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Jamaica. GSB Co-operative Credit Union (previously known as GSB Clerks Co-operative Credit Union), one of the top ten credit unions in Jamaica, was founded in 1944 and registered in 1946. It is open to two groups: public-sector employees (and their families) and members of registered professional groups (and their families).
Norman Manley International Airport ( IATA: KIN, ICAO: MKJP ), formerly Palisadoes Airport, is an international airport serving Kingston, Jamaica, and is located south of the island 19 km (12 mi) away from the centre of New Kingston. It is the second busiest airport in the country after Sangster International Airport, recording 629,400 arriving ...
Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island. Kingston is the largest English-speaking city south of the ...
The Bank of Jamaica (Jamaican Patois: Bangk a Jumieka) is the central bank of Jamaica located in Kingston. It was established by the Bank of Jamaica Act 1960 [3] and was opened on May 1, 1961. It is responsible for the monetary policy of Jamaica on the instruction of the Minister of Finance .
Union Bank of Jamaica in Jamaica was the result of a merger in 2000 of the business of four FINSAC controlled commercial banks and their three allied merchant banks, all seven of which sought Government intervention when faced with insolvency. The seven banks are: Citizens Bank. Island Victoria Bank. Eagle Commercial Bank. Citizens Merchant Bank.
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 ...
Mavis Bank is a rural coffee farming community approximately 10 miles (16 km) north east of Kingston, Jamaica in east rural St. Andrew in the Blue Mountains, close to the border of Portland. [3] The town takes its name from a surrounding coffee (named after Mavisbank House an historic house in Scotland ) which has been owned by the Munn family ...
1990 – African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica / Jamaica Memory Bank headquartered in Kingston. 1991 – Population: 103,962 city. 1993 – The Jamaica Observer newspaper begins publication. 21st century. 2001 – Population: 579,137. 2002 – Emancipation Park opens in Kingston. 2003 Passa Passa begins.