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Barbara Joy Gloudon OD OJ IOJ (née Goodison; 5 February 1935 [1] – 11 May 2022) was a Jamaican writer. She received two Seprod Awards from the Press Association of Jamaica and Order of Distinction. Gloudon was a scriptwriter for Jamaica's Little Theatre Movement (LTM) [2] and wrote radio drama. She hosted a radio talk show for thirty years ...
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 ...
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]
Colin Campbell of the PNP, who had contested Lyn's former constituency in 2011, praised Lyn as a "great Jamaican" whose "generosity was still visible in all spheres of life". [4] Lyn's funeral was held on 10 August 2013 at the Stuart Hill Clarendon College.
Breeze died on 4 August 2021 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at her home in Sandy Bay, Jamaica. [30] Michael Rosen, who had appeared along with Breeze at the Ledbury Poetry Festival, paid tribute to her: "Her poetry and performance was an announcement about womanhood, ethnicity, colour, nationhood and in particular Jamaica."
Howell married Tethen Bent, whose grave in Pinnacle is said to have been desecrated. [9] Howell's eldest son is named Monty Howell [10] Very little information is available about Tethen Bent (who is a descendant of several south St. Elizabeth families, including the Bents, Elliotts, Parchments, Powells, Ebanks, among others), their marriage or other children of Leonard Howell.
Frederick Nathaniel "Toots" Hibbert, OJ (8 December 1942 – 11 September 2020) [2] was a Jamaican singer and songwriter who was the lead vocalist for the reggae and ska band Toots and the Maytals.
Hector Lincoln Wynter, OJ, (born 7 July 1926 in Camagüey, Cuba; died 31 December 2002 in Mona, Jamaica) [1] was a Jamaican educator, editor, diplomat and politician of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP).