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The Gleaner, Jamaica's pre-eminent newspaper, reported his death with these words: "MONTEGO BAY, S.J., Oct. 11: "THE HON. KENNETH JONES, Minister of Communications and Works, died in the Montego Bay hospital this morning as a result of injuries he suffered in a fall from the upstairs balcony of his room at the Sunset Lodge Hotel, where members ...
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.
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.
On the abolition of slavery in the 1830s, Gleaner Company was founded by two Jamaican Jewish brothers, Joshua and Jacob De Cordova. [3] While the Gleaner represented the new establishment for the next century, there was a growing black nationalist movement that campaigned for increased political representation and rights in the early twentieth ...
At least one death has been reported. ... Around 400,000 customers were without electricity overnight Wednesday, the Jamaica Public Service Company told the Jamaica Gleaner.
According to his obituary in the Daily Gleaner, his form in 1928 was affected by bronchitis. [13] The remaining first-class cricket of Rae's career was played against English touring teams. Against Julien Cahn's team, he scored 121 for Jamaica in February 1929, his only first-class century. Later during the tour, he played for a West Indies ...
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 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.