The tourism industry earns over 50 percent of the country's total foreign exchange earnings and provides about one-fourth of all jobs in Jamaica.

According to Aadland, he planned to marry her and move to their new house in Jamaica, but during a trip together to Vancouver, British Columbia, he died of a heart attack at the age of 50.

The SuperClubs purchased the remaining fifty percent ( 50 %) of the resort in 1999 from the Financial Sector Adjustment Company Limited ( FINSAC ), a unit of the Government of Jamaica, for $ 12. 25 million.

* November 25, 2006 – Four NYPD officers fire a combined 50 shots at a group of unarmed men in Jamaica, Queens wounding two and killing 23-year old Sean Bell.

* Dextra Bank & Trust Company Limited v Bank of Jamaica UKPC 50

An estimated 50 to 80 million people make up the Irish diaspora today, which includes Great Britain, the United States, Australia, Canada, Argentina, Chile, Jamaica, Trinidad, South Africa, New Zealand, Mexico, France, Germany and Brazil.

Over the following years, Howell came into conflict with all the establishment authorities in Jamaica: the planters, the trade unions, established churches, police and colonial authorities, and he was allegedly arrested more than 50 times.

His first release ( with Wilson ) was " Oh Manny Oh " in 1958, which was one of the first records to be pressed in Jamaica and went on to sell 50, 000 copies.

He set up his own Hit Machine label, his first album on the label Jamaica 50 Johnny Clarke Sing Then Dub Them, released in 2012 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Jamaican independence.

Persistent rumors suggest that McGriff felt 50 Cent had exposed too much of the drug kingpin in Jamaica, Queens and others involved in the drug trade through the lyrics of his song " Ghetto Qu ' ran " released in 2000.

A few days later, it passed south of Jamaica, and winds of around 30 mph ( 50 km / h ) were recorded.

In 2003, over 50 % of foreign females in UK jails were drug mules from Jamaica.

In 1955 Mais was forced to return to Jamaica after falling ill with cancer ; he died the same year at age 50.

In June 2011, Blatche established the Andray Blatche Foundation and went on a charity mission to Jamaica where he donated sneakers, basketballs and gave a $ 50, 000 check to Jamaican schools.

He continued to sell well in Jamaica and, to a lesser extent, the UK, returning to the mainstream pop charts in the US and elsewhere (# 1 in France ) with a version of Johnny Nash's " I Can See Clearly Now " on the Cool Runnings film soundtrack in 1993.

In the 1970s Johnny and June Cash donated property and financed the construction of a family house in Jamaica for SOS, and after their deaths the family established a memorial fund to benefit their work.

In Peter Tosh's version of " Johnny B. Goode ", he sings about a hut on the top of a hill that is " Deep down in Jamaica close to Mandeville ".

Letts went to Jamaica for the first time when, after the Sex Pistols broke up, Johnny Rotten decided to escape the media frenzy by going with Richard Branson to Jamaica.

Sir William Alexander Clarke Bustamante GBE, National Hero of Jamaica ( 24 February 1884 – 6 August 1977 ) was a Jamaican politician and labour leader.

She was born Elizabeth Vassal ( 1771 – 1845 ), daughter of Richard Vassal, a planter in Jamaica, and wife Mary Clarke, who later remarried Sir Gilbert Affleck, 2nd Baronet ( d. 1808 ).

He burst onto the international long distance running scene at the 1966 Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, where he won gold medal and beat the world record holder Ron Clarke in the six miles.

Clarke was named Artist of the Year in Jamaica in both 1975 and 1976, and became one of the most popular singers on the island, mixing original songs with covers of popular reggae songs by other artists, and mixing roots and lovers-themed material.

Clarke was a Republic of Ireland Under 21 player and has two caps for the Republic of Ireland senior team, against Nigeria in May 2004 and against Jamaica in June 2004.

In the early 1980s they recorded with producer Gussie Clarke, largely using old Studio One tracks as the basis for their recordings, and dubplates of these sessions became popular on sound systems in Jamaica, New York, and London, particularly " Pass the Kouchie ", recorded on the " Full Up " riddim.

He also appeared in Sing, Man, Sing ( 1956, starring Harry Belafonte ) and in Jamaica ( 1957 ) with Lena Horne and Ricardo Montalbán.

Then he was sent to Woolmere College in Kingston, Jamaica.

Then in 1749 the Governors of Jamaica appointed Administrators for British Honduras.

Highlights include new plays by Cosh Omar: The Battle of Green Lanes and The Great Extension, Jamaica House by Paul Sirett, which had a site specific performance on the top floor of a tower block in Stepney, new musicals Make Some Noise, One Dance Will Do, Sammy, Harder They Come that has transferred to the Barbican and West End, and toured Canada, the US and the UK ; Ray Davies ’ Come Dancing – winner of the What ’ s on Stage Best Musical and the 2010 new production of John Adam's song play I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky.

* Jamaica Plain: Then & Now by Anthony M. Sammarco, soft cover, 96 pages.

Then, 25 years later, the club was officially incorporated as a limited liability company and was the first Jamaica football club to become incorporated.

Then the family got together at the house of Erasmus Alvey Darwin, where William made a disparaging remark about the " Jamaica Committee ".

* Dub Rebellion ( Bosnia and Hercegovina / Jamaica )

Culture also released records on other labels in Jamaica, including a dub version of Harder than the Rest ( Culture in Dub ( 1978, High Note )) and an album of different mixes of the same album ( Africa Stand Alone ( 1978, April )).

Dub poetry is a form of performance poetry of West Indian origin, which evolved out of dub music consisting of spoken word over reggae rhythms in Jamaica in the 1970s.

Toronto, Canada, has the second highest concentration of Dub Poets preceded by Jamaica and followed by England.

In 2012 she performed at 16th Jazz and Blues Festival in Jamaica.

* Jamaica New 2012 Cabinet Ministers

Simpson Miller, as leader of the governing People's National Party ( PNP ), was sworn in as Prime Minister on 5 January 2012, succeeding Jamaica Labour Party ( JLP ) leader Andrew Holness.

Robin Sylvester missed Ratdog's 2010 shows in Jamaica and the Ratdog reunion in early 2012 at Bob Weir's TRI Studios due to unspecified health concerns.

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* On September 11, 2012 the stadium hosted the United States Men's National Team vs. Jamaica for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifying with expanded seating on the stage and south end.

In January, 2012, Bryan was arrested on allegations for the grievous assault and rape of a 31-year-old woman who accused him of raping her in his home in Jamaica.

It exports to the U. S., Canada, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Panama and Trinidad and Tobago, with exports to China and South America beginning in 2012.

He later bested that feat in 2012 scoring just 36 seconds into a 1-2 qualifying loss at Jamaica.

However, he was once again selected by Pinto for a match against Jamaica on March 21, 2012, making his return to the national team just weeks before his thirty-third birthday.

Black has been selected to perform and open for Celine Dion at the 2012 Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival honouring Jamaica ’ s 50th Anniversary of Independence.

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In January 2012, the new People's National Party government of Jamaica stated that it would be moving to have the CCJ serving in both the original and appellate jurisdictions for Jamaica in time for the 50th anniversary of Jamaica's independence in August.

Since the Jamaica Plain Loop, Monument-Jackson Square Station via Green Street & Stony Brook Stations route was discontinued on July 1, 2012, Green Street has no bus connections.

* Jamaica ( 2012 )

He made his international debut for Jamaica against Guyana on 19 May 2012.

On September 11, 2012, during a qualifying game against Jamaica, Gomez curled in a free kick in the 55-th minute to help the U. S. win 1-0.