Latest News
19 Aug, 2026
0
Butchered in the bushes - Cattle farmers tremble over thieves’ midnight meat runs
Cattle farmers in Colbeck, St Catherine, are living in fear as thieves repeatedly enter the community under the cover of darkness, steal their animals and slaughter them in nearby bushes in what the…
19 Aug, 2026
0
PIOJ cuts recovery timeline as economy contracts 2.9 per cent in June quarter
Jamaica’s economy contracted 2.9 per cent in the April to June quarter, but the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) has shortened its projected recovery timeline to two years, from three. “Given the…
19 Aug, 2026
0
Western Jamaica mourns sports icon Jerry Reid
Western Bureau: Governor General awardee Jeremiah ‘Jerry’ Reid, one of western Jamaica’s most revered sporting figures, died on Sunday night at Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay following a…
19 Aug, 2026
0
Madonna tops 2026 MTV VMA nominations
NEW YORK (AP): Madonna leads the 2026 MTV Video Music Award nominations, the network announced Tuesday. The pop superstar has been nominated in every decade of her musical career. She has 19…
19 Aug, 2026
0
Dolphin Cove seats new board members, as buyer takes control
Dolphin Cove Limited shareholders on Monday approved four new directors nominated by Global Attractions Limited, the Saint Lucia-based entity that agreed in July to acquire a 79.99 per cent stake in…
19 Aug, 2026
0
Watchdog calls for US import ban over forced labour in DR sugar cane fields
SAN JUAN (AP): A report released yesterday by a human-rights group found that forced labour persists on massive sugar cane plantations across the Dominican Republic, which exports sugar and other…
19 Aug, 2026
0
Gov’t shortlisting firms for ‘MV Barima’ salvage
GEORGETOWN (CMC): The Guyana government has begun shortlisting companies to salvage the sunken MV Barima, nearly a month after the ferry disaster claimed at least 73 lives and left more than 30 people…
19 Aug, 2026
0
Opposition wants election security
PORT-AU-PRINCE (CMC): Haitian politician and lawyer André Michel has called for “a minimum level of security” to be restored before elections are held in the French-speaking Caribbean Community…
19 Aug, 2026
0
Elizabeth Morgan | Kingston and St Andrew’s water woes: an impending crisis
This feels like the hottest summer ever experienced in Kingston and St Andrew to date, although the records say that, generally, 2023 was much hotter. This year, Jamaica is experiencing the effects of…