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Principal of Petersfield Primary and Infant School, Susan Rattray Hammond, speaking to students in a classroom.
January 5, 2026

Classes resume at Petersfield Primary and Infant School

Classes resumed at Petersfield Primary and Infant School in Westmoreland today on a limited basis since the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa last October. The administrators are working to…
Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit speaking at news conference on Monday, January 5, 2026.
January 5, 2026

Dominica to accept third-country deportees from the United States

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit on Monday announced that Dominica has entered into an agreement with the United States to facilitate the transfer of third-country refugees to…
Gregory Daley. - File photo.
January 5, 2026

Gregory Daley takes over as JFF General Secretary

The Jamaica Football Federation today announced that Gregory Daley has been appointed as General Secretary while Omar McFarlane is to take on the role of Operations Manager effectively immediately. …
A broad trough is causing unstable weather conditions.
January 5, 2026

Flash flood watch extended

The Meteorological Service has extended the flash flood watch for low-lying and flood-prone areas of St Mary, Portland, St Thomas, Kingston, St Andrew, St Catherine, Clarendon, and Manchester. The…
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel waves Venezuelan and Cuban national flags during a rally in Havana, Saturday, January 3, 2026, in solidarity after the US captured President Nicolas Maduro and flew him out of Venezuela. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
January 5, 2026

Cuba says 32 Cuban officers were killed in US operation in Venezuela

HAVANA (AP) — An American military operation in Venezuela killed 32 Cuban officers over the weekend, the Cuban government said Sunday in the first official death count provided of the American strikes…
State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Krystal Lee, addresses expectant and new mothers during a maternal health outreach at the Mount Carey Health Centre, St James, in December last year.
January 5, 2026

Daren Johnson | How decisive government action brought care to over 500 women in four weeks

When Hurricane Melissa disrupted communities across Jamaica, the Government moved quickly to protect some of its most vulnerable citizens: pregnant and postpartum mothers. Under the leadership of…
An armoured vehicle carrying Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores arrives at Manhattan Federal Court on January 5, 2026, in New York.
January 5, 2026

Update |Maduro says 'I was captured' as he pleads not guilty to drug trafficking charges

(AP) — A defiant Nicolás Maduro declared himself the “president of my country” as he protested his capture and pleaded not guilty on Monday to the drug trafficking charges in the United States. The…
For Venezuelans, there seems to be yet another turning of the screw by the US, with a bare-minimum guarantee of insecurity and precarious limbo for the foreseeable future.
January 5, 2026

Robert Muggah | Five scenarios for a post-Maduro Venezuela

The predawn United States military operation that spirited Nicolás Maduro and his wife out of Venezuela and into US custody marks a watershed in hemispheric politics. In an operation that lasted just…
January 5, 2026

Honduran found in St Catherine, charged with illegal entry

A national of Honduras has been charged with illegal entry after he was seen wandering in Spanish Town, St Catherine yesterday. The man has been identified as Rodolfo Enrique Delcid Olin, 45, of La…