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  2. Economy of Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    The economy of Jamaica is heavily reliant on services, accounting for 71% of the country's GDP. [16] Jamaica has natural resources and a climate conducive to agriculture and tourism. The discovery of bauxite in the 1940s and the subsequent establishment of the bauxite-alumina industry shifted Jamaica's economy from sugar , and bananas .

  3. Education in Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    The Jamaica Tourist Bsm is a new subject at all levels from early childhood up to secondary, that is for children from age 4 to 20 years". [16] This program, introduced for the 1999/2000 academic year, works in accordance with the set curriculum, which includes "Mathematics, Social Studies, Resource and Technology which will carry tourism ...

  4. Human rights in Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    The Montego Bay “Street People” scandal was a conspired attempt by the St James Parish Council truck and law enforcement to secretly transport groups of Homeless people in Montego Bay to a St Elizabeth parish to be dumped near a mud lake. Killings of civilians by police in Jamaica remain an important topic in the discussion of human rights.

  5. Hillbrow - Wikipedia

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    "Hillbrow, Johannesburg, South Africa 1973" depicts a white family amid the context of the Group Areas Act designating the area "Whites-only". [25] "Domestic Worker on Abel Road, Hillbrow, Johannesburg March 1973", depicts a black domestic worker. [26] Both photographs are held by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. [27] "Sunday morning ...

  6. Factbox-What are Johannesburg’s 'hijacked buildings' and why ...

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    Lebogang Isaac Maile, the head of the Human Settlements department for Gauteng province, said 23 hijacked buildings had been identified in Johannesburg as in need of development. About 100 ...

  7. Homelessness in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Other cities with a significant share of the country's homeless population was Johannesburg (15.6%), Cape Town (11.9%), and eThekwini (10.1%). [19] Gauteng province had the largest number of homeless people with 25,384 recorded individuals and the Western Cape had the second largest homeless population with a total of 9,743 recorded individuals ...

  8. Jamaica Federation of Women - Wikipedia

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    Its executive committee included representatives of the Women's Liberal Club, the Women's Social Service Association and the Jamaica Women's League. [1] The JFW neutralized more Afro-centric feminism in Jamaica. It attracted a large membership, including poor rural women: [3] by 1948 there were 30,000 members. After Lady Huggins left in 1950 ...

  9. Trisha Bailey - Wikipedia

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    Bailey was born in Jamaica. [3] [4] She grew up in a working-class household in St. Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica. [5] She endured sexual abuse as a youth, followed by domestic violence as an adult. [6] In 1990, at age 13, she moved with her sister to the US to live with their mother and stepfather. Bailey was raised in East Hartford and now ...