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US court convicts former USVI director in landmark bribery scandal
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US court convicts former USVI director in landmark bribery scandal
December 14 04:43 PM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, US Virgin Islands (CMC) – A United States (US) federal jury has convicted the former Director of the US Virgin Islands Office of Man...
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Hero who disarmed Bondi beach shooter identified as fruit vendor
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December 14 03:55 PM
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australians are hailing a "hero" whose daring struggle with a gunman Sunday led to the disarming of an attacker during the c...
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Death toll rises to 16 in Sydney beach shooting — police
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Death toll rises to 16 in Sydney beach shooting — police
December 14 03:23 PM
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Sixteen people were killed and at least 40 others injured in a shooting at a Jewish festival celebration at Australia's Bond...
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Aventa Jamaica leads Medical Mission in Belmont, Westmoreland
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Aventa Jamaica leads Medical Mission in Belmont, Westmoreland
December 14 03:08 PM
 WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — In the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, Aventa Jamaica Limited led a medical outreach on Saturday, Decemb...
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Jamaican fishermen jailed in Cayman for drug smuggling
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Jamaican fishermen jailed in Cayman for drug smuggling
December 14 02:48 PM
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (CMC) —Two Jamaican fishermen caught with more than 167lbs of marijuana on a boat south of the Cayman Islands earlier this...
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Richard King nets Euro trophy after stunning St Mirren Premier Sports Cup win
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Richard King nets Euro trophy after stunning St Mirren Premier Sports Cup win
December 14 02:06 PM
Reggae Boyz defender Richard King won his first major trophy in European football after St Mirren beat Scottish giants Celtic 3-1 in the Premier Sport...
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Man City smash Palace to fire title warning, Villa extend streak
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Man City smash Palace to fire title warning, Villa extend streak
December 14 12:49 PM
LONDON, United States (AFP) — Manchester City thumped Crystal Palace 3-0 on Sunday to move back to within two points of Premier League leaders Arsenal...
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AuGD flags poor oversight of Gov’t-issued credit card at Parliament
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AuGD flags poor oversight of Gov’t-issued credit card at Parliament
December 14 12:41 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Auditor General’s Department (AuGD) has flagged weaknesses in the oversight of a Government-funded credit card by the Houses o...
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Economy to contract 11-13 per cent Oct-Dec — PIOJ
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Economy to contract 11-13 per cent Oct-Dec — PIOJ
November 25, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Reeling from the devastation brought on by the passage of Hurricane Melissa last month, the local economy is expected to register ...
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47 radio and television broadcast operators cited for breaches in 2024 – survey
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47 radio and television broadcast operators cited for breaches in 2024 – survey
July 27, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — There were 47 Notices of Breach issued by the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica (BCJ) in 2024 relating to the broadcast of proble...
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Post and Telecommunications Department racks up losses – PIOJ
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Post and Telecommunications Department racks up losses – PIOJ
July 26, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s Post and Telecommunications Department (PTD) continues to rack up significant losses in an increasingly digitised enviro...
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Nearly $2.6 trillion in total assets held by commercial banks – survey
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Nearly $2.6 trillion in total assets held by commercial banks – survey
July 26, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Total assets held by Jamaica’s commercial banks was $2 592.7 billion at the end of December, 2024. This represents an increase of ...
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Average balance in deposit-taking institutions is $343,000 — PIOJ
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Average balance in deposit-taking institutions is $343,000 — PIOJ
July 21, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The average balance held in a deposit account in one of Jamaica’s 11 Deposit-Taking Institutions (DTIs) at December 31, 2024, was ...
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Sharp increase in attorneys registering on anti-money laundering platform – PIOJ
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Sharp increase in attorneys registering on anti-money laundering platform – PIOJ
July 13, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A total of 1,018 attorneys were registered on the goAML (anti-money laundering) platform in Jamaica as at December 31, 2024. This ...
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Over $9 billion in property lost to fires in 2024 – PIOJ
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Over $9 billion in property lost to fires in 2024 – PIOJ
July 13, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The estimated value of property lost as a result of fires in Jamaica in 2024 exceeded $9 billion, an amount similar to 2023. It re...
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Holness says historic low poverty rate is a result of strategic gov’t policies
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Holness says historic low poverty rate is a result of strategic gov’t policies
May 21, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness has welcomed the recently announced drop in the poverty rate which he says is a result of targeted p...
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Poverty in Jamaica falls 50% to record low in 2023 – PIOJ
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Poverty in Jamaica falls 50% to record low in 2023 – PIOJ
May 21, 2025
Jamaica's poverty rate fell to a record 8.2 per cent in 2023, just more than half or 50.8 per cent below the 16.7 per cent at which it stood in 2021. ...
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PIOJ calls for strategic approach to high-skilled migration
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PIOJ calls for strategic approach to high-skilled migration
April 23, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is encouraging Caribbean nations to adopt a more strategic and coordinated approach to hi...
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Williams points to smaller than projected contraction in economy in December quarter
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Williams points to smaller than projected contraction in economy in December quarter
April 1, 2025
Minister of Finance Fayval Williams has cited that the assessment of GDP growth by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), which the institute ...
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PIOJ monitoring impact of US policy measures
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PIOJ monitoring impact of US policy measures
February 19, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) has indicated that it is closely monitoring policy measures in the United States (US) and...
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PIOJ says Jamaica not in a recession
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PIOJ says Jamaica not in a recession
February 19, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Even as the local economy went on to register its second consecutive quarter of contraction, falling 1.8 per cent between October ...
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Reigniting civic pride and love for Jamaica
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Reigniting civic pride and love for Jamaica
February 16, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica--Re-igniting civic pride and love and appreciation for country as tools for national development, were the focus of a Valentine’s Da...
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Higher earnings by banks keep finance sector output buoyant
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Higher earnings by banks keep finance sector output buoyant
…all other industries contract as economic gains trampled by Beryl in July-Sept quarter
Kellaray Miles | Reporter 
November 25, 2024
The finance and insurance industry was the only one to have escaped contraction during the July to September quarter after growth in revenues for most...
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US court convicts former USVI director in landmark bribery scandal
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Aventa Jamaica leads Medical Mission in Belmont, Westmoreland
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