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Dancers perform during the inauguration of Disney Adventure World and World of Frozen at Disneyland Paris in Marne-la-Vallee, east of Paris.
March 30, 2026

Disney opens World of Frozen in Paris

CHESSY (AP): A 118-foot mountain of ice rose over the suburban Paris countryside this weekend as Disney opened its Arendelle kingdom to the world –Elsa’s palace glowing at the summit, a ‘Frozen’…
One of two sailboats carrying humanitarian aid organised by activists with an international organization that departed from Mexico arrives in Havana, Cuba.
March 30, 2026

Missing sailboats land in Havana after being located by Mexican navy

HAVANA (AP): Two sailboats that went missing carrying humanitarian aid from southern Mexico to Cuba landed in Havana on Saturday afternoon, hours after Mexico’s navy said it had located the boats…
Pope Leo XIV caresses a child after presiding over Mass in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican on the Catholic feast of Palm Sunday.
March 30, 2026

Pope Leo XIV rejects claims that God justifies war

ROME (AP): Pope Leo XIV, on Sunday, rejected claims that God justifies war and prayed especially for Christians in the Middle East during a Palm Sunday Mass before tens of thousands of people in St…
This undated photo provided by the North Korean government shows what it says is a solid-fuel engine test at an undisclosed place in North Korea.
March 30, 2026

Pyongyang tests engine for missile capable of targeting US mainland

SEOUL (AP): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed a test of an upgraded solid-fuel engine for weapons capable of reaching the US mainland, and called it a significant development boosting his…
The JMMB Group team poses for a photo at the recently held client mixer Cocktails and Conversations at S Hotel, Montego Bay.
March 30, 2026

JMMB hosts Cocktails and Conversations mixer in MoBay

The JMMB Group’s Montego Bay team recently hosted a Cocktails and Conversations mixer for its clients, at S Hotel, Montego Bay. The evening brought together long-standing clients, partners and team…
Letters
March 30, 2026

Letter of the Day | Innovation must lead

THE EDITOR, Madam: I write to applaud the JPS Foundation for hosting its Climate Action Conference and Expo on March 26. Given the increasing severity of weather events and our growing environmental…
Letters
March 30, 2026

Caribbean deception and self-protection

THE EDITOR, Madam: I once had a friend who, upon trouble with his wife, quietly surrendered his firearms to the police. He was later accused of threatening his wife with the guns that were safely…
Letters
March 30, 2026

Extending Highway 2000 without strategy risks is extending the problem

THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing to question the Government’s intention to extend Highway 2000 from Williamsfield to Montego Bay – not in opposition to development, but in the interest of smarter, more…
Seated (from left): Inspector Tedroy Clarke, Devon Sayers, CEO of Jamaica Dairy Development Board, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Gary McKenzie, Senior Superintendent of Police Oral Pascoe, Reverend Stacey Lalor-Knowles, Kalecia Hall, and Inspector Geor
March 30, 2026

JCF’s Agricultural Protection Branch enhances capacity

Since its establishment last June 2025, the Agricultural Protection Branch (APB) of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has grown to over 100 trained professionals, including 22 newly minted district…