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4 to 13 August – Jamaica participated at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics, with 54 competitors in 24 events; Deaths Peter Abrahams in 1955. 18 January – Peter Abrahams, novelist, journalist and political commentator (b. 1919). 25 January – Ronnie Davis, reggae singer (b. 1950).
The National Workers Union (NWU) is a general trade union in Jamaica. The National Workers Union was founded on 2 April 1952 emerging as a result of a split within the Trade Union Congress and factional alignments within the People's National Party (PNP). The NWU became the main trade union of the PNP. [1] The NWU was a founding member of the ...
Barbara Makeda Blake-Hannah (born 5 June 1941) is a Jamaican author and journalist known for her promotion of Rastafari culture and history. She is also a politician, filmmaker, festival organiser and cultural consultant. She was one of the first black people to be an on-camera reporter and interviewer on British television [a] when, in 1968 ...
22–25 June. Host city. Kingston, Jamaica. Venue. Independence Park. ← 2016. 2018 →. The 2017 Jamaican Athletics Championships was the year's national outdoor track and field championships for Jamaica. It was held from 22–25 June at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica.
By David McFadden KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- Jamaica's month-old government on Wednesday launched the first phase of an emergency jobs program that was the centerpiece of its winning election campaign.
The Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (JBC) was a public broadcasting company in Jamaica founded in 1959 by premier Norman Manley with the aim of emulating the success of other national broadcasting companies such as the BBC and CBC.
The Jamaica women's national football team, nicknamed the "Reggae Girlz", represents Jamaica in international women's football. They are one of the top women's national football teams in the Caribbean region along with Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti. In 2008, the team was disbanded after it failed to get out of the group stage of Olympic ...
A sweet porcupine recovering in a wildlife sanctuary in Maine looks much better after a few months of treatment for a fungal disease sweeping through his species in New England. Archer the ...