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Andrew Swaby, mayor of Kingston.
March 16, 2026

KSAMC reviewing 2026 Carnival in Ja routes, event applications

The proposed routes for the 2026 Carnival in Jamaica road march in the Corporate Area are currently under review by the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), as preparations intensify…
March 16, 2026

Radio Jamaica 94FM and FAME 95FM roll out updated programme line-ups

The RJRGLEANER Communications Group has announced updates to the programme schedules on Radio Jamaica 94FM and FAME 95FM, introducing new voices while maintaining several of the shows listeners know…
Scores of people take advantage of free health checks during activities at the health fair in Manchester.
March 16, 2026

Large turnout for free kidney screenings at Mandeville Health Fair

Scores of people turned out for free kidney screening tests at a health fair hosted by the Mandeville Regional Hospital (MRH) Renal Department, as part of activities marking World Kidney Week. The…
Morgan Fletcher, operations lead for Latin America and the Caribbean at the International Road Assessment Programme.
March 16, 2026

Experts push for climate-resilient road design

Following last October’s devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, large sections of Jamaica’s road network were left damaged or destroyed, cutting off communities and exposing long-standing weaknesses…
Minister of Finance Fayval Williams opening the Budget Debate in Parliament on March 10.
March 16, 2026

Editorial | Waiting for transformation

The 2026/27 Budget Speech by Minister Fayval Williams was to a large extent an update on the post Hurricane Melissa recovery plans. It told a good story about surviving a great shock, restoring…
Elijah Marley embraces his uncle Stephen Marley during the tribute concert for Joseph ‘Jo Mersa’ Marley.
March 16, 2026 by Nicola Cunningham

Family, friends celebrate Jo Mersa at eternal earthstrong tribute concert

Bob Marley’s former home and recording studio provided the backdrop to music, movement and memories on Saturday, as Joseph ‘Jo Mersa’ Marley’s tribute concert unfolded at the Bob Marley Museum before…
Two women from the Iranian Red Crescent Society stand as a thick plume of smoke from a US-Israeli strike on an oil storage facility rises in the sky in Tehran.
March 16, 2026

After attacks on oil facilities, toxic black rain endangers the public

Clouds of toxic smoke unleashed into the atmosphere by US-Israeli airstrikes on Iranian oil facilities made a dangerous return to Earth in the form of ‘black rain’, prompting international health…
A rescuer helps an elderly woman to leave her home damaged by Russian aerial guided bomb in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.
March 16, 2026

Zelenskyy waiting on US and Russia for next round of talks

KYIV (AP): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he was ready for the next round of trilateral peace talks to end Russia’s more than four-year-old invasion of Ukraine, but that it was up…
Meghan Markle, and her husband Prince Harry, at One World Trade in New York, in 2021.
March 16, 2026

Harry and Meghan slam author of new book on royals for ‘deranged conspiracy’

LONDON (AP): Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, have hit back at the author of a new book on Britain’s royal family, describing his writing as “deranged conspiracy and melodrama”. In…