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Coordinates: 18°10′57″N 77°19′18″W / 18.1823878°N 77.3217773°W / 18.1823878; -77.3217773
Jamaica (i/dʒəˈmeɪkə/), officially the Commonwealth of Jamaica, is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, 234 kilometres (145 mi) in length, up to 80 kilometres (50 mi) in width, and 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi) in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about 145 kilometres (90 mi) south of Cuba, and 191 kilometres (119 mi) west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The indigenous Arawakan-speaking Taíno name for the island was Xaymaca, meaning the "Land of Wood and Water" or the "Land of Springs".
Once a Spanish possession known as Santiago, it became an English colony in 1655 under the name "Jamaica". It achieved full independence from Britain on August 6, 1962. With 2.8 million people, it is the third most populous anglophone country in the Americas, after the United States and Canada. It remains a Commonwealth realm in concert with the Monarchy of Jamaica holding ultimate executive power, where Queen Elizabeth II is the current head of state and Queen of Jamaica.Kingston is the country's largest city and the capital.
RADIO STATION | GENRE | LOCATION |
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StylzFM | Reggae | Jamaica |
Boneyaad Radio | Reggae | Jamaica |
Power 106 | World,Reggae | Jamaica |
NCU 91.1 | Christian Contemporary | Jamaica |
Reggae141 | Reggae | Jamaica |
Actors: Rocco Siffredi (producer), Rocco Siffredi (writer), Rocco Siffredi (director), Kid Jamaica (actor), Antonio Ross (actor), Sabby (actor), Rocco Siffredi (actor), Bruno SX (actor), Blue Angel (actress), Mike Angelo (actor), Omar Galanti (actor), Gery Taylor (actor), Victoria Tiffani (actress), Linett Slag (actress), Monica Beluchi (actress),
Genres: Adult,Actors: Mike Angelo (actor), Kid Jamaica (actor), Franco Roccaforte (actor), Rocco Siffredi (actor), Rocco Siffredi (producer), Rocco Siffredi (writer), Rocco Siffredi (director), Jessie Volt (actress), Gabriel Zero (actor), Lioness (actress), Amelie Pure (actress), Avril Sun (actress), Denise Sky (actress), Hanna Benz (actress), Grase (actress),
Genres: Adult,Actors: Álvaro Rodríguez (actor), Oscar A. Diaz (actor), Kristina Lilley (actress), Roberto Huicochea (actor), John Human (director), John Human (miscellaneous crew), John Human (producer), John Human (producer), John Human (writer), John Human (editor), John Human (miscellaneous crew), Johnny Acero (actor), Oscar Escobar (actor), Bryan Cardenas (editor), Alexander Ortega (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Kid Jamaica (actor), Timur Hardy (actor), Oliver Strelly (actor), Markus Tynai (actor), Innessa (actress), Mika (actress), Ellen Lotus (actress), Lily (actress), Margo (actress),
Genres: Adult,Actors: Richard J. Arens (director), Richard J. Arens (producer), Richard J. Arens (editor), Richard J. Arens (actor), Richard J. Arens (writer), Fritz-Gerald E. Joseph (actor), Fritz-Gerald E. Joseph (producer), Fritz-Gerald E. Joseph (writer), Reginald Lubin (actor), Alain Cazeau (actor), Nerline Pierre-Joseph (miscellaneous crew), Shudson Boursiquot (actor), Abel Alexandre Jr. (actor), Edner Jean (producer), Nerline Pierre-Joseph (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Romance,Actors: Lilli Palmer (actress), Franchot Tone (actor), Charles 'Bud' Tingwell (actor), Rod Taylor (actor), Clive Revill (actor), Harry Fielder (actor), Christopher Plummer (actor), Burt Kwouk (actor), Vincent Ball (actor), Leo McKern (actor), Lee Montague (actor), James Payne (actor), Russell Napier (actor), Derren Nesbitt (actor), Betty E. Box (producer),
Plot: Rod Taylor plays a policeman sent to return a sensitive case; An Australian citizen, currently acting as high commissioner for peace talks who is wanted for an old charge -- of murder. The talks are too sensitive to be disturbed, so Taylor ends up watching Christopher Plummer as he conducts his talks, and discovers that some want the talks to fail enough to think that killing Plummer is an obvious way to stop them.
Keywords: based-on-novel, detective, independent-film, murderActors: Fernando Di Leo (writer), Alfonso Balcázar (writer), Bruno Corbucci (writer), José Manuel Martín (actor), Antonio Molino Rojo (actor), Giuliano Gemma (actor), Bruno Corbucci (writer), George Rigaud (actor), Juan Torres (actor), Daniele Vargas (actor), Nazzareno Zamperla (actor), Lorella De Luca (actress), Antonio Casas (actor), George Martin (actor), Fernando Di Leo (writer),
Plot: Kirk Warren, a former spy, is to be executed because he tried to steal a million dollars. But he is saved by Colonel Smithson because Sir Wilcox has prepared a mission for him. Warren has to steal a secret formula in Switzerland and try to expose the real identity of Mr. X. Kirk leaves London and Alina, his girl, together with three clumsy friends to accomplish his not so secret mission. But Kirk's great love is always a million dollars and not a secret formula.
Keywords: james-bond-spoof, repetition-in-title, spy, spyingActors: Norman Mitchell (actor), Diana Dors (actress), Harold Kasket (actor), Arthur Lovegrove (actor), Spike Milligan (actor), Sydney Tafler (actor), Harry Locke (actor), Alfie Bass (actor), Eddie Byrne (actor), Harold Goodwin (actor), Sid James (actor), Danny Green (actor), Sam Kydd (actor), Barbara Windsor (actress), Irene Handl (actress),
Plot: In a lower-class London community of small shops, open-air vendors and flea-marketers, Joe, a small boy, lives with his mother, Joanne, who works in and rooms above the Kandinsky tailor shop. Joe is innocently and earnestly determined to help realize the wishes of his poor, hard-working neighbours. Hearing from Mr. Kandinsky the tale that a captured unicorn will grant any wish, Joe uses his accumulated pocket change to buy a kid with an emerging horn, believing it to be a unicorn. His subsequent efforts to make dreams come true exemplify the power of hope and will amidst hardship.
Keywords: africa, african-anglo, asian-indian, baby, baby-bottle, bare-chested-male, bed, blonde, body-beautiful-magazine, body-buildingActors: Arthur Hilton (editor), Leo Carrillo (actor), Andy Devine (actor), Nestor Paiva (actor), Stanley Price (actor), James Seay (actor), Guy Usher (actor), Ann Doran (actress), Ben Pivar (producer), Hans J. Salter (composer), Vera West (costume designer), William Nigh (director), Wade Boteler (actor), Dick Foran (actor), Leyland Hodgson (actor),
Plot: The crooked manager of a fruit plantation, unknown to the company officials, in a banana republic is mistreating the workers and refuses to pay competitive prices for the crops and to the laborers, and also causing some sabotage problems . The company sends a couple of trouble-shooters in to uncover the problems.
Keywords: 1940s, accent, ambush, archive-footage, b-movie, banana, character-name-in-title, cigarette-smoking, comic-sidekick, crookActors: Shirley Ulmer (writer), Edgar G. Ulmer (director), Edgar G. Ulmer (producer), Shirley Ulmer (miscellaneous crew), Alfred N. Sack (producer), Alec Lovejoy (actor), Sidney Bechet (actor), Buddy Harris (actor), Donald Heywood (composer), Jack Kemp (editor), Peter E. Kassler (producer), Frank Wilson (writer), Frank Wilson (actor), Slim Thompson (actor), Freddie Robinson (actor),
Genres: Crime, Drama, Romance,Put on your sun tan lotion and block the sun
'Cause you're in Jamaica
Sensational quality from the greens to the tapestry
South central the beaches are so tropical
I wish I could go there and see the sites
And buy some things In Jamaica
You don't have to go far to find
So many friendly faces
And the beaches are dangerous after midnight
After midnight
Put on your sun tan lotion and block the sun
'Cause you're in Jamaica
Sensational quality from the greens to the tapestry
South central the beaches are so tropical
So tropical
So tropical
So tropical