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August 9, 2026

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Freedom calls, I answer Do you hear that ? That’s the sound of no alarm clock to suit another man’s time Do you smell that ? Most people breathe in bitterness, but I – I am inhaling liberation Do…
Jamalco alumina plant in Clarendon.
August 9, 2026

Jamalco unplugs from grid, power turbine set to save up to US$28m a year

Century Aluminum Company brought a new power-generation turbine online at its Jamalco alumina refinery in Clarendon at the beginning of August, enabling the plant to generate all its own electricity,…
Anneli Borgmann, chairwoman of the John Cage Organ Project, adds a pipe during a chord change on the organ inside the medieval Burchardi Church in Halberstadt, Germany, on Wednesday.
August 9, 2026

This organ will play one composition until 2640

HALBERSTADT, Germany (AP): A small organ in eastern Germany is the headliner of the world’s slowest concert. It has been playing the same piece of music by composer John Cage at a glacial pace for…
Father Gerard Paul, who hails from Grenada, can no longer officiate masses, funerals, weddings or baptisms after repeatedly criticising the Church and clergy.
August 9, 2026

Suspended priest in Grenada turns to calypso to preach about sexual abuse and Gaza

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) A suspended Catholic priest on a tiny Caribbean island is embracing calypso to make his voice heard on topics including Gaza and sexual abuse within the church. Father…
Cove cinema in Island Village, Ocho Rios.
August 11, 2026 by Luke Douglas

Ocho Rios cinema picks up patrons after MoBay closure

Cove Entertainment, which operates a 120-seat theatre at the Island Village Shopping Centre in Ocho Rios, said its attendance has grown since Palace Amusement permanently closed its Montego Bay…
Planes used for deportation flights sit at the Valley International Airport, in Harlingen, Texas.
August 9, 2026

Gordon Robinson | On our knees again

So, as a result of Government’s habitual strategy of negotiating with USA while on its knees, we’ve agreed to become USA’s deportee dumpster. On June 16, Gleaner broke the story of a previously secret…
Governor General Patrick Allen laying a wreath at the monument of National Hero Marcus Garvey in National Heroes Park on the occasion of Garvey’s 130th birthday in August 2017.
August 9, 2026

The ground where our heroes rest

Last Thursday, Jamaica marked 64 years of Independence, commemorating August 6, 1962, when the Union Jack came down and the black, green, and gold rose over a nation newly free to chart its own…
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at an announcement event of a city-wide, discounted grocery plan for city-run municipal grocery stores, in the Brooklyn borough of New York.
August 9, 2026

Seifudein Adem | Zohran Kwame Mamdani as an American African

What does it mean to be African in the 21st century? For much of modern history, the answer seemed straightforward: Africa was a continent, and Africans were those who lived within its geographical…
August 16, 2026

WISDOM OF THE WEEK - The root of expectations

Almost all of us carry expectations in our daily life. We expect people to understand, appreciate, and support us; for situations to be in our favour; for life to unfold in a way that only brings joy;…