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Makro had also expanded to the United States in the mid-1980s. In 1989, Kmart bought the US locations, [2] and converted most of them to Pace Warehouse in 1990. Makro expanded to Asia with its first store in Thailand in 1989. Operating as Siam Makro, the company is a joint venture between Charoen Pokphand and SHV Holdings. In 1994, Siam Makro ...
In 1953, Jamaica became the first of the British colonies in the Caribbean to offer FM broadcasting when RJR began using the technology. By 1954, there were over 57,000 rediffusion boxes distributed throughout the country. [1] In 1959 Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation was founded as a public broadcasting corporation operated by the government ...
Television Jamaica (TVJ) is a television station in Kingston, Jamaica owned by the RJRGleaner Communications Group. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is one of Jamaica 's two major television stations. TVJ has had a number of managers, [ 3 ] the general manager being Claire Grant who was appointed the position in September 2012.
Jamaica Air Shuttle: Consumer services Airlines Kingston: 2009 Airline, defunct 2013 P D Jamaica Observer: Consumer services Publishing Kingston: 1993 Newspaper P A Jamaica Pegasus Hotel: Consumer services Hotels Kingston: 1973 Hotel P A Jamaica Stock Exchange: Financials Investment services Kingston: 1968 Primary exchange P A Lasco Jamaica ...
Smile Jamaica is a Jamaican-produced television show that is broadcast on Television Jamaica (TVJ) [1] on weekdays from 6:00 am – 8:30 am (Jamaican time). [2] It is the premier morning show for the network providing programming of news, information and entertainment.
The Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (JBC) was a public broadcasting company in Jamaica founded in 1959 by premier Norman Manley with the aim of emulating the success of other national broadcasting companies such as the BBC and CBC.
Today's Special is a Canadian children's television program produced by Clive VanderBurgh at TVOntario, originally broadcasting 120 episodes from 1981 to 1987. Much of the series was set in a department store , based on Simpson's then-flagship location in Toronto .
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 .