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A Cyprus’ military officer walks by a frigate at the Evangelos Florakis naval base in Mari, Cyprus, on April 17.
April 21, 2026

US funding helps strengthen island’s safe-haven status

PAPHOS (AP): With help from United States taxpayers, Cyprus is upgrading key military installations to strengthen the mission it has carved out for itself as a safe haven in the eastern Mediterranean…
David Anthony Burke, whose stage name is D4vd, is arraigned on Monday in Los Angeles on charges of killing 14-year-old girl Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose dismembered body was found in his car.
April 21, 2026

Singer D4vd pleads not guilty to murder of 14-year-old

LOS ANGELES (AP): Singer D4vd pleaded not guilty Monday to a murder charge in the death of a 14-year-old girl who was last known to be alive nearly a year ago and whose dismembered and decomposed body…
New PFJL Finance Committee Chairman Peter Higgins.
April 21, 2026 by Gregory Bryce

PFJL names new Finance Committee chairman

The Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL) has unanimously appointed Peter Higgins as the new chairman of its Finance Committee and also named Andrew Thomas as a new member. Higgins, who is also…
April 21, 2026 by Corey Robinson

Dozens of UWI students scrambling for exam clearance amid financial strain

Dozens of struggling University of the West Indies (UWI) students are racing against time to secure clearance to sit end-of-semester examinations as mounting financial pressures threaten to derail…
From left: Miss Jamaica 1978, Joan McDonald; Miss Jamaica World 2025 Nevaeh Allen; Miss World 1976, Cindy Breakspeare; and Queen of Reggae Marcia Griffiths each hold a doll of themselves, made by Beverley Robotham-Reynolds of Island Dolls, at the Fashion E
April 21, 2026 by Yasmine Peru

50 years after winning Miss World, Cindy Breakspeare is a ‘dolly’

If Fashion Elevation were a dancehall show, its full title might read something like ‘Fashion Elevation: Queens and Dolls’ or, perhaps, ‘Fashion Elevation: Di Dolly Dem Come Out’. Last Saturday night…
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel (centre) attends a celebration marking the 65th anniversary of the proclamation declaring the Cuban Revolution socialist, in Havana, Cuba, on April 16.
April 21, 2026

Gov’t confirms meeting with US officials

HAVANA (AP): Cuba’s government yesterday confirmed that it had recently met with United States officials on the island as tensions between the two sides remain high over the US energy blockade of the…
Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney.
April 21, 2026

Carney: Economic ties with US are a weakness that must be corrected

VANCOUVER (AP): Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a video address released Sunday that Canada’s strong economic ties to the United States were once a strength but are now a weakness that…
SAJ General Manager Terrence Brooks.
April 21, 2026

Why workforce readiness will define shipping’s next phase

In recent weeks, much has been said about how global disruption is reshaping shipping and logistics. From longer transit routes to rising costs and shifting trade corridors, the pressures are clear.…
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April 21, 2026

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