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The Heart Institute of the Caribbean is a cardiac hospital and care institute on the island of Jamaica, specializing in cardiology, cardiovascular medicine, and cardiovascular surgery. [ 1 ] The Heart Institute was founded in 2005 by cardiologist Ernest Madu . [ 2 ]
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.
Jamaica Federation of Women; W. Women's Social Service Association This page was last edited on 16 July 2023, at 08:17 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
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.
One of the company's founders (Dr. John J. Grace) had worked for Grace Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of New York's W. R. Grace and Company.When, in 1922, W.R.Grace decided to divest the Jamaican subsidiary, Dr. Grace bought the company and, along with Fred Kennedy, a Jamaican, co-founded Grace, Kennedy and Company Limited.
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 ...
It includes women activists that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Jamaican women activists" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
1989: First woman to be reelected for a sixth term - Enid Bennett (JLP). 1994: First woman General Secretary of a major political party - Maxine Henry-Wilson (PNP). 1997: First woman Speaker of the House of Representatives - Violet Neilson (PNP). 2005: First woman leader of a major political party - Portia Simpson-Miller (PNP).