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2. Economy of Jamaica - Wikipedia

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   The economy of Jamaica is heavily reliant on services, accounting for 71% of the country's GDP. [17] Jamaica has natural resources and a climate conducive to agriculture and tourism. The discovery of bauxite in the 1940s and the subsequent establishment of the bauxite-alumina industry shifted Jamaica's economy from sugar, and bananas.

3. Jamaica - Wikipedia

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   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. [9] Jamaica lies about 145 km (90 mi) south of ...

4. Andrew Holness - Wikipedia

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   Andrew Holness. Andrew Michael Holness, ON PC (born 22 July 1972) is a Jamaican politician who has served as Prime Minister of Jamaica since 3 March 2016, having previously served from 2011 to 2012, and as Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) since 2011. Holness previously served as prime minister from 23 October 2011 to 5 January 2012.

5. Jamaica Constabulary Force - Wikipedia

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   The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) was established by Law 8 of 1867, during the period of British colonialism in Jamaica and two years after the Morant Bay rebellion. The JCF was intended to be a civil body with a military structure and was based on the Royal Irish Constabulary. [1] Unlike Britain, where policing was by consent, this was not ...

6. Donald J. Harris - Wikipedia

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   Donald Jasper Harris, OM (born August 23, 1938) is a Jamaican-American economist and emeritus professor at Stanford University, known for applying post-Keynesian ideas to development economics. [1]

7. Ministries and agencies of the Jamaican government - Wikipedia

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   Ministries of Jamaica. Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport [1] Jamaica Cultural Development Commission. Women's Centre of Jamaica Foundation. Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission. The Institute of Jamaica. Jamaica National Heritage Trust. National Library of Jamaica. Sports Development Foundation.