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Senator Kamina Johnson Smith (left), Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, meets with Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization, on the margins of the 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) in Yaoundé, Cameroon, whic
March 30, 2026

Johnson Smith pushed food security, trade reform at WTO talks

Jamaica signalled the urgency of addressing food security concerns for Net Food-Importing Developing Countries at a World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Cameroon, the foreign ministry said. The…
March 30, 2026

St Andrew North only murder-free division as Jamaica records 29% drop in killings

The St Andrew North police division remains the only one of Jamaica’s 19 policing divisions without a murder since the start of the year, according to the latest crime statistics published by the…
Shanoya Douglas enters the Holland High School grounds in Trelawny to a hero’s welcome following her record-breaking performance at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships on March 30, 2026. (Ashley Anguin photo)
March 30, 2026

Douglas returns to hero’s welcome at Holland High after record-breaking Champs

Holland High Monday celebrated Shanoya Douglas, who ran a record-breaking 22.36 seconds to win the girls’ Class One 200m at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athletics Championships on Saturday. …
One of two sailboats carrying humanitarian aid organized by activists with an international organization that departed from Mexico arrives in Havana, Cuba on March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
March 30, 2026

Cuba to receive a sanctioned Russian oil tanker, the first such delivery this year

(AP) — Cuba prepared on Monday to receive a sanctioned Russian tanker carrying roughly 730,000 barrels of oil, marking the island’s first such delivery this year. It comes a day after US President…
March 30, 2026

Man charged with murder of Riverton City woman

A 27-year-old labourer has been charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old woman in Riverton City, St Andrew in February. Charged is Tyreke McCalla of Weymouth Drive,…
March 30, 2026

Technician shot dead in Spanish Town

A 26-year-old man was shot and killed in Spanish Town, St Catherine, on Sunday night. The deceased has been identified as Ochain Bailey, otherwise called 'Elder' and 'Quickie', a…
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining Floyd Green (left) and Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change Matthew Samuda.
March 30, 2026

Jamaica secures US$50m Green Climate Fund boost for major agriculture resilience project

The Green Climate Fund has approved a US$50 million climate adaptation project for Jamaica to strengthen resilience in the country’s agriculture sector through support for vulnerable small farmers,…
Small Business Association of Jamaica Company Secretary Kevin Frith, who will head the newly established Procurement Task Force aimed at improving SME access to government procurement opportunities. (Contributed photo)
March 30, 2026

SBAJ launches task force to boost SME access to government contracts

The Small Business Association of Jamaica (SBAJ) has announced the establishment of a Procurement Task Force aimed at strengthening small and medium-sized enterprises’ participation in government…
Spain's Defense Minister Margarita Robles waits for the start of a meeting of the North Atlantic Council in defense ministers format at NATO headquarters in Brussels on October 15, 2025 (AP Photo/Omar Havana, file)
March 30, 2026

Spain says its airspace is off-limits to US planes involved in war against Iran

(AP) — Spain said Monday it has closed its airspace to United States planes involved in the Iran war, another step by Europe’s loudest critic of US and Israeli military actions in the monthlong…