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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 ...
The Jamaican Free Zones are a government free trade zone initiative in Jamaica.Designed to encourage foreign investment and international trade, businesses operating within these zones have no tax on their profits, and are exempted from customs duties on imports and exports (capital goods, raw materials, construction materials, and office equipment) and import licensing requirements.
Location of Jamaica. Jamaica is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea, consisting of the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles. Jamaica is a mixed economy with both state enterprises and private sector businesses.
Derrick Vincent McKoy (born 3 October 1951) is the Attorney General of Jamaica. McKoy was appointed to the post on 11 January 2022 by Prime Minister Andrew Holness. [1] [2] McKoy was previously a commissioner of Jamaica's anti-corruption body the Integrity Commission until he resigned in January 2020. [3]
She has initiated the review of Jamaica's Foreign Trade Action Plan, and re-activated the Jamaica Trade Policy Advisory Group. On the international stage, Johnson Smith's international roles have included chairmanship of the CARIFORUM group, [ 7 ] in which capacity she led the opening of discussions with the UK on post- Brexit trade arrangements.
In February 1978, HoSang and his wife bought a fast food store known as Kingsbridge Delight in the West Bronx, selling fried chicken, shrimp, ribs, and French fries. In 1980, Sunrise Bakery on Dyre Avenue, which was owned by another West Indian, became available. The HoSangs bought it in December 1980 with the intention of making it a full ...
c. 49) opened six British ports in the West Indies to foreign merchants, and enabled English colonists to conduct trade with French and Spanish colonies. [1] It was passed in 1766 following the Seven Years’ War and prior to the American Revolution. The act was a modified version of one in use by the French and Dutch. [2]
Judah Mordechai Cohen (1768 – 8 September 1838) was a Dutch-born British merchant and planter with interests in Jamaica. Owning over 1255 slaves on his plantations, Cohen was one of the largest slave owners in both Jamaica and the British West Indies in general at the time of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833. He had been involved in trade in ...