1655 - Jamaica is captured by the British. 1670 - Jamaica formally ceded to the British in accordance with the Treaty of Madrid. 1692 - Port Royal, once the busiest trading centre of the British ...
It says the rights of the British public are put before those of dangerous criminals. Although he was born in Jamaica, the 38-year-old moved to the UK with his family in the early 1990s and was ...
(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) JAMAICA HAS tabled a historic Bill to replace the British monarchy as its head of state. The Government introduced the Constitution (Amendment) (Republic of ...
Jamaica became independent in 1962 after over 300 years of British colonial control, but the country opted to retain Queen Elizabeth as head of state. There's still several steps ahead for the ...
A recent poll has found that majorities in almost half of British Commonwealth countries – including Jamaica – would vote to become republics if given the opportunity. A British colony since ...
After gaining independence in 1962, Jamaica, like many other former British colonies, retained the monarch as its head of state, with the monarch represented in the country by a governor-general.
After 300 years of British colonization, the island of Jamaica became an independent nation and member of the British Commonwealth in 1962. But while independence meant the country could elect its ...