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Grenada minister tells UN: hurricane-devastated Islands need anything for `a human being to survive’

NEW YORK (AP) — The minister for the two islands in Grenada that Hurricane Beryl first slammed into with catastrophic winds had a simple message for U.N. and other humanitarian…

John McCarthy October 7, 2024

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Jamaican soldiers and police arrive in Haiti to help fight gangs

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Two dozen soldiers and police officers from Jamaica arrived in Haiti on Thursday to join a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenya to fight powerful gangs. Jamaica is the…

John McCarthy September 14, 2024

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Jamaica to deploy a limited number of soldiers and police to help fight gangs in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced Tuesday that his country would send two dozen soldiers and police officers to Haiti this week to boost a U.N.-backed mission led…

John McCarthy September 11, 2024

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Virginia’s conservative Black female lieutenant governor wants the top job

RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) — Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, the first Black woman to hold statewide office in Virginia’s long history, has officially set her sights on the state’s top political office.…

John McCarthy September 10, 2024

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Jamaica’s female farmers rebuild after Hurricane Beryl through women-led cash voucher program

CROSS KEYS, Jamaica (AP) — Alance Wisdom got inside her home just in time to watch the ceiling of her front room collapse. As the rain rushed in, a violent…

John McCarthy September 7, 2024

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IMF taps Jamaica finance minister for deputy role

KINGSTON - The International Monetary Fund on Monday named Jamaican Finance Minister Nigel Clarke to a top post at the agency, after the official spearheaded fiscal reforms in the Caribbean…

John McCarthy August 28, 2024

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Jamaica declares southern state of emergency after Sunday night killings

KINGSTON — Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness declared a state of emergency in the Caribbean nation's southern Clarendon parish after eight people were killed in separate gun attacks on Sunday…

John McCarthy August 24, 2024

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A small town on a small island celebrates Kamala Harris’ meteoric rise

BROWN’S TOWN, Jamaica — Three and a half years ago, Sherman Harris gathered together a clutch of family and friends at his home on a hilltop here in rural Jamaica to…

John McCarthy August 21, 2024

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Jamaican police arrest 6 suspects in mass shooting that killed 8 and injured 11

KINGSTON (AP) — Jamaican police have arrested at least six suspects in connection with a mass shooting in which eight people were recently killed in the island’s southern region. The…

John McCarthy August 19, 2024

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4 Jamaicans charged with smuggling nearly 4,000 pounds of marijuana

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging four Jamaican men with smuggling nearly 4,000 pounds of marijuana in Caribbean waters. Miguel Orr, 29, Rayvon Smith,…

John McCarthy August 18, 2024