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Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigns after Jamaica talks

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has tendered his resignation as head of the Caribbean nation, the leader of a regional body said on Monday, an unelected role the 74-year-old neurosurgeon held since 2021.

France 24

Inside Prince Harry's increasingly isolated and desperate LA life

After less than 45 minutes with his father, Harry was back on a flight to California, where his bid for fame and fortune is looking shakier than ever. Luciana Bellini reports

Evening Standard

Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Called Out For 'Insensitive' Photo With Jamaican PM

The Sussexes cozied up to Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Marlene Malahoo Forte on the red carpet at the "Bob Marley: One Love" film premiere.

International Business Times UK

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Harry and Meghan attend Jamaica film premiere as Duke tells hosts who want island to be republic: 'I had to be here'

Duke and Duchess of Sussex were photographed at the screening of Bob Marley: One Love

Evening Standard

Republicanism for 'determination of sovereign nations', King Charles tells Jamaica

JAMAICA’s Prime Minister has said his country is “on the journey” with plans to become a republic.

The National (Scotland)

How Jamaica and its prime minister are becoming a mini-superpower in the Caribbean

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- New commercial and high-end condominiums are rising from the dirt, the minimum wage is going up, unemployment is the lowest it’s been in years and tourism — the engine of the economy — is once more booming.

Miami Herald

Jamaica looks to tap diaspora investment as Florida leads community’s growth in US

The number of people in the United States identifying as Jamaican because they were either born in the English-speaking Caribbean nation or are of Jamaican heritage has held steady over the last decade, according to U.S. Census figures.

Miami Herald

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UN chief in Jamaica urges international response to Haiti's spiraling crisis

U.N. Secretary General António Guterres is warning that Haiti’s “tragic situation” threatens the security of the Caribbean region and beyond as he pressed the international community for a response

The Independent UK

Charles is king, but the monarchy may soon be on its way out of Jamaica

Our reform committee is flawed, excluding many on the anti-monarchist side, but a republic is getting closer, says Barbara Blake-Hannah

The Guardian - UK

Caribbean nations support Mexico as it targets US-based gun manufacturers with lawsuit

The Bahamas and several other Caribbean nations, including Jamaica, have banded together to support the government of Mexico in a lawsuit against gun manufacturers in the United States.

Miami Herald

With Biden's visit to Canada, US will seek commitment on leading a Haiti security force

WASHINGTON — Biden administration officials are pressing their Canadian counterparts to make a decision on whether Ottawa will lead a multinational force into Haiti to assist the crisis-wracked Caribbean nation in its battle against gang control, U.S. and diplomatic sources said.

Miami Herald

Digicel chief says cellphone company is struggling in Haiti but not suffering like population

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The armored SUV makes its way up Avenue John Paul II in Haiti’s teeming capital when Denis O’Brien, the Irish billionaire who built the largest cellphone company here and controls the lion’s share of the Caribbean mobile phone market, leans forward and peers out of the passenger…

Miami Herald

Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness heads to Haiti as gang wars threaten health care

Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness is making a one-day visit to Haiti on Monday along with government ministers and ambassadors from two other Caribbean countries as part of a long-awaited visit to see how Caribbean leaders can help Haitians find their way out of their gang-ridden country’s crisis, which has…

Miami Herald

Official: Jamaica's PM will not be charged following probe

A top prosecutor in Jamaica has ruled that Prime Minister Andrew Holness won’t face charges over possible conflict of interest in contracts awarded to a construction company in 2007-2009 while he was education minister

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Reuters

Jamaica PM will not face corruption charges, despite 'evidence'

Jamaica's anti-corruption agency said on Thursday that the prime minister will not face any charges after investigating a potential conflict of interest around government contracts awarded to a construction company between 2006 and 2009.

The Independent UK

Jamaica's anti-corruption agency focuses on prime minister

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness is under scrutiny after an anti-corruption agency issued a lengthy report that suggests a potential conflict of interest involving him and contracts awarded to a construction company, some of which were not reported

Reuters

Jamaica PM facing anti-corruption scrutiny

Jamaica's anti-corruption agency has referred the prime minister to its director of prosecutions over government contracts awarded to a construction company between 2006 and 2009.

Reuters

Jamaica willing to take part in military intervention in Haiti, PM says

Jamaica would be willing to take part in an international military deployment to Haiti, Prime Minister Andrew Holness told lawmakers on Tuesday, saying the Caribbean island country could also support its neighbor on electoral reforms.

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The Independent UK

Jamaica ready to send soldiers, police to quell Haiti chaos

Jamaica’s prime minister says his government is willing to send soldiers and police officers to Haiti as part of a proposed multinational security assistance deployment

The Guardian - UK

‘God Save the King’ doesn’t fall from Jamaican lips so easily. Soon we’ll be a republic

Barbados beat us to it, but this week our prime minister made throwing off the colonial yoke a top priority. It won’t be easy, but watch this space, says Barbara Blake-Hannah, an anti-racist activist and a former TV broadcaster

Chicago Sun-Times

Jo Mersa Marley, grandson of Bob Marley, dies at 31

Marley grew up with his musician father Stephen Marley, and surrounded by Bob Marley’s other children, including uncle Ziggy and aunts Sharon and Cadella.

Reuters

Jamaica renews regional states of emergency due to gang violence

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness renewed states of emergency in eight parishes on Wednesday to control an ongoing threat of crime linked to gang activity in the Caribbean nation.

Reuters

Jamaica declares regional states of emergency due to gang violence

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Tuesday declared a state of public emergency in parts of the capital Kingston and in some central and western parishes in an attempt to control rising crime linked to gang violence.

The Guardian - US

‘Moment of reckoning’: Queen’s death fuels Jamaica’s republican movement

Ascension of King Charles III has prompted renewed questioning of a British monarch as head of state

The Independent UK

What will happen to Commonwealth realms now Charles is King?

Commonwealth realms now have King Charles III as their head of state – but will any follow Barbados’s lead and become a republic?

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