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On October 11, 1964, Ken Jones died in an untimely manner. The Daily Gleaner, Jamaica's most important newspaper, reports his death in these words: "Gleaner Staff Reporter. "MONTEGO BAY, S.J., Oct. 11: "THE HON. KENNETH JONES, Minister of Communications and Works, died in the Montego Bay hospital this morning as a result of injuries he suffered ...
Wounding, robbery, murder. Vincent " Ivanhoe " Martin (1924–9 September 1948), known as " Rhyging ", was a Jamaican criminal who became a legendary outlaw and folk hero, often regarded as the "original rude boy ". [1][2] He became notorious in 1948 after escaping from prison, going on the run and committing a string of robberies, murders and ...
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 ...
Hurricane Gilbert was the strongest landfalling storm in Jamaican history. The island nation of Jamaica lies in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba and west of Hispaniola.It frequently experiences the effects of Atlantic tropical cyclones that track across the Caribbean, with impacting storms often originating east of the Windward Islands or in the southern Caribbean between Nicaragua and Colombia.
Dwayne Jones was a Jamaican 16-year-old boy who was killed by a violent mob in Montego Bay in 2013, after he attended a dance party dressed in women's clothing. [a] The incident attracted national and international media attention and brought increased scrutiny to the status of LGBT rights in Jamaica. Perceived as effeminate, Jones was bullied ...
This is a list of newspapers in Jamaica: Daily Star [1] The Daily Gleaner, the oldest Jamaican daily published by Gleaner Company, founded in 1834, oldest continually published, English language newspaper in the Western Hemisphere [2] The Agriculturalist, the oldest and most consistent agricultural newspaper in the Caribbean for 28 years ...
Official website. 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.
Claude Massop (12 May 1947 – 4 February 1979) was the leader and strongman of the Phoenix Gang, later renamed the Shower Posse, belonging to Tivoli Gardens, Wellington Street, Rema, Denham Town and the surrounding areas of West Kingston, Jamaica.