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42 Haitians picked up in Portland
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PORTLAND, Jamaica- Approximately 42 Haitians, including a pregnant female, were picked up by members of the security force Sunday morning after arrivi...
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Paulwell questions Government’s commitment to tackling climate change
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Paulwell questions Government’s commitment to tackling climate change
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KINGSTON, Jamaica- Opposition Spokesman on Energy, Phillip Paulwell, has questioned the government’s commitment to tackling climate change despite the...
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Tiktoker 119 returns to court on July 25
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Tiktoker 119 returns to court on July 25
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KINGSTON, Jamaica- Popular Tiktoker 119 will return to court on July 25 to face a malicious communication charge over social media posts made about a ...
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Former US President Joe Biden diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer
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Former US President Joe Biden diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Former US president Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an "aggressive" form of prostate cancer and is reviewing trea...
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Paulwell suggests ways to lower electricity prices, make JPS more accountable
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Paulwell suggests ways to lower electricity prices, make JPS more accountable
May 18 03:00 PM
With the pending end of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) licence in July 2027, Opposition Spokesman on Energy, Phillip Paulwell, is again urgi...
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Gov’t to award 60 scholarships under Farm Workers Programme – Charles Jr
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Gov’t to award 60 scholarships under Farm Workers Programme – Charles Jr
May 18 02:54 PM
A total of 60 scholarships will be awarded to Jamaicans in 2026 under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme (SAWP), more popularly referred to a...
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‘No more dust’
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‘No more dust’
Sir Clifford Campbell Primary gets improved play area
May 18 02:48 PM
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica- A long-awaited dream has finally come true for students and staff at Sir Clifford Campbell Primary School in Westmoreland, as a...
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Arianna needs a living kidney donor
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Arianna needs a living kidney donor
Jamaican mom makes plea for teenage daughter’s survival
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The Jamaican mother of a teenager in desperate need of a new kidney has renewed her plea for a living donor to save her daughter’s life. Arianna Crock...
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Nigeria repays US$3.4 billion debt to IMF
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Nigeria repays US$3.4 billion debt to IMF
May 15, 2025
Nigeria is now debt-free to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after repaying the US$3.4 billion financial support it received from the financial i...
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Developing countries should fast-track US trade deals—World Bank president
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Developing countries should fast-track US trade deals—World Bank president
April 25, 2025
Washington, United States (AFP)—Developing countries should strike swift trade deals with the United States at the "earliest possible" opportunity, th...
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Trump tariffs have increased financial stability risks — IMF
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Trump tariffs have increased financial stability risks — IMF
April 22, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump's stop-start tariff rollout has "significantly" increased global financial stab...
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IMF says Bahamas vulnerable to effects of climate change
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IMF says Bahamas vulnerable to effects of climate change
April 11, 2025
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Friday said that The Bahamas is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, incl...
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Ex-IMF chief Rato gets four-year jail term in Spain for tax crimes
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Ex-IMF chief Rato gets four-year jail term in Spain for tax crimes
December 20, 2024
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — A Madrid court on Friday said ex-chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and former Spanish economy minister Rodrigo Rato...
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IMF says Haiti’s economy will stabilise at 1.5% next year
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IMF says Haiti’s economy will stabilise at 1.5% next year
December 11, 2024
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Haiti’s growth is projected to be barely positive in 2025 and will stabil...
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IMF says US$100 billion needed for resilience building to climate change in the Caribbean
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IMF says US$100 billion needed for resilience building to climate change in the Caribbean
December 3, 2024
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, Tuesday said that the costs for res...
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New finance minister Williams hits back at Robinson in debt-to-GDP debate
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New finance minister Williams hits back at Robinson in debt-to-GDP debate
November 1, 2024
Newly appointed Minister of Finance Fayval Williams has hit back at Opposition spokesman on finance Julian Robinson’s claim about Jamaica’s debt-to-GD...
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Jamaicans greet, commend former finance minister in Miami
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Jamaicans greet, commend former finance minister in Miami
October 30, 2024
MIAMI, Florida — Even as Dr Nigel Clarke arrived in the United States on Wednesday passengers on his flight from Jamaica rushed to greet and commend t...
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October 30, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke this morning departed from the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston to take up ...
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IMF chief calls for unity on shared challenges in ‘deeply troubled times’
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IMF chief calls for unity on shared challenges in ‘deeply troubled times’
October 17, 2024
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The international community must come together despite the "difficult geopolitical environment" to tackle shared cha...
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IMF chief calls for unity on shared challenges in ‘deeply troubled times’
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IMF chief calls for unity on shared challenges in ‘deeply troubled times’
October 17, 2024
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The international community must come together despite the "difficult geopolitical environment" to tackle shared cha...
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Cash-strapped Sri Lanka records first deflation in 29 years
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Cash-strapped Sri Lanka records first deflation in 29 years
September 30, 2024
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) -- Cash-strapped Sri Lanka's economy recorded falling consumer prices for the first time in 29 years, official data showed Mo...
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Hughenden constituents have mixed reactions to Clarke’s IMF appointment
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Hughenden constituents have mixed reactions to Clarke’s IMF appointment
August 27, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Following Monday's announcement that Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr Nigel Clarke, is set to be appointed deputy ma...
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PNP congratulates Dr Clarke on IMF post but questions if move is ‘abandonment of sinking ship’
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PNP congratulates Dr Clarke on IMF post but questions if move is ‘abandonment of sinking ship’
August 26, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP), while congratulating finance minister Dr Nigel Clarke on his appointment as deputy m...
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Duane Smith to succeed Dr Nigel Clarke as JLP representative for St Andrew North Western
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Duane Smith to succeed Dr Nigel Clarke as JLP representative for St Andrew North Western
August 26, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Three-term councillor for the Chancery Hall Division, Duane Smith will succeed Dr Nigel Clarke as the Jamaica Labour Party candida...
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Nigel Clarke to be appointed IMF deputy managing director, ministerial successor to be identified
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Nigel Clarke to be appointed IMF deputy managing director, ministerial successor to be identified
August 26, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr Nigel Clarke is set to be appointed deputy managing director of the International M...
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IMF maintains 2024 global growth forecast, warns of inflation risk
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IMF maintains 2024 global growth forecast, warns of inflation risk
July 16, 2024
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) held its global growth expectations for 2024 steady in a report Tuesday even a...
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IMF says economic growth in St Kitts-Nevis poised to accelerate
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IMF says economic growth in St Kitts-Nevis poised to accelerate
May 17, 2024
WASHINGTON (CMC) – The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says economic growth in St Kitts-Nevis is poised to accelerate in the ...
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Paulwell questions Government’s commitment to tackling climate change
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Tiktoker 119 returns to court on July 25
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