News
January 30, 2026
US approves major new arms sales to Israel and Saudi Arabia
(AP) — The United States has approved a massive new series of arms sales to Israel totaling US$6.67 billion and to Saudi Arabia worth US$9 billion. Both sets of sales were announced by the State…
January 30, 2026
PNP to probe sexual harassment allegations against Westmoreland MP
The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) says its executive will approve on Monday a committee to investigate sexual harassment allegations made by Councillor Julian Chang against Westmoreland…
January 29, 2026
by Kimone Francis
CALL FOR UNITY
PANAMA CITY, Panama: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness is calling for an end to the era of isolated markets, urging his regional counterparts to abandon fragmented national agendas in favour of a…
January 29, 2026
by Tanesha Mundle
‘I would not conspire with INDECOM’
Agriculture Minister Floyd Green yesterday firmly rejected claims that he conspired with the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) “to convict” the six police personnel implicated in a…
January 29, 2026
by Sashana Small
Salmon sisters cross UWI finish line together
Though separated by different programmes and academic journeys of unequal length, two sisters found themselves united at the finish line. Denecia Salmon, and her sister, Dr Sara Salmon, graduated…
January 29, 2026
by Kimone Francis
US$100b plan to build Latin America, Caribbean into geopolitical power
PANAMA CITY, Panama: The CAF-Development Bank of Latin America has unveiled a US$100-billion expansion road map aimed at reshaping Latin America and the Caribbean from a global “pantry” into a…
January 29, 2026
by Derrick Scott
Massive Caribbean American farewell for Ambassador Curtis Ward
Hundreds of mourners defied sub-freezing temperatures, journeying from near and far to pack into Saint Andrew’s Apostolic Catholic Church in Silver Spring, Maryland, last Saturday to pay final tribute…
January 29, 2026
by Lester Hinds
‘I am willing to die if it comes to that’
“This is my country. I am willing to die, basically, if it comes to that. I have no fear.” That’s the word from Jamaica-born Don Samuels, who resides in Minnesota, United States, where chaos has…
January 29, 2026
by Ainsley Walters
‘It’s difficult not to act’
Still in awe and shock at the extent of damage wreaked by Hurricane Melissa in the western half of Jamaica last October, TotalEnergies Jamaica’s Managing Director Vincent Daniault appeared eager to…