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2. Jamaica to send two dozen security personnel to Haiti to ...

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   In March, Jamaica formally pledged 200 personnel for the U.N.-backed mission, but the long-delayed security force has been slow to deploy and its initial mandate will expire in under a month if it ...

3. Jamaica braces for Hurricane Beryl, with life-threatening ...

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   July 3, 2024 at 2:58 PM. Jamaica was braced for impact Wednesday as Hurricane Beryl approaches the Caribbean island nation as a major Category 4 storm, with evacuations ordered ahead of forecasted ...

4. IMF taps Jamaica finance minister for deputy role

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   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 nation. Clarke ...

5. Jamaican political conflict - Wikipedia

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   In total 1,081+ deaths [1][2] The Jamaican political conflict is a long-standing feud between right-wing and left-wing elements in the country, often exploding into violence. The Jamaican Labour Party (JLP) and the People's National Party (PNP) have fought for control of the island for years and the rivalry has encouraged urban warfare in Kingston.

6. 2020 Jamaican general election - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. General elections were held in Jamaica on Thursday, 3 September 2020 [1] to elect 63 members of Parliament. As the constitution stipulates a five-year parliamentary term, [2] the next elections were not expected until between 25 February and 10 June 2021.

7. The Gleaner - Wikipedia

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   0259-0336. OCLC number. 18321104. Website. jamaica-gleaner.com. List of newspapers. The Gleaner is an English-language, morning daily newspaper founded by two brothers, Jacob and Joshua de Cordova on 13 September 1834 in Kingston, Jamaica. [1] Originally called the Daily Gleaner, the name was changed on 7 December 1992 to The Gleaner.

8. COVID-19 pandemic in Jamaica - Wikipedia

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   Ministry of Health and Wellness. The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed in Jamaica on 10 March 2020. This was during the 2019–2020 dengue fever epidemic that affected Latin America and the Caribbean. On 11 January 2022, Jamaica overtook China in terms of the number of confirmed cases.

9. List of Jamaica hurricanes - Wikipedia

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   Hurricane Gilbert was the strongest landfalling storm in Jamaican history. The island nation of Jamaica lies in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba and west of Hispaniola.It frequently experiences the effects of Atlantic tropical cyclones that track across the Caribbean, with impacting storms often originating east of the Windward Islands or in the southern Caribbean between Nicaragua and Colombia.