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Cruise concern about crime in Caribbean destinations

Florida, United States -- Reports of escalating crime in the Caribbean have renewed the debate about how it affects the millions of cruise ship passengers and other tourists who visit the region each year. Some countries in particular have…

FIFA plans Oct 20 crisis talks

Zurich, Switzerland (AFP) -- FIFA announced that an extraordinary meeting of its executive committee would meet in Zurich on October 20th. Some senior FIFA members had suggested the meeting could discuss postponing the election to replace…

Diaspora urged to invest more in Jamaica

Washington Dc, United States (JIS) -- Jamaica’s new ambassador to the United States, Ralph Thomas is calling on members of the Diaspora to seize the opportunity to participate more fully in the development and growth of Jamaica. He was…

Panama’s fugitive ex-president ordered out of Paraguay

Miami, USA -- Ricardo Martinelli, facing eleven different criminal charges in his native Panama, including human rights violations, insider trading, and massive corruption allegations, has been ordered by the government of Paraguay to leave…

FIFA watchdog suspends Blatter, Platini for 90 days

Zurich, Switzerland (AFP) -- FIFA's ethics watchdog on Thursday suspended the two most powerful men in football, Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, for 90 days in a sensational new blow to the sport's scandal-tainted governing body. While it…

Chung vows legal action against FIFA ban

Seoul, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korean tycoon and FIFA presidential candidate Chung Mong-Joon will "mobilize all legal means" to fight a six-year ban ordered against him by FIFA's ethics watchdog., he said on Thursday. "FIFA is like the…

IMF downgrades forecast for world, emerging market economies

Lima, Peru (AP) -- China's slowdown and tumbling commodity prices will push global economic growth this year to the lowest level since the recession year 2009, the International Monetary Fund predicted Tuesday. In a report Tuesday in…