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The audience listens to one fo the tributes to Pearnel Charles Sr.
01 Sep, 2026 0

Pearnel Charles Sr shares nine decades of life-defining memories

At 90, Pearnel Charles Sr still has his hair half-black, half-white. The trademark style that has travelled with him through decades of Jamaican politics, trade union battles, parliamentary debates,…
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith.
01 Sep, 2026 0

Johnson Smith urges diaspora to ‘help us build’ Jamaica

Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade, has indicated that the Jamaican diaspora is not an unattached observer of Jamaica’s development, but an active participant…
Content creators Kymara Robinson (left) and Harri-Anne Brissett raise a toast to a night of good vibes.
01 Sep, 2026 0

Something Extra | Tuesday

There was plenty of flavour and even more personality at Havana Café, in St Andrew last Thursday as Red Stripe Flavours hosted its ‘Pick Your Flavour’ Lyme. Content creators, influencers, and friends…
Sherri-Lee Smith, gymnastic coach at First Dance, Montego Bay (centre), is flanked by from left; Alexia Allen, MaCherie Wynter, Kaelei Palmer, and Jenneilia Grant walk the stage to represent Jamaica at the opening ceremony of the Yamilet Pena Gymnastics Cl
01 Sep, 2026 0

Small gymnasts, big haul

WESTERN BUREAU: They may be small, some barely old enough for primary school, but Jamaica’s young gymnasts are already making their presence felt internationally. A contingent of budding athletes from…
Ulrich Sigmund, the top candidate for the ‘Alternative for Germany’ (AfD) party in the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt, enters the stage at a campaign barbecue hosted by the party in Moeser, Germany, August 13.
01 Sep, 2026 0

Upcoming election could produce first far-right state governor since World War II

MOESER (AP): An election in eastern Germany on Sunday could produce the first far-right state governor in the country’s post-World War II history as Chancellor Friedrich Merz and his unpopular…
Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis sits at the defence table during a break in closing arguments during his murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, in Clark County District Court at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas last Monday.
01 Sep, 2026 0

Jurors urged to convict ‘Keffe D’ at Tupac’s murder trial

LAS VEGAS (AP): A prosecutor urged jurors Monday to convict Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis of first-degree murder in the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur, arguing that Davis’ own words and a case “drenched in…
St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Terrance Drew
01 Sep, 2026 0

PM hospitalised, to receive care abroad

BASSETERRE (CMC): Prime Minister Terrance Drew of St Kitts and Nevis is to be flown overseas for further medical observation after being admitted to the Joseph N. France (JNF) General Hospital on…
People stand on remnants of a bridge that spanned across the Trishuli River and was washed away in flash floods in Dhading District, Nepal, on Sunday.
01 Sep, 2026 0

Hundreds feared stuck in hydropower tunnels

KATHMANDU (AP): Rescuers raced yesterday to free hundreds of workers believed to be trapped in tunnels at hydropower sites that were buried in mud by catastrophic flooding on the Nepal-China border as…
St Lucia’s Foreign Affairs, International Trade, Civil Aviation and Diaspora Affairs Minister, Alva Baptiste.
01 Sep, 2026 0

First group under US TCN programme arrives this week

CASTRIES (CMC): The St Lucian government says the first group of people being transferred to the island under a bilateral agreement with the United States will arrive later this week. Alva Baptiste,…