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The 5.4 magnitude earthquake hit Jamaica on Monday 30 October, knocking out power and causing people to flee buildings. Oh god,” Mr Hughes said as the lights flickered and he took cover.
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Jamaican political conflict. The Jamaican political conflict is a long-standing feud between right-wing and left-wing elements in the country, often exploding into violence. The Jamaican Labour Party (JLP) and the People's National Party (PNP) have fought for control of the island for years and the rivalry has encouraged urban warfare in Kingston.
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 ...
Television Jamaica (TVJ) is a television station in Kingston, Jamaica owned by the RJRGleaner Communications Group. [1] [2] It is one of Jamaica 's two major television stations. TVJ has had a number of managers, [3] the general manager being Claire Grant who was appointed the position in September 2012.
1907 Jamaica earthquake. / 18.2; -76.7. The 1907 Kingston earthquake which shook the capital of the island of Jamaica with a magnitude of 6.2 [1] on the moment magnitude scale on Monday January 14, at about 3:30 p.m. local time (20:36 UTC ), is described by the United States Geological Survey as one of the world's deadliest earthquakes recorded ...
Sonja Christopher, the first-ever Survivor castoff, died at age 87 on Friday, April 26. “Sonya [sic] was one of the kindest people to ever play Survivor. Every interaction I had with her over ...
Government funding for original Jamaican programming was increased, with news and documentary programmes such as Public Eye, and Jamaica's first soap opera, Lime Tree Lane. By the 1980s, JBC had television, two national radio stations, and several regional radio stations.