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Queen's School, Jamaica
The Queen's School, Jamaica is an all-girl high school located in Kingston, Jamaica. Academically, it is one of the top high schools in Jamaica. It is an Anglican school and is well known and respected for producing quality students. The school is located off Constant Spring Road, on Central Avenue with The Queen's Preparatory School on the same property. The Queen's School ( also referred to as Queen's or Queen's School ) caters to students from the ages of 11 to 19, ranging from 1st to 6th forms. History The Queen's School was founded in 1953 when the Synod of the Church of England passed a solution proposed by Cyril Forster Garbett, GCVO (6 February 1875 – 31 December 1955), that a new secondary school should be established. In January 1954, the school was formally opened as a diocesan high school for girls with a preparatory department for boys and girls. The school started with fifty-one students, four forms and four teachers in the old Doric Hotel building. The High S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingston, Jamaica
Kingston is the Capital (political), capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long spit (landform), sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island. Kingston is the largest English-speaking city south of the United States in the Western Hemisphere. The local government bodies of the parishes of Kingston Parish, Kingston and Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica, Saint Andrew were amalgamated by the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation Act of 1923, to form the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC). Greater Kingston, or the "Corporate Area" refers to those areas under the KSAC; however, it does not solely refer to Kingston Parish, which only consists of the old downtown and Port Royal. Kingston Parish had a population of 89,057, and St. Andrew Parish had a population of 573,369 in 2011 Kingston is only bordered by Sain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Hanna
Lisa Rene Shanti Hanna (born 20 August 1975) is a Jamaican politician and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 1993, becoming the third Jamaican to win the title. A member of the opposition People's National Party, Hanna currently serves as Member of Parliament for Saint Ann South East, and was Jamaica's Minister of Youth and Culture from 2012–2016. Hanna was a candidate in the 2020 People's National Party leadership election, following the PNP's defeat at the 2020 Jamaican general election and the subsequent resignation of PNP President and Opposition Leader, Peter Phillips. Hanna was defeated by Mark Golding, receiving 1,444 votes to Golding's 1, 740 votes, a difference of 296 votes. Education She was educated at Immaculate Preparatory School and The Queen's School in Jamaica, where she served as Head Girl, as well as where she was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador by the United Nations Development Programme. Miss Hanna earned a bachelor's and a master's degree in c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Forrester
Sharon Forrester (born 1956) is a Jamaican reggae singer who had success in the 1970s and 1990s. Biography Born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1956, Forrester was born into a musical family and began singing at an early age, singing in church choirs from the age of six.Larkin, Colin (1998) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae'', Virgin Books, , p. 101-102Moskowitz, David V. (2006) ''Caribbean Music: an Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall'', Greenwood Press, , p. 114 After performing to tourists on Jamaica's north coast, she appeared on television alongside Richard Ace, and was introduced to Geoffrey Chung. She had success in 1973 with the single "Silly Wasn't I", produced by Chung and backed by his Now Generation Band, and performed alongside The Wailers at the ''Ethiopian Benefit Concert'' later that year. Chung also produced her debut album, ''Sharon'', mostly recorded in the United Kingdom in 1974 due to a musicians strike in Jamaica. While in the UK, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the State of New York is the superior court in the Judiciary of New York. It is vested with unlimited civil and criminal jurisdiction, although in many counties outside New York City it acts primarily as a court of civil jurisdiction, with most criminal matters handled in New York County Court, County Court. New York is the only state where ''supreme court'' is a trial court rather than a court of last resort (which in New York is the New York Court of Appeals, Court of Appeals). Also, although it is a trial court, the Supreme Court sits as a "single great tribunal of general state-wide jurisdiction, rather than an aggregation of separate courts sitting in the several counties or judicial districts of the state." The Supreme Court is established in each of List of counties in New York , New York's 62 counties. A separate branch of the Supreme Court called the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Appellate Division serves as the highest intermediate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helene Davis-Whyte
Helene Davis-Whyte (born 1956) is a Jamaican trade union activist and the general secretary of the Jamaica Association of Local Government Officers (JALGO), which represents 5,000 workers in local and national government and quasi-government agencies in Jamaica. She is also a vice-president of the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions. Early life Helene Davis was one of four children. Her father was a businessman, and she says her childhood was a prosperous and happy one. She attended Queens High School in Kingston. But while in her Sixth form, her father's business began to fail. She dropped out of school to go to work and support the family. "Sometimes I left home without breakfast; I never had the lunch money and when I got home, I was not sure that I would see dinner," she said.Rose, "Helene Davis-Whyte – Enjoying the Union," ''Jamaica Gleaner,'' 7 August 2007. She had her first child at the age of 19. Although married, she moved in with a sister (who was also a singl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss World 1993
Miss World 1993, the 43rd edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 27 November 1993 at the Sun City Entertainment Centre in Sun City, South Africa. It was the second time that the Miss World pageant was held in the South Africa.The pageant attracted 81 contestants from all over the world. This is the second consecutive staging of the pageant in Sun City. The winner was Lisa Hanna of Jamaica. She was crowned by Julia Kourotchkina of Russia. She become the third Jamaican to win Miss World since Carole Crawford in Miss World 1963 and Cindy Breakspeare in Miss World 1976. Selection of participants Replacements Miss Iceland 1993, Svala Björk Arnardóttir was replaced by her first runner up, Gudrun Rut Hreidarsdóttir due undisclosed reason. She went to Miss Universe 1994 instead. Anna Baychik of Russia unable to compete internationally due underage. Debuts, returns, and, withdrawals This edition marked the debut of the Czech Republic, Lithuania, and Slovakia and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carla Borrego
Carla Borrego (born 11 November 1983), also known as Carla Williams and Carla Williams-Borrego, is a former Jamaica netball international. She was a member of the Jamaica team that won the bronze medal at the 2003 World Netball Championships. She subsequently switched to women's basketball, playing for Broward Seahawks and Miami Hurricanes. In 2009, after returning to netball, Borrego began playing for Adelaide Thunderbirds in the ANZ Championship. She was a prominent member of the Thunderbirds teams that won the 2010 and 2013 titles. She has also played for Sirens in the Netball Superleague and for Garville in the Netball South Australia Premier League. Early life, education and basketball Borrego is originally from Green Island in Hanover, Jamaica. She attended Green Island High School and Queen's School. Leaving Jamaica in 2003, Carla moved to Florida where she initially attended Broward College. She then gained a basketball scholarship to the University of Miami, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Althea Byfield
Althea Latoya Lee (born 28 November 1982 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican international basketball and netball player. Lee is currently retired in both sports internationally and now resides in the United States.Jamaican national netball team: Senior squad . Retrieved 16 February 2009. Early life Althea Byfield was born in Kingston on 28 November 1984, the daughter of Tony Byfield and Jean Rumble. She also has a twin brother, Ian. Byfield attended high school at The Queen's School in Jamaica, and subsequently traveled to the United States to attend Midland Junior College in Texas.Basketball career Byfield played basketball at Midland in the 2001–02 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Cumper
Patricia Cumper, MBE, FRSA, FRSL (born 1954), also known as Pat Cumper, is a British playwright, producer, director, theatre administrator, critic and commentator. She was the artistic director and CEO of Talawa Theatre Company from 2006 to 2012, and she has adapted novels for radio and television, including books by Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Andrea Levy, Zora Neale Hurston and Maya Angelou and others. Life Cumper was born and grew up in Jamaica, with her English father and Jamaican mother. She followed her parents to study at Cambridge University, for which she won a scholarship from The Queen's School in Kingston, to study Archaeology and Anthropology at Girton College (1973–76). While there, Cumper was a College Exhibitioner and was also awarded a full swimming Blue, captaining the swim team. After graduating, Cumper returned to Jamaica, where she began a career writing for the radio, including two major soap operas, ''Malvina's Revenge'' and ''Mortimer Simmonds'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebony Patterson
Ebony Grace Patterson (born 1981, Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican-born visual artist and educator. She is known for her large and colorful tapestries created out of various materials such as, glitter, sequins, fabric, toys, beads, faux flowers, jewelry, and other embellishments. Her "Gangstas for Life series" of dancehall portraits, and her garden-inspired installations. She has taught at the University of Virginia, Edna Manley College School of Visual and Performing Arts, and has been an Associate Professor in Painting and Mixed Media at the University of Kentucky since 2007. Her work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Jamaica, the United States, and abroad. In 2024, Patterson will co-curate the 6th edition of arts triennial Prospect New Orleans, and the first artist to do so. On October 1, 2024, Patterson was named a MacArthur Fellow. Early life and education Patterson was born in 1981, Kingston, Jamaica. She studied painting at Edna Manley Colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Facey
Laura Facey CD (born 31 May 1954) is a Jamaicans, Jamaican contemporary artist. She is best known for the monumental sculpture ''Redemption Song'' (2003), which serves as Jamaica's national monument to the Emancipation from Slavery in the British and French Caribbean, Slavery. Biography Laura Facey was born in Kingston, Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica, to the Jamaican businessman Maurice Facey, OJ, who was also the founding Chairman of the National Gallery of Jamaica, and his spouse, book publisher Valerie Facey. Her father funded the National Gallery and also was committed to contributing to Jamaica through nation-building and the architecture of the New Kingston district. His death was deeply felt within the community of the National Gallery of Jamaica due to his leadership and support of his wife who went on to contribute to her country in her own ways. Laura Facey's now widowed mother is extremely dedicated to 'preserving Jamaica's heritage by mean of books,' and other contribut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Of All Hopefulness
"Lord of all Hopefulness" is a Christian hymn written by English writer Jan Struther, which was published in the enlarged edition of ''Songs of Praise'' (Oxford University Press) in 1931. The hymn is used in liturgy, at weddings and at the beginning of funeral services, and is one of the most popular hymns in the United Kingdom. "Lord of all Hopefulness" is commonly set to the melody of an Irish folksong named ''Slane''. In English hymn books, where traditional folk tunes are used, the place of collection is sometimes attributed as the tune name, and this melody is named after the Hill of Slane, the site where St. Patrick lit an Easter fire in defiance of the pagan king, Lóegaire, near the village of the same name () in County Meath, Ireland. ''Slane'' is also the melody of another well-known hymn, " Be Thou My Vision," and of the hymn "Lord of Creation, to Thee be All Praise" by J. C. Winslow, whose lyrics are similar. There are two variants of this tune; the text ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
