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16 Feb, 2026 0

St Elizabeth cops searching for 13 wanted men, 10 persons of interest

The police in St Elizabeth are searching for 13 wanted men and 10 persons of interest in connection with alleged crimes, including murder and rape. The men are also being sought in connection with…
Mica Moore of Jamaica.
16 Feb, 2026 0

Jamaica's Mica Moore finishes strong in monobob at Winter Olympics

Jamaica’s Mica Moore improved on her earlier showing to finish 14th out of 25 competitors in the women’s bobsleigh monobob at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. Moore delivered her fastest of four…
Tourists travel in a classic American car next to a line of drivers waiting to buy fuel for their cars in Havana, Cuba, on February 16, 2026.
16 Feb, 2026 0

Cuban drivers face monthslong wait for gasoline in a gov't app designed to reduce lines

(AP) — Drivers in Cuba are facing the prospects of waiting several months to refuel their cars, as fuel shortages caused by a United States oil siege intensify. To avoid chaos outside gas stations,…
16 Feb, 2026 0

Suspended jail time for man who damaged UC RUSAL copper cables

A 21-year-old man was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment, suspended for three years, for malicious destruction of UC RUSAL's copper cables in St Catherine Parish Court on Monday. Davion…
People wait their turns to board shared taxis in Havana, Cuba.
15 Feb, 2026 0

Students in limbo

Caught between failing infrastructure in Cuba and what they described as a wall of diplomatic silence at home, Jamaican medical students are urging the Government to establish a formal bridge to local…
The crumbling sidewalk in front of the National Works Agency office along Barracks Road in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, forces this student to walk on the road surface.
15 Feb, 2026 0

WALKING GAMBLE

WESTERN BUREAU: Savanna-la-Mar is not a town you stroll through for leisure. You move because you must. The capital of Westmoreland, home to an estimated 13,930 people across 3,980 households, has…
A man stands between his car and a wrecker to avoid the towing of his car in downtown Kingston in 2011. He was allegedly caught after being chased by the police and Transport Authority inspectors.
15 Feb, 2026 0

Stalled!

John Brown* was trying to pick up passengers in downtown Kingston on a busy Thursday afternoon last month when inspectors from the Transport Authority (TA) blocked his Toyota Probox motor car with red…
A construction workers mixes cement on February 5 to repair a section of the Lacovia Primary School in St Elizabeth that was damaged during the passage of Hurricane Melissa last October.
15 Feb, 2026 0

STORM RECOVERY SQUEEZE

A shortage of labourers, building materials, and shrinking cash flow is slowing repairs to public institutions hardest hit by Hurricane Melissa. Suppliers and contractors are scrambling to prioritise…
15 Feb, 2026 0

Get the love part right

Love and bacon hovered in the air of the Smalley house one sunny morning when Annie, 7, came to breakfast. A “baconaholic”, according to her father, Annie spied the last remaining strips of the…