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An American flag flies again at the United States Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, yesterday, seven years after it was lowered when Washington and Caracas cut diplomatic relations in 2019.
15 Mar, 2026 0

American flag raised at US Embassy in Venezuela for the 1st time since 2019

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP): The American flag was raised yesterday over the United States (US) Embassy in Venezuela for the first time since 2019, a move that highlighted the recent shift in relations…
Arsenal’s Max Dowman celebrates after scoring during the English Premier League football match against Everton in London, England, yesterday.
15 Mar, 2026 0

Wonderkid helps Arsenal strengthen grip on title race

AP: Arsenal strengthened their grip on the Premier League title race on the day their 16-year-old wonderkid, Max Dowman, scored a brilliant solo goal to become the competition’s youngest ever scorer.…
Julien Alfred
15 Mar, 2026 0

Alfred confirmed to compete at World Indoor Championships

CASTRIES, Saint Lucia (CMC): Reigning Olympic 100m champion Julien Alfred has been named by the St Lucia Athletics Association (SLAA) to compete at next week’s World Athletics Indoor Championships in…
15 Mar, 2026 0

New PAHO report highlights progress in front-of-package food labelling in the Caribbean

CMC A new report by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has highlighted progress in the adoption of front-of-package warning labelling systems for food products in the Region of the Americas,…
Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness (right) with Fayval Williams, minister of finance and the public service at the 2026/27 Budget Debate at Gordon House.
15 Mar, 2026 0

Editorial | Matters for the prime minister

When Prime Minister Andrew Holness speaks in the Budget Debate this week, there are two issues which this newspaper wants him to place on his list of priorities to be addressed. And, preferably, he…
Sharon Burgess* examines some of the junk at the front of the yard where her brother stacks junk taken from off the streets.
15 Mar, 2026 0

Nightmare at home

Their home is no longer a sanctuary – it’s a prison of fear. At any moment, their mentally ill relative could strike and, for Sharon Burgess* and her elderly mother, that day could be fatal. Burgess’…
In this 2019 photo, diver Lenford DaCosta is seen cleaning up lines of staghorn coral at an underwater coral nursery inside the Oracabessa Fish Sanctuary, in Oracabessa, Jamaica.
15 Mar, 2026 0

Eric Falt | Beneath the sea

Last week, UNESCO, in partnership with the Jamaican Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, and with the financial support of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation…
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Orville Taylor | Get ‘red’ of it

Not a piece of bloody cloth; the Jamaican flag has no red. More than 15 countries, including 11 African nations, have some modality of the red, green, and gold. With black and white as a base colour,…
15 Mar, 2026 0

Garth Rattray | Inhibitions to being fruitful and multiply – Part 2

The greatest contributing factors to our falling total fertility rate (TFR) are economic hardship and little or no expectation / hope for a better future.