Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Jamaica (), officially the Commonwealth of Jamaica, is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width, and in area.
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David Smith was a large-living and influential figure in Jamaica before courts in two countries knocked him down as a fraud artist.
He splurged on luxury cars and mansions, flew in a Learjet and sponsored concerts and athletic events. Now court documents say he also was spreading his Ponzi-scheme wealth to the country's politicians.A confiscation order by the Turks and Caicos Islands' Supreme Court alleges that Smith contributed nearly $9 million in tainted money to both of the island's major parties, and to several prominent individual politicians even as he was defrauding thousands of people across the Caribbean and the United States of at least $220 million.What, if anything, he got for such largess is unclear, but the court finding is feeding demands for campaign finance reforms in Jamaica, where, as in many countries across the Caribbean and Latin America, political parties have no obligation to declare any funding sources or campaign expenditures. Taxpayers have no clue if huge s...KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Before Jamaican security forces stormed into his poor West Kingston neighborhood, George Green got jobs and help with food bills from a fugi...
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaican security forces kicked down doors and arrested dozens of people in a bullet-pocked slum Thursday, and said the death toll from four...
Usain Bolt's achievements are so extraordinary that the Jamaican's sensational 9.76 seconds 100 meters victory in Rome on Thursday was greeted as a mere "return to f...
A 24-year-old Canadian man is in federal custody for rushing toward the front of an American Airlines flight from Jamaica after the plane landed in Miami.The FBI say...
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaican gang leader Christopher "Dudus" Coke agreed to be extradited to the United States on Thursday, saying it was in the best interest o...
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Lawyer: Jamaican gang leader won't fight extradition, will be on his way to US within hours.
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — The scion of a Jamaican gang family was flown to New York on Thursday after agreeing to be extradited, saying it was in his nation's best in...
KINGSTON (Reuters) - Former 100 meters world record holder Asafa Powell has withdrawn from Saturday's Jamaica International invitational with a groin injury, ending ...
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Human Rights Watch is calling for an investigation into allegations that Jamaican security forces executed some of the people killed in the ...
Snorkel, sail, windsurf or kayak?Maybe you'd rather stretch out in the hammock on the wrap-around deck outside your room and take in the killer views of the North So...
Having a great day in this ever-popular cruise port is hardly a challenge, but losing the crowds of your fellow cruise passengers can be. Here are seven places to ad...
Jamaica's two main political parties are investigating allegations a Jamaican fraudster gave them millions in 2007.A confiscation order by a Turks and Caicos court c...
Amnesty International urged Jamaica's government Tuesday to appoint an independent fact-finding panel to investigate human rights violations allegedly committed duri...
Eight people accused of defrauding U.S. citizens through a multinational lottery scam were arrested during raids of several homes on a single street in Jamaica's cap...
Jermaine Cohen was a young slum-dweller in Jamaica when he says Christopher "Dudas" Coke drafted him into his drug gang by giving him a gun.The weapon came with stri...
A former track coach at a Jamaican high school testified Wednesday that a notorious drug kingpin sought his illegal services to obtain fraudulent visas for couriers ...
The most experienced speller remaining in the National Spelling Bee breezed through most of two semifinal rounds with his usual confidence. But with one word separat...
Thousand reggae fans crowded a Kingston park late Thursday to watch a screening of a documentary about Bob Marley, the charismatic icon of reggae music who brought t...
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaican authorities say they have imposed a temporary curfew in troubled slums of the capital as security forces continue to hunt for a rep...
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