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Multimillion-Dollar Fraud at Jamaican Commodity Company, 17 Employees in Custody

By Micaiah Morgan Reports are that 17 workers of Facey Commodity Limited, a division of the Seprod Group in Jamaica are now in police custody in relation to a multimillion-dollar fraud case. The announcement was made during a press conference on Thursday. Investigators are looking for 13 additional employees who are wanted in connection with […]

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Vacancy: Leadership to unite the global South

by Sir Ronald Sanders   (The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States and the Organization of American States. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto. The views expressed are entirely his own)   […]

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WORLD VIEW: Leak Suspect Talked About War Secrets, China Not Sending Weapons to Ukraine Conflict, Fla. 6 Week Abortion Law, More

The AP Wire Suspect in leak probe talked about God, guns and war secrets The suspect was relatively easy to find. In a social media world that produces traceable digital fingerprints, it didn’t take long for federal authorities and journalists adept at sifting through data to land on the name of Jack Teixeira. Read More. […]

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Florida: Broward County’s State Of Emergency Due to Flooding

By CNW Contributor   BROWARD COUNTY, FL – Broward County declared a Local State of Emergency effective 12:01 am Thursday, April 13, in response to the impacts of yesterday’s record-breaking rainfall and flooding. Portions of several County facilities, including the main Governmental Center in downtown Fort Lauderdale, experienced flooding to the extent that business operations […]

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IMF Message to L:atino, Caribbean Countries: Tighten Your Belts

April 12 (Reuters) – After central banks across Latin America and the Caribbean raised rates to battle inflation, the International Monetary Fund is now pointing at less spending from governments to help slow down price pressures – while reminding the region’s rich to pay more taxes. “Fiscal policy can help monetary policy in reducing demand […]

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Tame 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season Hangs on Developing El Nino

By Erwin Seba  A view of the destroyed road between Matlacha and Pine Island after Hurricane Ian caused widespread destruction in Matlacha, Florida, U.S., October 2, 2022. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo HOUSTON, April 13 (Reuters) – A slightly below-average 2023 Atlantic hurricane season lies ahead with an El Nino weather phenomenon damping the storm outlook, a […]

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Intel Report: Colombian Armed Groups and Gangs Have 17,600 Members

By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA, April 13 (Reuters) – More than 17,600 people are members of the four major armed groups and 23 gangs with which the Colombian government hopes to reach peace or surrender deals, two security agency reports seen by Reuters show. The newly updated figures, which have not been reported before, are […]

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Bolivia Looks to Curb Fuel Smuggling with Help of Armed Forces

  LA PAZ, April 13 (Reuters) – Bolivia’s government has called on the armed forces to tighten border controls to curb the smuggling of state-subsidized fuels, a move it believes will save state coffers some $250 million per year. Keeping fuel prices steady, currently 3.74 bolivianos ($0.5452) per liter for gasoline and 3.72 bolivianos per […]

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Daniel Urresti: Peruvian Ex-Minister Complicit in Reporter’s 1988 Murder, Gets 12 Years in Prison

By Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC News A Peruvian ex-interior minister was complicit in the 1988 killing of Hugo Bustíos, a journalist who investigated human rights abuses, a court has found. The former minister, Daniel Urresti, has been sentenced to 12 years in jail. The court ruled that Urresti, who at the time was a military intelligence […]

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