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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Haiti will hold elections in July and October next year, authorities said, in what would mark the first polls in the cri...
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Ministry mourns Jamaican farm worker killed in Ontario, Canada
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has expressed condolences following the death of Rajay Baker, a Jamaican participant in...
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IAJ says 91.1% of Hurricane Melissa claims settled, $59.4 billion paid out
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Insurance Association of Jamaica (IAJ) says it has settled 91.1 per cent of insurance claims reported across specified categor...
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Vaz warns JPS that it is on a tight deadline to lower electricity costs
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Vaz warns JPS that it is on a tight deadline to lower electricity costs
BY BILLEANE WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter williamsb@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 29 07:46 AM
Warning that the "clock is ticking", Energy Minister Daryl Vaz on Tuesday urged the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) to finalise its decision on t...
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PNPYO demands full accounting of post-Melissa spending
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The People’s National Party Youth Organisation (PNPYO) is calling on the Government to publish a comprehensive account of expendit...
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Former Barbadian bank CEO fined for money laundering offence
October 1, 2026
NEW YORK, United States (CMC) – Former Insurance Corporation of Barbados Limited (ICBL) chief executive officer Ingrid Innes has been fined US$7,000 a...
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Maduro ally pleads guilty to US money laundering charges
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—Former Venezuelan minister and ally of ousted president Nicolas Maduro, Alex Saab, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to money ...
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Cuban pleads guilty for role in international ‘alien smuggling’, money laundering conspiracy
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Cuban pleads guilty for role in international ‘alien smuggling’, money laundering conspiracy
August 16, 2026
TAMPA, Florida (CMC) – A 31-year-old Cuban man has pleaded guilty to migrant smuggling, asylum fraud and money laundering charges in connection with a...
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Colombia football legend Higuita’s home to be seized over Pablo Escobar ties
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BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) -- A Colombian court on Thursday ordered the seizure of a property belonging to legendary footballer Rene Higuita after conclud...
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Colombian president’s son indicted on corruption charges
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Colombian president’s son indicted on corruption charges
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BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP)—The son of Colombian President Gustavo Petro was indicted Monday on six charges related to corruption during his time as a lawm...
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Three convicted in $61-m cybercrime and money laundering scheme
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Three convicted in $61-m cybercrime and money laundering scheme
October 7, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica —Three people have been convicted in the Corporate Area Parish Court for their roles in a $61-million fraud and money-laundering sch...
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Businessman freed of money laundering charges
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Businessman freed of money laundering charges
March 13, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Sixty-year- old businessman Carl Ranglin was today found not guilty of breaches of the Proceeds of Crime Act in the Corporate Area...
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Two Jamaicans convicted in money laundering scheme tied to Colombian cartel
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January 18, 2025
MASSACHUSETTS, United States (CMC) – Two Jamaican men were convicted on Friday for their roles in a sophisticated international money laundering organ...
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Former US Virgin Islands top cop among two people on bribery charges
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ST. THOMAS, USVI, (CMC) – The former police commissioner of the United States Virgin Islands Police Department (USVIPD), Ray Martinez, and former dire...
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IAJ says 91.1% of Hurricane Melissa claims settled, $59.4 billion paid out
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Vaz warns JPS that it is on a tight deadline to lower electricity costs
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