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Jasmine Abrams
15 Mar, 2026 0

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…
Ackee
15 Mar, 2026 0

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…
Representational photo of a quilt
15 Mar, 2026 0

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…
Up For Air book cover.
15 Mar, 2026 0

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…
15 Mar, 2026 0

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…
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Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, offers a pair of hundred dollar bills to attendees during a keynote address at the Bitcoin Conference, April 7, 2022, in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
15 Mar, 2026 0

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…
The original entrance of Greenwood Great House
15 Mar, 2026 0

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…
15 Mar, 2026 0

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…
Small steps taken now, adjusting spending, talking openly about finances, and managing debt responsibly, can make a significant difference to our outcome.
15 Mar, 2026 0

NCB Jamaica adds online shopping passcode to shield against digital fraud

National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited is rolling out one-time passcode authentication for select online card transactions, the bank announced March 12 as Jamaica’s largest financial institution…