Latest News
May 16, 2026
Detour for deadbeats
Jamaicans with United States (US) citizenship who owe outstanding child support payments are being encouraged to urgently rectify their status or risk having their US passports cancelled, leaving them…
May 16, 2026
We are more than caregivers, says Nurse of the Year, Fione Collins
There was a quiet authority in the way Fione Collins addressed the room — less a ceremonial overview, more a reflection shaped by lived experience at the frontlines of care. As the 2025-2026…
May 16, 2026
Ottawa, Canada gets a ‘Taste of Jamaica’
From left: Margaret Baird, JAMPRO North America; Oral Chambers, Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB); Marsha Coore Lobban, high commissioner-designate to Canada; Shawn Hamilton, Rideau Club board president and…
May 16, 2026
US lifts hold on immigration applications for doctors
Libyan Dr Faysal Alghoula needs to renew his green card to continue caring for roughly 1,000 patients in southwestern Indiana. But he hasn’t been able to do that since the Trump administration stopped…
May 16, 2026
by Lester Hinds
Terrelonge: Gov’t welcomes US ambassador-designate
Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Alando Terrelonge, says the Government looks forward to working with the new US ambassador.
May 16, 2026
BRICS talks end with ‘differing views’ on Middle East conflict
NEW DELHI (AP):
A two-day meeting of foreign ministers from the BRICS nations concluded in New Delhi yesterday without a joint statement, due to “differing views among some members” on the situation…
May 16, 2026
Reports: Trump administration prepares to seek Raúl Castro indictment
MIAMI (AP):
The Justice Department is preparing to seek an indictment against former Cuban president Raúl Castro, three people familiar with the matter told AP yesterday, as President Donald Trump…
May 16, 2026
New Ebola outbreak is confirmed, with 65 deaths recorded
KINSHASA (AP):
Africa’s top public health body yesterday confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s remote Ituri province, with 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths recorded so far.
May 16, 2026
UK government faces weeks of uncertainty over the PM’s future
LONDON (AP):
Britain’s government faces growing uncertainty after a week of manoeuvring within the Labour Party failed to oust Prime Minister Keir Starmer but triggered a leadership contest that…