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Jamaican High Commission In London
The High Commission of Jamaica in London is the diplomatic mission of Jamaica in the United Kingdom. History The High Commission had its beginnings in 1962. Among the first diplomatic missions to be established after the attainment of independence from Britain, the office was initially located at Bruton and Grosvenor Streets, then on St James's Street, before eventually moving to its current location Prince Consort Road. For many decades, Jamaicans have been travelling to England to work and study. In the 1940s many Jamaicans volunteered and fought alongside the British in World War II. In the post-war era, there was mass migration from Jamaica due labour shortages in the 'motherland', with the first arrivals aboard , bringing almost 500 Jamaicans to Britain. Waves of Jamaicans later emigrated to the United Kingdom for economic and educational reasons. Diplomatic life in London Accreditation The Jamaican High Commissioner in London is also concurrently accredited as non-re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Kensington
South Kensington, nicknamed Little Paris, is a district just west of Central London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Historically it settled on part of the scattered Middlesex village of Brompton. Its name was supplanted with the advent of the railways in the late 19th century and the opening (and shutting) and naming of local tube stations. The area has many museums and cultural landmarks with a high number of visitors, such as the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Adjacent affluent centres such as Knightsbridge, Chelsea and Kensington, have been considered as some of the most exclusive real estate in the world. Geography As is often the case in other areas of London, the boundaries for South Kensington are arbitrary and have altered with time. This is due in part to usage arising from the tube stops and other landmarks which developed across Brompton. A contemporary definition is the commercial area around the Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Court Of St
A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordance with the rule of law. In both common law and civil law legal systems, courts are the central means for dispute resolution, and it is generally understood that all people have an ability to bring their claims before a court. Similarly, the rights of those accused of a crime include the right to present a defense before a court. The system of courts that interprets and applies the law is collectively known as the judiciary. The place where a court sits is known as a venue. The room where court proceedings occur is known as a courtroom, and the building as a courthouse; court facilities range from simple and very small facilities in rural communities to large complex facilities in urban communities. The practical authority given to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamaica Gleaner
''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. Originally called the ''Daily Gleaner'', the name was changed on 7 December 1992 to ''The Gleaner''. The newspaper is owned and published by Gleaner Company publishing house in Kingston, Jamaica., ''The Gleaner'' is considered a newspaper of record for Jamaica. History ''The Gleaner'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper in the Western Hemisphere, and is considered a newspaper of record for Jamaica. The morning broadsheet newspaper is presently published six days each week in Kingston. The Sunday paper edition is called the ''Sunday Gleaner''. The Sunday edition was first published in 1939, and it reaches twice as many readers as the daily paper. The influence, particularly historically, of the newspaper is so large that "Gleaner" has become synonymous in Jamaica for "newspaper". ''The Gleaner'' contains regu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aloun Ndombet-Assamba
Aloun Ndombet-Assamba, is a Jamaican lawyer, politician and diplomat. She was formerly Member of Parliament for Saint Ann South Eastern and served as Jamaica's Minister of Tourism, Entertainment, and Culture. She has served as High Commissioner for Jamaica in London between 2012 and 2016. Early life and education Assamba was born in Spanish Town, St. Catherine her parents pulled up roots and went to live in Moneague, St. Ann along with her when she was a baby. Her parents then moved to Kingston with her when she was 13 years old. She was educated at Ferncourt High School, Merl Grove High School and the Convent of Mercy Alpha Academy, where she was deputy Head Girl. She then went on to study law at the University of the West Indies and the Norman Manley Law School. She then studied Alternative Dispute Resolution at the Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. Career Legal career Assamba was legal advisor at the Jamaica Industrial Development Corporation (JIDC) betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Johnson (diplomat)
Anthony Johnson (14 June 1938 – 28 April 2021) was a Jamaican politician, diplomat, economist and university lecturer. He was a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) senator and JLP Member of Parliament, ambassador to the United States, and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Biography Johnson graduated from Kingston College, and went on to earn a BA in Economics and an MA in International Trade and Finance from the University of California at Los Angeles. He was an Inter-American Press Association Scholarship winner in 1960 (due to his work with the Gleaner Company and the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation), was honoured three times for academic excellence at UCLA, and was a Senior Fulbright Scholar in 1980. Johnson began his career in the public sector. He worked as an economist for the Ministry of Finance and as a planner for the Central Planning Unit of Jamaica. From 1970 to 1980, Johnson dabbled in the private sector, running the operations of Jamaica Frozen Foods, Jamgro L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burchell Whiteman
Burchell Anthony Whiteman, (born March 30, 1938) is a Jamaican former politician. A member of the People's National Party (PNP), he served as a Member of Parliament, the Jamaican High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Minister of Education, and Minister of Information. Early life Burchell Anthony Whiteman was born on February 21 1938 in May Pen, the son of educator Edgar James Whiteman and homemaker and social worker Merab Whiteman. He studied at Munro College from 1949 to 1955 on a government scholarship that he earned on the basis of being the top student in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica. While at Munro, Whiteman was active in sports and performance arts, while also serving as house captain and head prefect. Whiteman graduated from the University College of the West Indies (now University of the West Indies) with a degree in English with French and later obtained a Master's Degree in Education from Birmingham University. Career Whiteman was the principal of York Castle High Scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gail Mathurin
Gail Mathurin (born 1960) is a Jamaican ambassador. *From 1998 to 2002 she was Senior Director, Foreign Trade Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. *From 2002 to 2005 she was Under-Secretary, Foreign Trade Division, Ambassador for External Negotiations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Non-resident Ambassador to Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. *From to she was High Commissioner in London. and Non-resident Ambassador to Denmark, Finland, Norway and Spain. *From 2006 to she was Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization. *From to she was Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Vienna The United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV) is one of the four major office sites of the United Nations where numerous different UN agencies have a joint presence. The office complex is located in Vienna, the capital of Austria, and is part of the .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxine Roberts (diplomat)
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'' in 1989, by order of first appearance. Maxine Roberts Maxine Roberts, played by Ella Wilder, is the selfish sister of Carmel Roberts (Judith Jacob) and Darren Roberts ( Gary McDonald), who first appears at Carmel's wedding to Matthew Jackson ( Steven Hartley) in January 1989 Maxine is a health care worker and she is highly ambitious. When her elderly parents can no longer cope with the responsibility of caring for her brother's two children, Maxine refuses to take over. She lives in a single room at the hospital where she works and makes it clear that her career is more important. She tries to persuade Carmel to take the children in and when she initially refuses, Maxine threatens to put them into care. Carmel believes that her niece and nephew should live with her, despite her husband's opposition and it causes many arguments. When Carmel's father has a stroke, Maxine brings t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Muirhead (lawyer)
Sir David Francis Muirhead (30 December 1918 – 3 February 1999) was a British diplomat, ambassador to Peru, Portugal and Belgium. Career Muirhead was educated at Cranbrook School, Kent where he was a Cadet Serjeant in the Officers' Training Corps. He was commissioned in the Artists Rifles in 1937 with the rank of second lieutenant. In 1939, having passed the Officers Examination at RMC Sandhurst, he was appointed to the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment and served during the Second World War in France, Belgium and South-East Asia.MUIRHEAD, Sir David (Francis) Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, retrieved 25 March 2012 In 1946 he passed the Foreign Service Examination and was appointed to the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derick Heaven
Derick is both a masculine given name and a surname. It is a variant of Derrick. People with the name include: Given name * Derick Adamson (born 1958), Jamaican runner * Derick Amadi (born 1984), Nigerian footballer *Derick Armstrong (born 1979), American football player *Derick Ashe (1919–2000), British diplomat * Derick Baegert (1440–1515), German painter *Derick Brassard (born 1987), Canadian hockey player *Derick Brownell (born 1974), American soccer player * Derick Burleson (1963–2016), American writer * Derick Cabrido (born 1984), Filipino filmmaker *Derick Close (born 1927), English motorcycle racer *Derick Downs (born 1984), American entrepreneur * Derick Etwaroo (born 1964), Canadian cricketer * Derick Fernando da Silva (born 2002), Brazilian footballer * Derick K. Grant (born 1973), American tap dancer *Derick Hall, American football player * Derick Amory (1899–1981), British politician *Derick Hetherington (1911–1992), British naval officer * Derick Hougaard ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Gray-Bogle
Ellen is a female given name, a diminutive of Elizabeth, Eleanor, Elena and Helen. Ellen was the 609th most popular name in the U.S. and the 17th in Sweden in 2004. People named Ellen include: *Ellen Adarna (born 1988), Filipino actress *Ellen Alaküla (1927–2011), Estonian actress * Ellen Palmer Allerton (1835–1893), American poet *Ellen Allien (born 1969), German electronic musician and music producer * Ellen Anckarsvärd (1833-1898), Swedish feminist * Ellen Andersen (1898–1989), Danish museum curator *Ellen Anderson (born 1959), American politician *Ellen Auerbach (1906–2004), German-born American photographer * Ellen Baake (born 1961), German mathematical biologist * Ellen S. Baker (born 1953), American physician and astronaut * Ellen Barkin (born 1954), American actress *Ellen Bass (born 1947), American poet and author * Ellen A. Dayton Blair (1837–1926), social reformer and art teacher *Ellen Bontje (born 1958), Dutch equestrian *Ellen Burka (1921–2016), Dutch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Walker (diplomat)
Bert Walker or Herbert Walker may refer to: * Herbert Walker (architect) (1846–1937), architect and surveyor in Nottingham *Herbert Ashcombe Walker (1868–1949), British railway manager *Laudie Walker (Herbert Franklin Walker, 1898–1962), American baseball player * Bert Walker (politician) (1919–2008), New Zealand politician * George Herbert Walker III (1931–2020), aka Bert Walker, US Ambassador to Hungary *Herbert Walker, former Governor of the Bank of Jamaica See also *Hubert Walker, American football player *Albert Walker (other) *Robert Walker (other) *George Herbert Walker (other) *Bert (other) *Walker (other) Walker or The Walker may refer to: People *Walker (given name) *Walker (surname) * Walker (Brazilian footballer) (born 1982), Brazilian footballer Places In the United States *Walker, Arizona, in Yavapai County *Walker, Mono County, California ... * Walker (surname) {{Hndis, name=Walker, Bert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
