirror [6]
Founded. January 1993. Website. jamaicaobserver.com. 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. Its founding editor is Desmond Allen who is its executive ...
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 ...
RJR Gleaner Group/Don Anderson poll – 37: 25 38 12: 21–23 August 2020 Jamaica Observer/Bill Johnson poll: 1,000 37: 23 40 14: 20 July–6 August 2020 Nationwide News Network/Bluedot poll – 52: 34 14 18: 23 July–3 August 2020 RJR Gleaner Group/Don Anderson poll – 36: 20 44 16: 9–12 July 2020 Jamaica Observer/Bill Johnson poll: 1,200 ...
History of Jamaican newspapers. In Colonial Jamaica, during the 18th and 19th centuries, there were a number of newspapers that represented the views of the white planters who owned slaves. These newspapers included the Royal Gazette, The Diary and Kingston Daily Advertiser, Cornwall Chronicle, Cornwall Gazette, and Jamaica Courant. [1]
The Colony of Jamaica gained independence from the United Kingdom on 6 August 1962. In Jamaica, this date is celebrated as Independence Day, a national holiday. The island became an imperial colony in 1509 when Spain conquered the Indigenous Taino people. In 1655, British forces took the island with hardly a fight, and the British Empire ...