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August 10, 2026

Jamaica at 64: Are we becoming a republic or just talking about it?

Sixty-four years after the Union Jack came down at the National Stadium, Jamaica is still asking a question that ought, by now, to have a reasonably clear answer. Are we going to become a republic or…
An overturned police service vehicle that ran off the road and crashed into a house in Clarendon on August 10, 2026.
August 10, 2026

Four cops injured as police vehicle crashes into house in Clarendon

Four police officers attached to the Manchester Police Division were hospitalised early this morning following a crash along the Nine Miles main road in Spaldings, Clarendon. Reports are that the…
Francesca Tavares, Attorney-at-Law
August 10, 2026

Francesca Tavares | Cheers to ‘Miss Chin’

My favourite Jamaican food will always be made by a ‘Miss Chin’. Every Jamaican knows what I mean: the catering shop, the glass case, the alchemy no hotel buffet and no ring-lit food blogger has ever…
British Virgin Islands Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley
August 10, 2026

BVI developing water policy to assist farmers

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, CMC – The British Virgin Islands is developing a new water policy outlining assistance and subsidies for farmers as it moves ahead with plans to improve water storage…
August 10, 2026

25-y-o St Mary man charged for allegedly breaking into house in Kingston

The Elleston Road police on Saturday charged a man with breaking into a house. Charged with burglary and larceny is 25-year-old Ojay Duffus of Highgate, St Mary. The police report that about 2:00…
Residents and rescue workers search through the rubble of a collapsed building after an earthquake struck Cali, Colombia, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)
August 10, 2026

47 dead and buildings collapsed after 7.4-magnitude earthquake shakes western Colombia

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — At least 47 people were killed, and dozens of buildings collapsed in cities across western Colombia on Monday after a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the South…
Westmoreland teacher Andre James, who was found dead inside his home on August 9, 2026.
August 10, 2026

Westmoreland teacher found dead with stab wounds inside his home

A primary school teacher was found dead with stab wounds inside his house in Pitkin district, Bluefields, Westmoreland, on Sunday afternoon, police have confirmed. The deceased has been identified…
August 10, 2026

Man fatally shot by police in Frazer's Content, St Catherine

The Independent Commission of Investigations has launched a probe into the fatal shooting of a man during an alleged shoot-out with the police in Frazer's Content in Spanish Town, St Catherine…
Audrey Werro of Switzerland, poses after winning the women’s 800 metres at the Meeting de Paris Diamond League athletics meet in Paris, June 28, 2026.
August 10, 2026

Women’s 800m in spotlight at European Championships

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP): Shy as a kid, Audrey Werro took her dad’s advice before races that “I have to be a lion”. The 22-year-old Swiss star, who uses a lion’s roar celebration, will be in the…