Jamaica

Jamaica

• Hamstring injury knocks Bolt out of Jamaica meet

  Usain Bolt has withdrawn from a meet in his native Jamaica this weekend because of a hamstring injury. The Olympic 100-meter and 200-meter champion ... 

• Jamaica to approve bill targeting lottery scams

  The House of Representatives in Jamaica has passed a bill this week calling for tougher prosecution of those involved in multimillion-dollar lottery ... 

• New bill intended to curb Jamaica lottery scams

  Jamaican officials said Thursday that they are hopeful new legislation will finally result in a stream of convictions and lengthy sentences for ... 

• CAS upholds life ban for Jamaica sprinter Mullings

  Sport's highest appeals court has upheld the lifetime doping ban for Jamaican sprinter and former world relay champion Steve Mullings. The Court of ... 

• Britain agrees to scrap new tax in Turks & Caicos

  The U.K. government has reluctantly agreed to plans scrapping a widely unpopular value-added tax in the Turks & Caicos Islands, relieving local ... 

• British report blasts conditions at Cayman lockups

  Britain's top prisons inspector called Tuesday for urgent reforms and significant investment to quickly improve conditions at the Cayman Islands' ... 

• T&C: Sandals reaches agreement, pays $12M

  Special prosecutors in the Turks & Caicos Islands say Sandals Resorts will pay $12 million as part of a probe into corruption. A Wednesday statement ... 

• Jamaica: No arrests in slaying of British girl

  Some people have been questioned in the fatal shooting of an 8-year-old British girl visiting relatives in a rural Jamaican village, but no one has ... 

• 8-year-old British girl fatally shot in Jamaica

  A British schoolgirl visiting relatives in a rural village in northern Jamaica was fatally shot when a lone gunman opened fire on a group of family ... 

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  Cayman Islands premier says he will not step down

  The leader of the Cayman Islands government on Thursday rejected calls to resign over his arrest on suspicion of corruption, calling the investigation ... 

• Cayman Islands leader arrested in corruption case

  The leader of the Cayman Islands' government was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of theft, abuse of office and breach of trust in the famed Caribbean ... 

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  After long disdain, Jamaica gets 1st patois Bible

  When English teacher Faith Linton first proposed translating the Bible into Jamaica's patois tongue in the late 1950s, most people who heard the idea ...