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March 15, 2026
CWI ‘grateful’ for return of all members of West Indies
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): The entire 26-member contingent which represented the West Indies at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in India is safely back at home. Cricket West Indies (CWI), yesterday, said…
March 15, 2026
Another Caribbean athlete joins Enhanced Games
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): Guyanese Olympian Jasmine Abrams is the latest Caribbean athlete to reveal her intention to compete at the controversial Enhanced Games in May. The 32-year-old Abrams…
March 15, 2026
by Lester Hinds
Shortage of produce threatens Jamaican restaurants in US
Several food items imported from Jamaica for the United States (US) market have remained scarce since Hurricane Melissa, leaving restaurant operators and other consumers in the diaspora and beyond…
March 15, 2026
Commonwealth Foundation launches ‘Commonwealth Quilt’
Commonwealth citizens have been invited to consider a prompt ‘thread’ and respond to the call to action from the Commonwealth Poet Laureate - ‘What thread do you bring to the Commonwealth?’. Their…
March 15, 2026
by Book Review by Paul Ward
Capturing the silent rage
One late night, I sat for three hours and read this book cover to cover. I could not move. The novella is Imani Tafari-Ama’s imaginative conjuring of fiction from facts too gruesome to be believed…
March 15, 2026
Darby Burgett | Fever trees and forest pharmacies
For centuries, forests have stood as silent sentinels and humanity’s first pharmacy. Generations of herbalists – and today’s scientists – have turned to trees and plants to discover remedies that…
March 15, 2026
Peter Thiel brings his tech-billionaire antichrist lectures to the Vatican’s doorstep
One of the hottest tickets in the Vatican’s backyard these days is for a four-lecture series on the antichrist being given by Silicon Valley tech billionaire Peter Thiel. The invitation-only…
March 15, 2026
The silent survivor – Greenwood Great House
On the border of St James and Trelawny stands a quiet sentinel of Jamaica’s past: Greenwood Great House. Perched on a hill with commanding views of the Caribbean Sea, this stately home is more than a…
March 15, 2026
Blessed are the poor in spirit
When we hear the word ‘poor’, our mind usually thinks about lack of money, possessions, or social status. A poor person is often seen as someone who cannot afford the comforts of life. In contrast, a…