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 Programme
Description: As Power 106FM works to achieve its
objective of giving Jamaicans their first 24/7 all-talk
radio station, Good Evening Jamaica was developed to
provide quality news programming that would appeal to
Jamaicans at home and in the diaspora. Starting on air
on January 17, 2005, Good Evening Jamaica provides major
news, sports and weather along with current affairs
ranging from politics and science & technology to
business and the arts. The Gleaner/Power 106 Radio Newscentre
that has correspondents in Kingston, London, Toronto,
New York and Miami produces the news content of the
programme enabling the features in the programme to
also adapt an international outlook.
About the Hosts: Chief Anchor Derrick Jones
is an attorney-at-law for more than 40-years, Honorary
Consul for Sweden in Jamaica, a partner at the law firm
Myers Fletcher & Gordon and a board member of numerous
companies.
Her accent tells of her British training, but Co-host
Yvette Rowe has made her name in broadcast journalism
mainly in Jamaica. She is a lecturer and award winning
broadcast journalist and producer with a track record
in radio and television production across the region.
Before being appointed a member of the Toronto Police
Services Board Hamlin Grange was a press reporter and
managing editor, television news anchor and host and
community activist. He is cofounder of ProMedia International,
which sponsors the annual Innoversity Creative….
Programme email: power106@cwjamaica.com
Telephone nos: In Jamaica, 968-4901- 3, 1-888-991-4072
Intnl Toll-free line courtesy of People's Telecom Ja
Ltd: 1-866-LINK-106 (1-866-5465-106)
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Well
thanks to the many hundreds of you that participated
in our competition this year. It was good to know
that so many of you were able to answer the questions
posed correctly. However, we could only have one
winner and one runner up and they are featured
on 
Prospect
Estate is located in Western Jamaica and comprises
298 acres of land now in sugar cane production. Research
at the nation's archives in Spanish Town, reveals that
the property was patented in 1963 by John Breeding who
was one of the early settlers to the island of Jamaica.
The early cultivators of the property planted sugar
cane and this crop has been in continued production
for the past three hundred years.