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Independence Park (seen here in 2011) is the fulcrum of the Independence Day celebrations. British Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Henry Bellingham at an event held in Jamaica House to mark the 50th anniversary of Jamaican Independence, 6 August 2012.
Independence Proclamation of Jamaica The Colony of Jamaica gained independence from the United Kingdom on 6 August 1962. In Jamaica , this date is celebrated as Independence Day, a national holiday.
Independence Day, 6 August (public holiday). Independence from the British Empire in 1962. [4] National Heroes' Day, Third Monday in October (public holiday). Honors Alexander Bustamante, Nanny of the Maroons, and five other heroes. [5] Christmas Day, 25 December (religious and public holiday) [1] Boxing Day, 26 December (public holiday) [6]
Jamaica 60th Pre-Independence Day Fete: Presented by Miramar Commissioner Alexandra Davis, it will start at 6 p.m. at the Miramar Multi-service complex located at 6700 Miramar Parkway. Admission ...
The festival now includes the Miss Jamaica Festival Queen Contest, a national Mento band competition, and a gospel song competition. [ 2 ] One of the highlights of the festival is the Popular Song Competition (before 1990 known as the Independence Festival Song Competition), which first took place in 1966, and has been won by artists such as ...
The Jamaica Independence Act 1962 (10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 40) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that granted independence to Jamaica with effect from 6 August 1962. As a result of the Act, Jamaica became the first English-speaking country in the West Indies to achieve full independence from the United Kingdom.
An independence day is an annual event commemorating the anniversary of a nation's independence or statehood, ... Jamaica: Independence Day: 6 August: 1962
Political power changed hands between the two dominant parties, the JLP and PNP, from the 1970s to the present day. While Jamaica's murder rate fell by nearly half after the 2010 Tivoli Incursion, the country's murder rate remains one of the highest in the world. Economic troubles hit the country in 2013, the IMF agreed to a $1 billion loan to ...