Latest News

August 15, 2026

Tony Deyal | Cats are funny too

Many years ago, I read about Shakespeare’s Hamlet when Polonius enjoined his son, Laertes, saying, “Be thou familiar but by no means vulgar.” In other words, there is a very fine line dividing both…
A girl rests at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
August 15, 2026

Ronald Sanders | Haiti – Stop the money flow to organised crime

Haiti’s plight must not be forgotten simply because it no longer features regularly in international headlines. The suffering has not diminished. Between January and early June 2026, at least 2,310…
Olympian Veronica Campbell Brown (right) hands over a VCB Foundation gift to a student at last year’s Back-to-School Health and Wellness Fair at Vere Technical High School in Clarendon.
August 15, 2026

VCB Foundation returns to Vere Tech with health fair

The Veronica Campbell Brown (VCB) Foundation will return to Vere Technical High School in Clarendon on Saturday, August 15, for the third staging of its Back-to-School Health and Wellness Fair. The…
A billboard depicting the late leader Fidel Castro and reading ‘Homeland or death, we will defeat!’ in Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
August 15, 2026

Island marks Castro’s 100th birthday as his shadow endures

HAVANA (AP): Fidel Castro would have turned 100 Thursday, and his long shadow continues to loom over the island as he remains revered by some who miss him in the face of a crippling US energy blockade…
From left: Lieutenant Taneese Silvera, Detective Nickita Beckford, Detective Stacy Ann Kennedy, Lieutenant Danae McFarlane, Police Officer Rohan Lumsden, Detective Omar Wallace at the BBQ, Glen Island Park, New Rochelle, New York.
August 15, 2026

JAMLEO kicks off Independence celebrations with 6th Annual Family Day BBQ

The Jamaican American Law Enforcement Organization (JAMLEO) officially launched its month-long celebration of Jamaica’s 64th Independence anniversary with its sixth annual Family Day BBQ on Sunday,…
Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., at the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington, DC, Lishann Salmon (left), receives a Mayoral Proclamation from Mayor Phylecia E. Nembhard of New Carrollton, Maryland, during Jamaica Fest at Veterans Plaza in Silver Spring, Maryland, o
August 15, 2026

Jamaica Fest ignites Silver Spring

SILVER SPRING, Maryland: Downtown Silver Spring was transformed into a vibrant Jamaican marketplace on Sunday as the sights, sounds, aromas and spirit of Jamaica filled Veterans Plaza for the fifth…
August 15, 2026 by Erica Virtue

Jamaican drafts legacy in Commonwealth

The Caribbean has strengthened its influence in legislative drafting across the Commonwealth with the presidency now occupied by Jamaican attorney-at-law and legislative drafter Michelle Daley, who…
Shaneika Smith (centre) interacts with the locals and their alpacas in Cusco, Peru.
August 15, 2026 by Krysta Anderson

Childhood flight sparks Shaneika Smith’s passion for adventure

It was a hot summer like this one when Shaneika Smith took her first flight. At only nine years old, the fourth grader travelled solo to Curaçao to spend the holidays with her aunt. Flight attendants…
Nashan Miller, Director of the Male Empowerment Unit in the Bureau of Gender Affairs, Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport
August 14, 2026

Male victims of gender-based violence encouraged to speak up

The Bureau of Gender Affairs (BGA) is reminding male victims of gender-based violence (GBV) that they can report incidents of abuse to both the bureau and the police. Director of the Male Empowerment…