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  2. U.S. boys at Jamaica school say they were beaten, starved and ...

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    Updated April 26, 2024 at 5:04 AM. Boys at an American-run school for troubled teens in Jamaica were beaten by adult staff members, forced to exercise until they vomited and placed in stress ...

  3. COVID-19 pandemic in Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    3,600 [1] Government website. 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.

  4. Jamaican political conflict - Wikipedia

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    Jamaican political conflict. 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.

  5. Crime in Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    When Jamaica gained independence in 1962, the murder rate was 3.9 per 100,000 inhabitants, one of the lowest in the world. In 2022, Jamaica had 1,508 murders, for a murder rate of 53.34 per 100,000 people, the highest murder rate in the world. Jamaica recorded 1,680 murders in 2009. In 2010, there were 1,428, in 2011, 1,125.

  6. List of ongoing armed conflicts - Wikipedia

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    Wars (1,000–9,999 combat-related deaths in current or previous year) The 15 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1,000 and fewer than 10,000 direct, violent deaths in the current or previous calendar year.

  7. Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    Jamaica ( / dʒəˈmeɪkə / ⓘ jə-MAY-kə; Jamaican Patois: Jumieka [dʒʌˈmie̯ka]) is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi), it is the third largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola —of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. [11] Jamaica lies about 145 km (90 mi) south ...

  8. Next Jamaican general election - Wikipedia

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    Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs Marlene Malahoo Forte said that Jamaica would transition to being a Republic before the next general election. Timeline. 21 September 2023 – Speaker Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert resigns as MP for Trelawny Southern. 26 February 2024 – local elections are held. Electoral system

  9. 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.

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