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Plastic bottles and other waste from other countries washed ashore in Holland Bay, St Thomas.
Updated 1 hour ago by Kimone Francis

Plastic tide

A heavy influx of foreign plastic waste bearing Spanish and French labels is piling up along Jamaica’s eastern coastline, creating a severe environmental hazard that threatens marine life and the food…
Updated 1 hour ago by Janet Silvera

The cop who finally listened - Two women recount years of fear after ending abusive relationships; grateful to corporal for standing with them

WESTERN BUREAU: They are two Kingston women with different lives and different histories of alleged abuse, but when Karen P.* and Janice Q.* speak about the policeman they say finally listened, the…
Published 3 hours ago by Andre Williams

Aftershocks rattle KFTL after cocaine sting

Heightened security and growing unease gripped Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) on Saturday, a day after a major cocaine bust led to the arrest of eight people and intensified an…
Father Gerard Paul, who hails from Grenada, can no longer officiate masses, funerals, weddings or baptisms after repeatedly criticising the Church and clergy.
Published 3 hours ago

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…
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Hiring sign for sales professionals is displayed at a store, in Vernon Hills, Ill., Wednesday, April 15, 2026.
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US job market stalled in July as employers cut 23,000 jobs, delivering political blow to Trump

The US job market stalled unexpectedly last month, delivering a political blow to President Donald Trump three months ahead of midterm elections and complicating decision-making for the inflation…
Health workers at the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak protest over unpaid wages at the provincial governor’s office in Ituri, eastern Congo, on Thursday.
Published 3 hours ago

He’s doing it unpaid

BUNIA, Congo (AP): Wiza Bondele goes to work every day at a hospital in Congo with one goal in mind: to slow the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record. At an Ebola treatment hospital in the eastern…
People sleep on the Malecón seawall to escape the heat of their homes during a power outage in Havana, Cuba.
Updated 1 hour ago

Life in Cuba revolves around small bursts of electricity

HAVANA (AP): A 20-minute burst of electricity is a small miracle in Havana nowadays – a miracle that sometimes comes at 3 a.m. That’s when 72-year-old Leidis Rodríguez frantically cooked beans after…
Updated 1 hour ago

Dwight Fletcher | When regret writes your story

Have you ever noticed how one mistake can begin to define an entire season of your life? You replay a conversation you wish had gone differently. You think about a business decision that didn’t work…
Published 3 hours ago

Sean Major Campbell | Ancestors calling for independence

Our African ancestors have questions. The Old Testament reading set in Deuteronomy Chapter 8 is raising questions in the mind. To be more precise, the pericope is verses 11-20. However, the wider…