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Jamaica woman accused of conning elderly Canadian

In a Thursday statement, financial investigators say the new arrest is the first one to go before Jamaica's courts involving a Canadian victim.

Jamaican musician Cedric Brooks dies at 70

Cedric Brooks, a Jamaican saxophone player and influential roots reggae musician, has died.

New bill intended to curb Jamaica lottery scams

Jamaican officials are hopeful that new legislation will result in convictions for fraudsters behind a multimillion-dollar lottery scam that targets mostly elderly Americans.

Caribbean reefs are being rebuilt

Now, off the shores of Jamaica, as well as off Caribbean islands from Bonaire to St. Croix, conservationists are planting fast-growing coral species to try and turn things around by "seeding" reefs.

Jamaica breaks ground on rare-earth project

Jamaican and Japanese officials on Monday launched a pilot project designed to investigate whether rare-earth elements can be commercially extracted from the island's bauxite waste.

Jamaica embraces controversial Super Bowl ad

"I think this is a very creative commercial which truly taps into the tremendous appeal that brand Jamaica and its hospitable people have globally," McNeill said in a late Tuesday statement.

Jamaican police: Woman kills baby son with cutlass

A Jamaican woman apparently fatally stabbed her infant son with a cutlass and then walked to a police station and confessed.

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KINGSTON, Jamaica: IMF reaches agreement with Jamaica

It was the second debt swap program offered by a Jamaican administration in the last three years.