Jamaica
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| Capital | Kingston |
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| Dialing code | +876 |
| Currency | Jamaican dollar |
| Official language | English |
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| ID | 1372858 |
About Jamaica
Jamaica, a Caribbean island nation, has a lush topography of mountains, rainforests and reef-lined beaches. Many of its all-inclusive resorts are clustered in Montego Bay, with its British-colonial architecture, and Negril, known for its diving and snorkeling sites. Jamaica is famed as the birthplace of reggae music, and its capital Kingston is home to the Bob Marley Museum, dedicated to the famous singer.
Jamaica bans music and TV glorifying crime
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Queen's funeral: Full guide to the gun carriage and the main procession
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The procession in fullMounted Metropolitan Police • Royal Canadian Mounted Police • Bands of The Rifles and Brigade of Gurkhas • Representatives of the George Cross from Malta, the Royal Ulster Constabulary and the UK National Health Service Representative detachments of Commonwealth forces: Territorial Air Force of New Zealand • Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment • The Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers • Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps • Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery • Royal New Zealand Navy • Royal Australian Air Force Reserve • Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps • Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps • Royal Australian Infantry Corps • Royal Australian Engineers • Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery • Royal Australian Navy • The Canadian Armed Forces Legal Branch • The Royal Canadian Air Force (Reserve) • The Calgary Highlanders • The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada • The 48th Highlanders of Canada • The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment • The Royal New Brunswick Regiment • Le Regiment de Ia Chaudière • The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders (Princess Louise s) • The Canadian Grenadier Guards • Governor General s Foot Guards • Royal 22e Regiment • The King s Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC) The Governor General s Horse Guards • The Royal Canadian Engineers • The Canadian Armed Forces Military Engineering Branch • The Royal Regiment of Canadian ArtilleryRepresentatives of the Royal Air Force: 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force • Royal Auxiliary Air Force • Royal Air Force Marham • The Combined Bands of the Royal Air Force • Royal Air Force College, Cranwell • Royal Air Force RegimentRepresentatives of the Army: The Honourable Artillery Company • Adjutant General s Corps • British Army Bands Sandhurst and Colchester • The Queen s Gurkha Engineers • The Royal Welsh • The Duke of Lancaster s Regiment • The Royal Regiment of Scotland • Welsh Guards • Irish Guards • Scots Guards • Coldstream Guards • Grenadier Guards • Bands of the Irish Guards and Welsh Guards • Corps of Royal Engineers • Royal Regiment of Artillery • Royal Tank Regiment • The Royal Lancers • The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys)Representatives of the Royal Navy: Royal Navy • Royal Marines • The Combined Bands of the Royal MarinesDefence advisers and staff of Her Majesty s realms: Jamaica • New Zealand • Australia • CanadaRepresentative colonels of Commonwealth forces of which Her Majesty was Colonel-in-ChiefChaplains of the armed forces: Principal Church of Scotland & Free Church Chaplain Royal Air Force • Principal Roman Catholic Chaplain Royal Air Force • Chaplain-in-Chief Royal Air Force • Deputy Chaplain General (Army) • Principal Roman Catholic Chaplain (Army) • Chaplain General (Army) • Principal Church of Scotland and Free Churches Chaplain (Royal Navy) • Principal Roman Catholic Chaplain (Royal Navy) • Chaplain of the FleetRepresentatives of forces of which the Queen was air commodore-in-chief • Representative Colonels Commandant, Colonels and Honorary Colonels of Her Majesty s Regiments and Corps • Commandant General, Royal Marines • Representatives of Her Majesty s ships • Commander Strategic Command • Vice Chief of the Defence Staff • Chief of the Air Staff • Chief of the General Staff • Chief of the Naval Staff • Chief of the Defence Staff • Drum Horse and State Trumpeter • 1st Division of the Sovereign s Escort • ADC to the Major General Commanding the Household Division • Brigade Major Household Division • Major General Commanding the Household Division • Combined Bands of the Scots Guards and Coldstream Guards Pursuivants and Heralds of Arms of Scotland: March • Linlithgow • Ormond • Rothesay • Falkland • Unicorn • Carrick • Marchmont Pursuivants and Heralds of Arms of England: Portcullis • Rouge Dragon • Norfolk • Windsor • York • Bluemantle • Wales • Maltravers • Chester • RichmondKings of Arms: Norroy and Ulster King of Arms • Lord Lyon King of Arms • Clarenceux King of Arms • Lady Usher of the Black Rod • Garter King of ArmsThe Earl Marshal • Bands of the Scots Guards and Coldstream Guards • Captain, the King s Body Guard of the Yeoman of the Guard • Captain general, the King s Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers) (Gold Stick for Scotland) • Captain, His Majesty s Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms Royal Household; Vice Chamberlain of the Household • Comptroller of the Household • Treasurer of the Household • Queen s Gurkha Orderly Officer (x2) • Royal Waterman (x2) • Director of the Royal Collection • Comptroller Lord Chamberlain s Office • Master of the Household • Keeper of the Privy Purse • Private secretary to the Queen • Master of the Horse • Lord Steward • Her Majesty s Page (x2) • Her Majesty s Palace StewardBehind the gun carriage: Escort Party of the Household CavalryRoyal Family: The Earl of Wessex and Forfar • The Duke of York • The Princess Royal • The King • Peter Phillips • The Duke of Sussex • The Prince of Wales • Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence • The Duke of Gloucester • The Earl of SnowdonRoyal Car 1: The Queen Consort • The Princess of WalesRoyal Car 2: The Duchess of Sussex • The Countess of Wessex and ForfarField officer in Brigade Waiting • Silver Stick in Waiting • Colonel Coldstream Guards • Gold Stick in Waiting • Adjutant in Brigade Waiting • Silver Stick Adjutant • Crown EquerryHousehold of the King: Master of the Household • Equerry • Principal Private Secretary • TreasurerSecond division of the Sovereign s escortRepresentatives of Civilian Services: Merchant Navy • Royal Fleet Auxiliary • The Maritime Coastguard Agency • Police Services • Fire and Rescue Services • His Majesty s Prison Services • Ambulance Service • British Red Cross • St John Ambulance • Royal Voluntary Service • Cadet forcesRear: Mounted Metropolitan PoliceOnce the procession reaches Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner, at about 13:00 BST, the coffin will be transferred to the new State Hearse for its final journey to Windsor Castle...
Will Jamaica now seek to 'move on' from royals as a republic?
...The proclamation of the new monarch - King of Jamaica - reverberated around Kingston Harbour, a port that once stood at the heart of the British Empire...
The history of Sierra Leone Krio people - in pictures
... the Other, the make-up of the Sierra Leone Krio population belong to the descendants of the black London and the Maroons - escaped slaves who fought against the British in Jamaica and those who were freed from slave-carrying ships along the Atlantic route, all of which are sent to Sierra Leone s capital Freetown...
Will Jamaica now seek to 'move on' from royals as a republic?
The proclamation of The new Monarch - King of Jamaica - reverberated around Kingston Harbour, a port That once stood at The Heart of The British Empire .
For generations, The Crown and British traders made fortunes in Jamaica trading sugar, cacao, indigo and, of course, slaves through Kingston's vast natural harbour. By The 19Th Century , it had become one of The Principal ports in The western hemisphere.
But as The booms of The Gun salute faded, King Charles III ascended The Throne with Jamaica at a crossroads in its relationship with The Monarchy .
" We're Moving On , " Prime Minister Andrew Holness told The then-Duke and Duchess of Cambridge earlier this year while they were on The Island for The Queen 's Platinum Jubilee.
On A Trip beset with poor Optics - Prince William wearing a white military uniform in The same Land Rover his grandmother had used decades earlier, or Catherine clasping The Hands of black children through a chain Fence - The Prime Minister delivered a stark message: Jamaicans, he essentially warned The Heir to The Throne , wish to break with their colonial past and follow Barbados's lead in becoming a republic.
With recent polls suggesting More Than 50% of Jamaicans now support The idea, Queen Elizabeth Ii 's death may have accelerated That process.
" The Conversation starts again. The more we talk about it, The more Jamaicans are Waking Up , " says Prof Rosalea Hamilton, coordinator of The Advocacy Network which is pushing for constitutional reform.
" They're learning their history, a history That was not taught to us in schools, That was hidden from us, " She says, overlooking Kingston Harbour from Port Royal.
Yet The ties to The Monarchy in Jamaica Run deep, ingrained into The Island 's Politics , history, institutions and constitution. And while attitudes over allegiance or being considered " loyal subjects" may be changing, The Queen was always regarded with affection by Jamaicans.
On her final visit to The Island in 2002, The Queen visited a development project in Trench Town, a low-income neighbourhood in The capital, Kingston, That 's considered The Birthplace of reggae. Prince William also visited it in March.
" I first came here when I was nine, so I've been here for 70 years, " laughs Junior Lincoln, The Chairman of Boys Town , a Methodist institution for at-risk youth in Trench Town. As we chat on The bleachers, a cricket Match - That most colonial of Sports - is being played under The blazing sun between Boys Town and another local team, Kensington.
Mr Lincoln, who was one of The First reggae promoters to take The Music out of Jamaica , believes The Island will remain intrinsically entwined with The United Kingdom , as much through cultural and familial links as any constitutional ones.
As he reminisces about bringing reggae to The Royal Albert Hall and meeting members of The Royal household, he sees a clear generational divide over these questions.
" The One thing I know about The Royal Family is That they cherish tradition, " he says. " But younger Jamaicans now want to have their own independence because they don't feel like We Are truly independent while we still have (The Monarch ) as The Head of state. "
One of The young cricketers, recovering in The Shade from his sweltering innings, is 23-year-old Sanjay Brown. Jamaicans his age, he says, only want to hear one thing from King Charles : an apology.
" Many citizens believe we should be compensated with reparations. But it has to start with a formal apology. An apology is necessary based on all The historical errors That have happened. "
A couple of blocks away from Boys Town , hairdresser Sherica Bourn braids a customer's hair in her yard, goats picking through a rubbish dump opposite.
She is so scathing about corruption in Jamaican Politics - " or 'poli-tricks' as we call it here" - She thinks constitutional reform would achieve little for The Island .
" I think The country made a mistake breaking from The Queen in The First Place . We're no better off today than before independence. It's done us No Good , " She laments.
Either Way , The issue is gaining momentum. Advocates for change are pushing for a national referendum to be held as soon as possible.
" This is an emotional time for anyone connected to The Queen and we need to Be Careful taking decisions in an emotional state, " cautions Dr Howard Harvey.
His story is somewhat unique in Jamaica .
Born in Trench Town, he shared a one-bedroom home with eight siblings and worked cleaning car windscreens as a child. Yet, by taking a non-traditional vocational route into Higher Education , he went on to gain a doctorate and become one of The Island 's leading professors of education. In a country with very limited social mobility, few have The same opportunity to pull themselves from poverty.
" I don't think Jamaica should just react because of Barbados, but we should carry out Our Own research and make an informed decision as to How To move on, " adds Dr Harvey.
For Jamaica to truly throw off its colonial legacy, he believes The First step lies in reforming its education system. Successive Jamaican governments have failed to enhance The kind of technical training he benefited from and which he thinks would better serve Jamaica 's Young Men and women.
" Systemic perhaps is a strong word" says Dr Harvey of The colonial attitudes at play inside Jamaica 's state education, " but people Like Me have pushed for change and The politicians have never wanted to discuss it.
" It's important for young Jamaicans to know That we've been ruled under a particular structure for many years, and That it's not going to die just because The Queen died. "
One of King Charles ' new titles is Head of The Commonwealth . Jamaica 's conversation about its future will worry him, particularly as it may portend similar steps by other member states.
" I won't say we'll be The First Commonwealth country under King Charles (to become a republic) and I won't say we'll be The Last . But what I expect is That we'll soon begin this process, " insists Prof Hamilton.
" We will hold our Prime Minister accountable for his words: We Are Moving On . "
Source of news: bbc.com
