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August 19, 2026
by Livern Barrett
Doctor pleads guilty in $600m fraud case
An upper St Andrew medical doctor has pleaded guilty to her involvement in an elaborate mortgage loan and real estate scheme used to defraud several Jamaican banks of approximately $600 million, court…
August 19, 2026
Industry ‘bigmen’ treat horse racing like rocket science
A seismic shift in North American racing, an impending circumvention of its traditional Triple Crown Series of races, replaced by the six-race Thoroughbred Championship Series, which includes the…
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August 19, 2026
Gov’t pushes to revive case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia
NASHVILLE (AP): The Justice Department is pushing to revive criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, telling a federal appeals court that a judge erred in his scathing ruling that called the…
August 19, 2026
Country agrees to accept 1,200 US deportees
MONROVIA (AP): Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the United States, authorities in the West African country said yesterday, in one of the largest such arrangements…
August 19, 2026
by Ruddy Mathison
Butchered in the bushes - Cattle farmers tremble over thieves’ midnight meat runs
Cattle farmers in Colbeck, St Catherine, are living in fear as thieves repeatedly enter the community under the cover of darkness, steal their animals and slaughter them in nearby bushes in what the…
August 19, 2026
PIOJ cuts recovery timeline as economy contracts 2.9 per cent in June quarter
Jamaica’s economy contracted 2.9 per cent in the April to June quarter, but the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) has shortened its projected recovery timeline to two years, from three. “Given the…
August 19, 2026
by Adrian Frater
Western Jamaica mourns sports icon Jerry Reid
Western Bureau: Governor General awardee Jeremiah ‘Jerry’ Reid, one of western Jamaica’s most revered sporting figures, died on Sunday night at Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay following a…
August 20, 2026
Madonna tops 2026 MTV VMA nominations
NEW YORK (AP): Madonna leads the 2026 MTV Video Music Award nominations, the network announced Tuesday. The pop superstar has been nominated in every decade of her musical career. She has 19…
August 20, 2026
by Luke Douglas
Dolphin Cove seats new board members, as buyer takes control
Dolphin Cove Limited shareholders on Monday approved four new directors nominated by Global Attractions Limited, the Saint Lucia-based entity that agreed in July to acquire a 79.99 per cent stake in…