Lead Stories

A street light in Denham Town, west Kingston.
March 2, 2026 by Corey Robinson

Light after death

Residents of Denham Town in west Kingston received a massive upgrade of street lights in the community last week, a move some residents welcomed but believed came a little too late following the…
A black plume of smoke rises from a warehouse at the industrial area of Sharjah City in the United Arab Emirates following reports of Iranian strikes in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, March 1, 2026.
March 2, 2026

Caribbean states react as US, Israel go to war with Iran

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): At least three Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries have expressed concern at the escalation of hostilities in the Middle East after the United States (US) and Israel…
Centenarian Alice Drysdale Stewart sharing a moment with her son, Oswald Edwards, during her birthday celebration on February 21 at The Little Copa in Bull Bay, St Andrew.
March 2, 2026

Forever 15

If you asked Alice Drysdale Stewart, who achieved the milestone of 100 years on February 19, how she is feeling, her first utterance would cheerfully be, “I feel good as a 15-year-old!” On February…
Agnes Johnson, 101 years old, tells her story.
March 2, 2026 by Carl Gilchrist

Project launched to encourage centenarians to tell their stories in St Ann

St Ann Custos Joseph Issa’s ‘Custos Commando’ initiative reached a new level last Thursday with the launch of the Centenarian Story Telling Project, a brainchild of Cienna Smith, a lawyer by…
Passengers stranded by the closure of Dubai International Airport await for assistance in the airport parking lot in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Sunday.
March 2, 2026

Dubai’s image as a safe, tax-free haven is rocked by blasts from Iranian airstrikes

AP: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has sold itself to foreigners for years as a sunny, safe, tax-free oasis. That peaceful image was shattered Saturday as Iranian weaponry rained down on Dubai,…
Gordon House, the home of the nation’s Parliament in downtown Kingston.
March 2, 2026

JFJ wants changes to child diversion law

Calling for amendments to the Child Diversion Act, Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) is recommending a two-tiered approach to the child diversion programme to deal with low-risk children as opposed to those…
Some of the medical supplies provided by Leaders of The New Millennium to the Port Antonio Hospital.
March 2, 2026 by Gareth Davis Sr

‘New Millennium’ organisation gifts supplies to Port Antonio Hospital

PORT ANTONIO, Portland: The Port Antonio Hospital on Friday received well-needed assistance in the form of medical supplies to assist with providing medication to users of that facility. The donation…
March 1, 2026 by Livern Barrett

Cellblock horror

A man who says he was falsely arrested has claimed in a lawsuit that he contracted a sexually transmitted infection after being assaulted inside a police lockup. The assault, which lasted…
Aneita Williams cleaning mud from her house in The Estuary, a housing development in Friendship, St James, after the passage of Hurricane Melissa last October. Now displaced and given temporary accommodation by the NHT, she does not wish to return to her
March 1, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

STILL IN LIMBO

Four months after Hurricane Melissa sent floodwaters surging through sections of Phase 2 of The Estuary in Friendship, St James, several homeowners say they remain burdened with loss, displacement,…