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January 04, 2024
Three Bahamians, One Jamaican Arraigned for $2.9m Drug Seizure

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Four men have been charged with drug trafficking after the Defence Force seized almost 3,000 pounds of marijuana and five pounds of cocaine. 

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September 25, 2023
Jamaican teen escapes from detention center

Police are searching for a Jamaican teen who escaped from the Carmichael Road Detention Centre on Friday.

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October 31, 2022
Human trafficking charges dropped against Jamaican woman

A Jamaican woman accused of forcing three of her fellow countrywomen into prostitution between January 14 and 24, 2020 will no longer be tried.

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June 08, 2023
Jamaican Born, Jazz Great Dr. Monty Alexander To Mark Caribbean American Heritage Month In D.C.

One of the Caribbean’s premier artiste, Jamaican-born, Grammy-nominated international musician, Dr. Monty Alexander, CD, will mark National Caribbean American Heritage Month in Washington, D.C., this weekend with his 51st annual performance at the famed Blues Alley Jazz Club.

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May 08, 2023
Jamaican gaming company interested in Bahamas

Supreme Ventures Limited is looking into expanding its gaming business into The Bahamas and has already started discussions with the Gaming Board, the company's Chief Executive Officer Xesus Johnston told Guardian Business last week, adding that horse racing could also be revived.

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September 11, 2015
JMMB general manager strengthens ties with local Jamaican community

Sharon Gibson, general manager of JMMB (Jamaica Money Market Brokers) Money Transfer, a remittance partner of Omni Money Transfers, paid a courtesy call on Patrick Hanlan, Jamaican Consul General in The Bahamas.

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September 14, 2012
C2W Stages First Jamaican Songwriting Camp

C2W Music Limited is set to increase copyright holdings as the company hosted the first Jamaican songwriting camp September 7 - 14, 2012 at the Rockhouse in Negril.

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April 16, 2012
Jamaican Crystal Powell wins on Mission Catwalk episode three

Jamaican Crystal Powell emerged the winner on the third episode of Caribbean fashion reality series Mission Catwalk where 14 regional designers had to create a modern garment inspired by the 1920's "flapper" era.

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January 06, 2012
Jamaican Registered to Vote in Bahamas

An illegal immigrant who registered to vote in The Bahamas and fraudulently obtained a passport has been jailed for eight months. Jamaican Andre Kumar Ebanks, 24, yesterday admitted to getting a Bahamian passport and voter's card by using a forged school record letter and a Bahamian birth certificate.

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December 22, 2023
'I WAS VICTIM OF SEX ATTACK IN DETENTION': Woman claims assault by Immigration officer - and says son was beaten too

A PREGNANT Jamaican woman claimed she was sexually assaulted in immigration custody and continually abused after complaining about an officer's actions.
She claimed an officer touched her sexually without her consent.

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