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Water lockdown - Drought triggers ban by NWC as conditions expected to continue into September or October

August 11, 2026 | News
Several parishes will be under water prohibition orders as of this week. The National Water Commission (NWC) announced yesterday that it will issue a water prohibition notice tomorrow, with enforcement measures taking effect on August 17. The decision, which comes on the heels of daily water lock-off measures announced last week, followed a high-level stakeholder meeting yesterday involving the NWC and the Meteorological Service.
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WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of a section of Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny, were jolted from their slumber on Tuesday morning to find a demolition crew flattening their houses in a pre-dawn operation involving bulldozers, tractors, and sledgehammers. When the hours-long exercise, carried out under the watchful eyes of a bailiff and a strong police contingent, ended, 20 predominantly concrete houses lay in ruins as their bewildered owners looked on in disbelief.
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Patterson calls For Global South unity

Former Prime Minister PJ Patterson has called for the abandonment of “separatism and division” by the Global South, urging its nations to unite in defence of a fairer global order. The former prime minister made the call in a message submitted to the first international colloquium, 'Fidel: Legacy and Future', convened in Havana, Cuba, to mark the centenary of the birth of Castro, the deceased former president of that nation.
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PEP students triumph in State care

One hundred and ninety children in State care are being celebrated for successfully completing the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examination as they prepare to take the next step in their education. The children, who were recognised at the Child Protection and Family Services Agency's (CPFSA) annual PEP Awards Ceremony, were drawn from across the island and include children living in residential child-care facilities, foster care, family reintegration programmes and those under supervision orders.

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Houses in ruin after the demolition exercise in Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny, on Tuesday.
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Rude awakening

WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of a section of Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny, were jolted from their slumber on Tuesday morning to find a demolition crew flattening their houses in a pre-dawn operation involving bulldozers, tractors, and sledgehammers. When the hours-long exercise, carried out under the watchful eyes of a bailiff and a strong police contingent, ended, 20 predominantly concrete houses lay in ruins as their bewildered owners looked on in disbelief.

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Barbados Pride's Brandon King (centre) swings to leg during his innings of 76 against the Jamaica Kingsmen in their Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League game at Sabina Park earlier tonight. The Tridents won by five runs.
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Kingsmen comeback cut short at Sabina

The Jamaica Kingsmen fell just short in their bid to pull off a dramatic comeback, slipping to a five-run defeat against the Barbados Tridents in Caribbean Premier League (CPL) action at Sabina Park tonight. Set a daunting target of 207, the Kingsmen recovered from a disastrous start that left them reeling at 12-3 after the first two overs before finishing on 201-9. Captain Rovman Powell helped steady the innings with 38 from 24 deliveries and shared a 50-run partnership with Keacy Carty, who made 45 off 27 balls.

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Foundation singer Derrick Morgan.
August 11, 2026

‘Forward March’ - Key to the City of Lauderhill for Derrick Morgan during Independence celebrations
More than six decades after Derrick Morgan helped provide the soundtrack to Jamaica’s birth as an independent nation, the legendary singer has received another major honour – this time from one of the most vibrant Caribbean communities in the United States. The City of Lauderhill, Florida, presented the pioneering Jamaican singer with a Key to the City on Saturday, recognising Morgan for his contribution to Jamaican popular music, his cultural legacy, and the resilient spirit that has carried him through a remarkable career.

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The download screen for the Truth Social app is displayed on a laptop in March 2024 in New York.
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Trump media company announces a massive loss and new turnaround effort

The president’s media company posted a massive loss in the second quarter and announced plans to ditch new business lines and refocus as a forum for users to post their views. Trump Media & Technology, the company behind the Truth Social platform, said on Monday that it lost US$238 million in the three months through to June as it branched into businesses unrelated to media, including crypto. That was more than 10 times the loss from a year earlier. The per-share loss widened to US$0.86 from US$0.08.

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Fabian and Antonica Douglas marked the beginning of their life as husband and wife on May 23.
August 11, 2026

Island Wedding | Fabian and Antonica’s call to ‘I do’

One day, while working at a call centre, Antonica Pinnock was handling a matter that had to be escalated to one of the banks the company worked with. The call connected her with Fabian Douglas, and years later, that chance encounter would blossom into love. “There were certain calls that I couldn’t handle that had to be transferred to Fabian’s department,” Antonica told Island Wedding. And something about his voice caught her attention.

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Justice Winston Anderson
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Editorial | The CCJ mustn’t flounder

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is facing an immediate reputational crisis and a potential erosion of confidence in the court. The situation demands urgent action by the Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commission (RJLSC) - whose members include former Jamaican appeal justice, Hilary Phillips - and, if necessary, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) heads of government, to stem a potential long-term erosion of confidence in the CCJ.

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