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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 .
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 36: 17 47 19: 13–20 June 2020 Mello TV/Bill Johnson poll: 1,200 38: 19 43 19: 12–15 March 2020 Jamaica Observer/Bill Johnson poll: 1,200 33: 19 48 14
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) was established by Law 8 of 1867, during the period of British colonialism in Jamaica. The JCF was intended to be a civil body with a military structure. [1] In 1948, it was reported that the JCF was split into three branches: the Uniformed Branch, Water Police, and Detectives. [2]
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When Jamaica gained independence in 1962, the murder rate was 3.9 per 100,000 inhabitants, one of the lowest in the world. In 2022, Jamaica had 1,508 murders, for a murder rate of 53.34 per 100,000 people, the highest murder rate in the world. Jamaica recorded 1,680 murders in 2009. In 2010, there were 1,428, in 2011, 1,125.
Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs Marlene Malahoo Forte said that Jamaica would transition to being a Republic before the next general election. Timeline. 21 September 2023 – Speaker Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert resigns as MP for Trelawny Southern. 26 February 2024 – local elections are held. Electoral system
2016 Jamaican general election. General elections were held in Jamaica on 25 February 2016. The elections were largely a contest between the governing People's National Party (PNP) and the opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). The result was a narrow victory for the JLP, which won 32 of the 63 seats. One political commentator described the ...
The 2024 Jamaican local government elections were held on 26 February 2024. [1] Nomination day was on February 8, 2024. 228 divisions and the leadership of 14 municipal bodies will be elected. [2]