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Edward Philip George Seaga ON (/ ˈ s iː ɑː ɡ ə / SEE-ah-gə; 28 May 1930 – 28 May 2019) [1] was a Jamaican politician and record producer. [2] He was the fifth Prime Minister of Jamaica, from 1980 to 1989, and the leader of the Jamaica Labour Party from 1974 to 2005. [3]
The Gleaner is an English-language, morning daily newspaper founded by two brothers, Jacob and Joshua de Cordova on 13 September 1834 in Kingston, Jamaica. [1] It is the oldest continuously published newspaper in the Western Hemisphere. [2] Originally called the Daily Gleaner, the name was changed on 7 December 1992 to The Gleaner.
Rojé Stona (born 26 February 1999) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who competes in the discus throw.He broke the Olympic record to win the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, thus becoming the first Jamaican to be Olympic Champion at a throwing event.
Eric Anthony Abrahams, also known as "Tony", [1] was born on 5 May 1940, [2] to Eric Abrahams and Lucille Abrahams. [3] His father was a director of a corporation. [4] He was educated at Jamaica College and studied economics, history and English at the University of the West Indies beginning in 1958.
He gained recognition by writing frequent letters on the issues to the Daily Gleaner newspaper. In 1937 he was elected as treasurer of the Jamaica Workers' Union (JWU), which had been founded by labour activist Allan G.S. Coombs. During the 1938 labour rebellion, he quickly became identified as the spokesman for striking workers, who were ...
Lead 27 September – 3 October 2024 RJR Gleaner Group/Don Anderson poll [9] 1,012 43.5 56.5 – – 13: 6 – 19 September 2024 Nationwide/Bluedot poll [10] 1,246 53: 47 – – 6: June 2024 RJR Gleaner Group/Don Anderson poll [11] – 44.0 56 – – 12: 4 – 12 April 2024 RJR Gleaner Group/Don Anderson poll [12] 1,057 44.1 55.9 – – 11.8 ...
He is the son of Tacius Golding and Enid Golding (née Bent), both teachers. Bruce was the third of four children: the second—the only girl—died shortly after birth. In 1949, when he was only two years old, his family moved to St. Faiths district near Browns Hall, St. Catherine, where he spent the next five years.
The Gleaner Company Ltd. is a newspaper publishing enterprise in Jamaica. Established in 1834 by Joshua and Jacob De Cordova , the company's primary product is The Gleaner , a morning broadsheet published six days each week.