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Jamaica is a member of the North American Numbering Plan (NANP). The NANP Administrator (NANPA) has allocated the area codes 876 and 658 for use in the country, which is a single numbering plan area (NPA) with an overlay numbering plan. The national telephone number format is NPA-NXX-XXXX, where N is one of the digits 2 through 9, and X is any ...
Area codes 876 and 658 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for Jamaica.. Having telephone service to the United States as early as 1936, it was not until 1962 that Jamaica had a high-capacity link for dial service to the US network, which was operated as part of the NANP numbering plan area 809. 809 was designated for parts of the Caribbean region in 1958, and ...
The country of Barbados uses 211 for police force, 311 for fire, and 511 for ambulance, while Jamaica uses 114 for directory assistance, 119 for police force, and 110 for fire and ambulance services. Despite its early importance as a share of the worldwide telephone system, few of the NANP's codes, such as 911, have been adopted outside the system.
Mobile phones – 112 or 000; [109] State Emergency Service – 132 500; National relay service – 106; Non-emergency police – 131 444 (NSW, QLD, VIC,SA, WA, NT, TAS & ACT); Crime Stoppers – 1800 333 000; Threats to national security – 1800 123 400; Poison control – 13 11 26; Lifeline – 13 11 14. Cook Islands: 999 [110] [111] Fiji: 911
NCB Group Limited was listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange in 1986. [4] Between 1986 and 1991, the Government of Jamaica divested 61% of its shares in NCB Group Limited, and sold the remaining 39% to Jamaica M&N Investments Limited (a joint venture of the Jamaica Mutual Life Assurance Society and Jamaica National Building Society) in 1992. [4]
This is a list of all cricketers who have played first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket for the Jamaica national cricket team in the West Indies. [1] Seasons given are first and last seasons; the player did not necessarily play in all the intervening seasons.
The ministries of Jamaica are created at the discretion of the prime minister of Jamaica to carry out the functions of government. As of 2016, the prime minister is Andrew Holness . The agencies of Jamaica are created by both parliamentary law and assigned to ministers to oversee.
The Ministry of National Security (MNS) is a statutory under the government of Jamaica responsible for maintaining national safety through the enforcement of law and order. It has its headquarters in the North Tower of the NCB Towers in Kingston. [1] It is also charged with preserving the security of Jamaica’s borders.