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Tag: Jamaica

  • IMF taps Jamaica finance minister for deputy role

    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, nominated by IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, is set to replace Antoinette Sayeh as one of the IMF’s three deputy managing directors at the end…

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  • Vybz Kartel Cries Foul After Fire Destroys His Lawyer’s Office

    Dancehall artist Vybz Kartel is crying foul after a shared office building occupied by his attorney, Isat Buchanan, was totally destroyed in a fire, including documents related to his murder case and several others.  Senior Superintendent Patrick Gooden, the Jamaica Fire Brigade divisional commander for Kingston and St Andrew, told the Jamaica Observer that it was impossible…

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  • Vybz Kartel: Jamaica dancehall star’s murder conviction overturned

    The 48-year-old was given a life sentence in 2014 for the killing of Clive “Lizard” Williams on the Caribbean island. His successful appeal, heard by the Privy Council in London, argued that a juror accused of trying to bribe others should have been thrown off his trial. Authorities in Jamaica will decide whether the case…

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