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Man jailed for robbing villa where Jamaica national security minster was guest

The police had reported that National Security Minister Peter Bunting was visiting two female friends at the villa at the time of the burglary and Bunting later denied that he was held at knifepoint during the incident.
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Compensation for victims of ponzi scheme run by Jamaica national

A date for the payout has not been set but only those who invested during the period February 3, 2005 through to July 15, 2008 will be eligible....
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Three held in multi-million dollar Jamaican robbery including political activist

Police said they had charged Kayon ‘Treasure’ Campbell, a political activist with the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), businessman Donald Ho and Norman Robertson from Spanish Town in the central parish of St Catherine....
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Government to hold meeting with Jamaica media houses

The Jamaica Government Information Service (JIS) said there had been recent encounters where journalists seeking impromptu interviews with the Prime Minister have been doing so in a manner that physically impedes the Prime Minister’s movements....
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Jamaica security firm employees detained in major drug bust

The seizure was a collaborative effort by members of the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption (MOCA) task force, the Transnational Crime and Narcotics Division, and the Jamaica Defence Force....
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Jamaica Labour Party "alarmed" by minister's statement on crime

National Security Minister, Peter Bunting said he was “not embarrassed to say that right now as Minister of National Security, I am going through a kind of a dark night of the soul.”...
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Jamaican musicologist, folklorist Olive Lewin dead at 85

Some of Lewin's research is captured in her several books, among them Rock it Come Over - The Folk Music of Jamaica and Some Jamaican Folk Songs....
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Jamaica policeman brutally murdered in ambush

Police Commissioner Owen Ellington said the detective was shot several times and was rushed to the Kingston Public Hospital where he died....
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Release of 81 Caribbean prisoners secured by Food for the Poor

Inmates of jails in Jamaica, Guyana, Haiti and Honduras were freed when the charity paid outstanding fines as part of its International Prison Ministry Programme....
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Mother to appear in court charged with death of two children

Police said 10-year-old Juniel McKenzie and her seven year-old sister, Bianca, were asleep when their mother allegedly left them alone to purchase items at a nearby shop....
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Doctors in Jamaica on strike

The Ministry of Health in confirming the reports of a strike said several health facilities have informed patients that only emergency cases, will be accepted....
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Seismic expert urges Jamaica to prepare for major earthquake

The American geophysics professor said most scientists agree that the island will most likely be exposed to a magnitude 7 or 7.5 quake....
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Chanderpaul plays his 300th first-class match

Chanderpaul has now scored 22139 first class runs and has a high-score of 303.
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First Citizens Investment Services receives award for service excellence

The St. Lucia-based investment company is the sister firm of First Citizens Investment Services (Barbados) Ltd., and of First Citizens Bank, which opened its doors in Barbados in 2012.
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“New record high” of foreign direct investment in Caribbean - ECLAC

ECLAC predicts that this year's FDI inflows to the region will range between a fall of three per cent and a rise of seven per cent.
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Salary increases on the way for St Lucia public servants

Government said that the increase will be a one per cent in the first year followed by a 1.5 per cent hike for the remaining two years.
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LIAT to present legal opinion summary to Trinidad prime minister

The shareholder governments have complained that the Port-of-Spain subsidy to CAL is a violation of the Revised Treaty of Charguaramas that governs the regional integration movement.
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Caribbean Airlines records estimated losses of US$70m

Caribbean Airlines, which began operations in 2007, acquired Air Jamaica in 2011. The Jamaican Government has a 16 per cent stake in the Trinidadian air carrier.
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Caribbean governments need to modernize tax system - study

The study argues that taxation is largely viewed in the region as a means of generating income to pay governments’ bills, rather than as a valuable instrument to achieve important development goals.
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St Lucia budget aims at reducing subsidies on basic food commodities

Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony told legislators that the budget, which he described as “realistic” and meeting the socio-economic challenges of the country “head on.”
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Jamaica uncovers scheme involving PETROTRIN oil products

Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister Anthony Hylton told parliament the scheme was brought to the attention of the Portia Simpson Miller administration by the private sector.
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St Lucia economy contracts by almost one per cent in 2012

Prime Minister Anthony blamed the decline on reduced activity in the construction, distributive trade, transport and communications sectors.