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English: Astronaut Photo of Kingston, Jamaica taken from the International Space Station (ISS) during Expedition 22 on January 22, 2010. Date: 22 January 2010: Source:
Issa was born in Kingston, Jamaica to Mary Brimo (died 1953), daughter of Joseph Brimo, a merchant from Damascus, Syria, and Elias Abraham Issa (May 29, 1876 – September 1, 1969), son of Abraham Issa, a merchant from Bethlehem, Palestine who immigrated to Kingston in 1894 with his son Elias. Issa's parents Elias and Mary were married on ...
Photo of Kingston taken from the International Space Station. Kingston is surrounded by the Blue Mountains, Red Hills, Long Mountain and the Kingston Harbour, which is the seventh largest natural harbour in the world. [35] The city is on the Liguanea plain, an alluvial plain alongside the Hope River. Kingston experiences frequent earthquakes ...
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.
The company's rums also won several awards and prizes at international exhibitions in Paris—1878, Amsterdam—1883, New Orleans—1885 and Jamaica 1891. In 1916, Lindo Brothers & Co purchased Wray & Nephew.
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Cross Roads Police Station. [4]Cross Roads Bus Station - a major transport hub for buses and taxis. [4]Cross Roads Post Office. [4]Cross Roads Market. [4]Carib 5 - a five-screen multiplex cinema since 1997 but originally a 1,750-seat facility designed by John Pike and opening in 1938.
In 1950, Hart returned to Montego Bay after a fire destroyed his father's business establishment, Samuel Hart and Son. In 1951, He started Jamaica's first record manufacturing company, Records Ltd, in Kingston. The same year, he left Samuel Hart and Son and established Jamaica Electronics in Kingston, but returned to Montego Bay in early 1953.