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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 ...
4 July – Category 4 Hurricane Beryl causes a six- to nine-feet storm surge and fierce winds along Jamaica's southern coast, killing at least one person there before tracking to the Cayman Islands. [4] 26 July–11 August – Jamaica at the 2024 Summer Olympics [5]
The Sunday Gleaner, first published in 1939, is a weekend paper reaching twice as many readers as the daily paper. The Star is an afternoon tabloid. "The people paper", it provides investigative reports, news, special columns, and stories. The Weekend Star, first published in 1951, reviews of Jamaican music, dance, theatre, and culture.
Pages in category "2024 in Jamaica" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Gleaner is the oldest continuously published newspaper in the Western Hemisphere—operating since 1834, [2] and it is still considered a newspaper of record for Jamaica in the 21st century. [6] [5] The morning broadsheet newspaper is presently published six days each week in Kingston. The Sunday paper edition is called the Sunday Gleaner ...
The Jamaica Observer is a daily newspaper published in Kingston, Jamaica. The publication was owned by Butch Stewart (now deceased), who chartered the paper in January 1993 as a competitor to Jamaica's oldest daily paper, The Gleaner. Its founding editor is Desmond Allen who is its executive editor – operations. [1]
On October 8, 1984, the Seaga government made the Jamaica Press (JAMPRESS) News Agency, which had been suspended since 1980, its official news outlet. JAMPRESS replaced the news-gathering function of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) and the print news and photography functions of the JIS were turned over to JAMPRESS.
In February 2024, the government announced in the Throne Speech that the legislative priorities for the next parliamentary year will focus on "amendments towards establishing the Republic of Jamaica". [17] However, the following month Forte stated that legislation around a transition to a republic was unlikely to be passed in 2024. [18]