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Schools and clubs line up for a previous Best of the Best tennis tournament.
March 19, 2026 by Lennox Aldred

Hurricane forces powerhouses from Best of the Best tennis tournament

The Best of the Best tennis tournament serves off on Thursday at 8 a.m. at the Eric Bell Tennis Centre, but the defending champions will be conspicuously absence when the first balls are struck. Mt…
This image released by Searchlight Pictures shows Samara Weaving (left) and Kathryn Newton in a scene from ‘Ready or Not 2: Here I Come’.
March 19, 2026

Movie Review | A really bad wedding night gets worse in ‘Ready or Not 2’

AP: When we last left our new bride, Grace, at the end of 2019’s Ready or Not, she was smoking a well-earned cigarette, having survived a night of slaughter. She sat on a stone step as a mansion went…
Chef Scotley Innis’ lobster gnocchi combines tender lobster with pillowy gnocchi and a Jamaican twist.
March 19, 2026

Chef Scotley Innis elevates Jamaican flavours

Born in the Bronx to Jamaican parents, Chef Scotley Innis is known for reimagining traditional Caribbean flavours through a contemporary lens. These bold flavours took centre stage at Kuyah during the…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness in dialogue with Fayval Williams, minister of finance and the public service, during Opposition Leader Mark Golding’s (not pictured) 2026-2027 Budget Debate presentation in the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
March 19, 2026

Holness in the hot seat

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness comes to the proverbial wicket today to make his 11th contribution to the yearly Budget Debate at a time when the country is said to be transitioning from recovery to…
Education Minister Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon
March 19, 2026 by Sashana Small

Morris Dixon: AI academic assistant to be launched for Jamaican students

Education Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon is advocating for the strategic use of artificial intelligence (AI) and technology to transform Caribbean classrooms, while also stressing the need to maintain…
March 19, 2026 by Livern Barrett

Fraud accused’s true identity uncovered in $352m mortgage loan scam

Dwayne Pitter, a resident of Bay Farm Villa in St Andrew, is the person who allegedly used a fictitious name to get mortgage loans totalling $352 million from four commercial banks over a one-month…
Left: Sheldon Walters, Britany Thompson, Elizabeth Cunningham, Ashley Jones, and Justine Stone, students who recently received laptops. In the background (from left): Territorial Officer for the St Catherine North Police Division, Inspector Ishmael William
March 19, 2026

Police youth programme donates laptops to students

Several high school students have received laptops under the St Catherine North Police Community Safety and Security Peace Ambassadors in Schools Initiative, a programme designed to empower young…
Courvoisier grand sidecar.
March 19, 2026

From VS to XO: 3 Courvoisier cocktails to try

Explore the legacy of Courvoisier through three cocktails that reveal the distinctive character of Courvoisier’s signature expressions, VS, VSOP, and XO. THE GALA INGREDIENTS – 1½ oz VS –…
Fishermen pass an oil tanker in the Gulf of Venezuela off the shore of Punta Cardon, Venezuela.
March 19, 2026

US eases Venezuela oil sanctions as Trump seeks to boost world oil supply during war

UNITED STATES companies will be allowed to do business with Venezuela’s state-owned oil and gas company after the Treasury Department eased sanctions, with some limitations, on Wednesday as the Trump…