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Portmore was granted Municipality status in 2003 [1] and has its own city council and mayor, following the British-based model of Jamaican local government. [1] It now houses approximately 10% of the population of the Kingston Corporate Area. Currently the mayor of Portmore is His Worship the Mayor Leon Thomas.
Oracabessa is a small town in Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica 16 kilometres (10 mi) east of Ocho Rios.Its population is nearly 7,000. [1] Lit in the afternoons by an apricot light that may have inspired its Spanish name, Oracabeza, or "Golden Head," Oracabessa's commercial district consists of a covered produce market and a few shops and bars.
Harbour View is a community in Kingston, Jamaica.It is administered by the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation and is served by the Kingston 17 Post Office. Harbour View was built in 1960, two years before the country's Independence in 1962.
The Gleaner Company, the Jamaica Observer and the Sunday Herald, three of Jamaica's large newspaper companies, make their home in Kingston. Several television and radio stations including Television Jamaica (TVJ), CVM TV, RJR 94 FM , TBC Radio 88.5 FM, Hitz 92 FM, FAME 95 FM, LOVE TV, ZIP 103, Kool 97 FM and LOVE FM, are all based in Kingston.
1875: The Gleaner was printed on a steam-driven press. 1882: Fire destroyed its plant at 148 Harbour Street and The Gleaner was printed at The Government Printing Office for two weeks. 1897, 10 June: The Gleaner became a public company. 1902: The Gleaner increased its size to 16 pages and sold for one penny.
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.
S. J. Manley, the paternal grandfather of Norman Manley, was a shopkeeper at Kepp, New Market, in the 1860s. [1] His grave was rediscovered in 2016. [2]In June 1979, New Market was heavily affected by floods induced by Tropical Depression One, which caused the deaths of 41 people across Jamaica. [3]
Portmore may refer to: Portmore, Jamaica. Portmore United F.C. Portmore, a townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland; Portmore Lough in Northern Ireland.
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