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Lisa Hanna. Lisa Rene Shanti Hanna (born 20 August 1975) [1] is a Jamaican politician and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 1993, [2] becoming the third Jamaican to win the title. A member of the opposition People's National Party, Hanna currently serves as Member of Parliament for Saint Ann South East, and was Jamaica's Minister of Youth ...
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]
On the Ground News Reports (OGNR, stylised OG.NR) is a citizen journalism news platform that collects, validates and distributes user-generated news in short form (250 words or less) from Jamaica and around the world. Citizen Reporters, along with professional editors provide regular reports from the ground.
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 were held. Electoral system
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 ...
Walker was named managing director of the Jamaica Observer in March 2012, holding the position for seven years until April 2019 when he stepped down in order to pursue other interests. Personal life. Walker grew up on Bay Farm Road in Kingston, Jamaica in the 1970s. His father was a baker and a supporter of the PNP.
Tivoli Gardens, Kingston. / 17.9742; -76.8014. Tivoli Gardens is a neighbourhood in Kingston, Jamaica. Developed as a renewal project between 1963 and 1965, the neighbourhood continued to suffer from poverty. By the late twentieth century it had become a center of drug trafficking activity and social unrest. Repeated confrontations took place ...
The Jamaica Defence Force ( JDF) is the combined military of Jamaica, consisting of an infantry Regiment and Reserve Corps, an Air Wing, a Coast Guard fleet and a supporting Engineering Unit. [2] The JDF is based upon the British military model, with similar organisation, training, weapons and traditions. Once chosen, officer candidates are ...