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Tony Hart (businessman)
Anthony Keith Edmund "Tony" Hart, OJ, CD, (October 8, 1932 – August 20, 2020) was a Jamaican businessman, philanthropist, and politician. Early life and education Hart was born on October 8, 1932 in Kingston, Jamaica, but grew up in Montego Bay. He attended Munro College between 1941 and 1948, and worked briefly at the Casablanca Beach Hotel in Montego Bay, before enrolling at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Business career 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. Soon after, he acquired the rights to a subagency for the dealership of Ford, the American automobile manufacturer. Hart called it the Northern Industrial Garage (NIG). NIG sold 300 cars in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Honourable
''The Honourable'' (British English) or ''The Honorable'' (American English; see spelling differences) (abbreviation: ''Hon.'', ''Hon'ble'', or variations) is an honorific style that is used as a prefix before the names or titles of certain people, usually with official governmental or diplomatic positions. Use by governments International diplomacy In international diplomatic relations, representatives of foreign states are often styled as ''The Honourable''. Deputy chiefs of mission, , consuls-general and consuls are always given the style. All heads of consular posts, whether they are honorary or career postholders, are accorded the style according to the State Department of the United States. However, the style ''Excellency'' instead of ''The Honourable'' is used for ambassadors and high commissioners. Africa The Congo In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the prefix 'Honourable' or 'Hon.' is used for members of both chambers of the Parliament of the Democratic Repu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sangster International Airport
Sangster International Airport is an international airport located east of Montego Bay, Jamaica. The airport is capable of handling nine million passengers per year. It serves as the most popular airport for tourists visiting the north coast of Jamaica. The airport is named after former Jamaican Prime Minister Sir Donald Sangster. The airport is run by the management company, MBJ Airports Limited, whose leading stakeholder is Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, and minority-owned by Vantage Airport Group. Sangster was privatised and turned over by Airports Authority of Jamaica to the consortium in 2003. A 2021 study found that Sangster International Airport was one of the top 20 most vulnerable international airports to climate change caused sea level rise. History Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St. James, was first conceived in 1936 when the site now housing the Sangster International Airport was identified as one suitable for the construction of an a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montpelier, Jamaica
Montpelier is a village located in Saint James Parish, Jamaica, approximately 15 minutes away from the parish's capital Montego Bay. Landmarks *Montpelier railway station Montpelier railway station is on the Severn Beach Line and serves the district of Montpelier, Bristol, Montpelier in Bristol, England. It is from . Its three letter station code is MTP. The station has a single platform, serving trains in bot ... : Opened in 1895 and closed in 1992. It served the village of Montpelier on the Kingston to Montego Bay line and was 103 miles (166 km) from the Kingston terminus. It is on the List of National Heritage Sites in Jamaica, list of designated National Heritage Sites in Jamaica. *Express Plaza: A small plaza that is located in the guinep Tree area. It is owned by retired businessman Lyliod Thompson "Express." It was built in the late eighties. References Populated places in Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branson School Of Entrepreneurship
The Branson School of Entrepreneurship (aka Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship) is a charitable organization that provides entrepreneurial training and financial support to international youth. History The Branson School of Entrepreneurship (BSE) was founded in 2006 as partnership between Taddy Blecher and Richard Branson in Johannesburg, South Africa as part of the non-profit foundation, Virgin Unite. By 2009 the school had given financial mentoring and training to 4,100 students. The school's managing director was James Wanjohi and Virgin Unite was considering additional schools in the United States, Britain and Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi ... at that time. In January Branson visited the school to give awards and recognition to selected students. Beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Commission Of Jamaica
The Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) is the independent statutory agency of the Government of Jamaica responsible for organising, conducting and supervising elections, by-elections and referendums. Objective of the Electoral Commission The Electoral Commission (Interim) Act (2006) defines the objective of the Electoral Commission as: Functions of the Electoral Commission The functions of the Electoral Commission are defined by law and in summary are # Establish policies for governing the registration of electors # Conduct general elections, local government elections, by-elections or referendums # Compile and maintain the register of eligible electors # Verify the identity of eligible electors # Approve political parties eligible to receive state funding # administer electoral funding and financial disclosure requirements # monitor election expenditure by candidates or their official agents # review the number of constituencies and boundaries # determine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's National Party
The People's National Party (PNP) is a Social democracy, social-democratic List of political parties in Jamaica, political party in Jamaica, founded in 1938 by independence campaigner Osmond Theodore Fairclough. It holds 14 of the 63 seats in the Parliament of Jamaica, House of Representatives, as 96 of the 227 local government divisions. The party is Democratic socialism, democratic socialist by constitution. The PNP uses the hatted head, the rising sun, the fist, the trumpet and the colours orange, red and yellow as electoral symbols. The party is a member of COPPPAL and a Socialist International observer. From 1957 to 1962, the party was a member of the West Indies Federal Labour Party in the Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation. Colonial Jamaica The PNP was founded in 1938 by Norman Washington Manley, and is the second oldest political party in Jamaica (the People's Political Party was formed earlier, on 9 September 1929, by Marcus Garvey). It is now one of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Tulloch
Francis Anthony Tulloch (5 August 1940 – 23 June 2022) was a Jamaican politician, lawyer and diplomat who served as Minister of Tourism from 1997 to 1999. Early life and education Tulloch was born to father Samuel Vincent Tulloch and mother Rhea Henriques-Tulloch in Kingston, Jamaica on 5 August 1940. He was educated at St. George's College. Career Legal career Tulloch was admitted to Lincoln's Inn on 23 September 1959. He was called to the bar on 5 February 1963. On his return to Jamaica, he practised as a barrister. From 1964 to 1969 he practiced law in Nassau, Bahamas serving as Legal Professional Assistant to Sir Lynden Pindling, future Prime Minister of The Bahamas. Tulloch later returned to Jamaica and resumed his law practice, this time doing less criminal law and engaging himself in political work on behalf of the People's National Party (PNP). Political career Tulloch was first elected to Parliament in 1972 from the Saint James Central constituency, representin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint James Central
Saint James Central is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The constituency was first contested in the 1967 general election. The current MP is Heroy Clarke of the Jamaica Labour Party who has been in office since 2016. Boundaries The constituency covers four electoral divisions – sections of Montego Bay North, Montego Bay South, Montego Bay West and Montego Bay South East, as well as Salt Spring. Members of Parliament 1967 to 1976 2011 to present Elections Elections from 2000 to Present Elections from 1962 to 1979 See also * Politics of Jamaica * Elections in Jamaica Elections in Jamaica provides information on elections and election results in Jamaica. The Parliament of Jamaica has two chambers: * The House of Representatives has 63 members, elected for a five ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamaica Labour Party
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is one of the two major political parties in Jamaica, the other being the People's National Party (PNP). While its name might suggest that it is a social democratic party (as is the case for "Labour" parties in several other Commonwealth realms such as Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom), the JLP is actually a conservative party. It is the current governing party, having won 49 of the 63 parliamentary seats in the lower house of parliament (House of Representatives) in the 2020 general elections. The JLP uses a bell, the victory sign, and the colour green as electoral symbols. The JLP is a member of the Caribbean Democrat Union. The JLP in colonial Jamaica The party was founded on 8 July 1943 by Alexander Bustamante as the political wing of the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union. Bustamante had previously been a member of the PNP. It won the 1944 general elections with 22 of the 32 seats. Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 Jamaican General Election ...
General elections were held in Jamaica on 29 February 1972.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p430 The result was a victory for the People's National Party, which won 37 of the 53 seats. Voter turnout was 78.9%. Results References {{Jamaican elections 1972 in Jamaica Elections in Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint James Parish, Jamaica
St. James is a suburban parish, located on the north-west end of the island of Jamaica in the county of Cornwall. Its capital is Montego Bay (derived from the Spanish word ''manteca'' (lard) because many wild hogs were found there, from which lard was made). Montego Bay was officially named the second city of Jamaica, behind Kingston, in 1981, although Montego Bay became a city in 1980 through an act of the Jamaican Parliament. The parish is the birthplace of the Right Excellent Samuel Sharpe (died 1833), one of Jamaica's seven National Heroes. History When the Spanish occupied Jamaica, Montego Bay was an export point for lard, which was obtained from wild hogs in the forests. In many of the early maps of Jamaica, Montego Bay was listed as "Bahia de Manteca" (Lard Bay). The parish was given the name "St. James" in honour of King James II by Sir Thomas Modyford, the island's first English Governor. At the beginning of the English rule, the parish was one of the poorest; it h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint James North Western
Saint James North Western is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Representatives of the Jamaican Parliament. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was one of the 32 constituencies fixed in the new constitution granted to Jamaica in 1944. The constituency has featured in all 16 contested Parliamentary General Elections from 1944 to 2016. The current MP is the Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, representing the Jamaica Labour Party, who has been in office since 2002. Boundaries The constituency covers four electoral divisions – sections of Montego Bay North, Montego Bay North East, Montego Bay West and all of Montego Bay Central. This encompasses the Flankers, Glendevon, Norwood, and Albion areas of Montego Bay. Members of Parliament 1944 to Present Elections Elections from 2000 to Present Elections from 1980 to 1999 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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