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Spectators watch as Madonna performs during halftime of the World Cup final soccer match between Spain and Argentina on July 19.
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…
Stafford Burrowes co-founder of Dolphin Cove Ltd
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…
A youth plays near the machine where the sugar cane is weighed in the Lima batey, or neighborhood, in La Romana, where Central Romana Corporation, Ltd operates its sugar operations in Dominican Republic, November 17, 2021.
August 19, 2026

Watchdog calls for US import ban over forced labour in DR sugar cane fields

SAN JUAN (AP): A report released yesterday by a human-rights group found that forced labour persists on massive sugar cane plantations across the Dominican Republic, which exports sugar and other…
Guyana President Irfaan Ali at the Charity Waterfront following the ‘MV Barima’ tragedy.
August 19, 2026

Gov’t shortlisting firms for ‘MV Barima’ salvage

GEORGETOWN (CMC): The Guyana government has begun shortlisting companies to salvage the sunken MV Barima, nearly a month after the ferry disaster claimed at least 73 lives and left more than 30 people…
Vehicles that were set on fire by armed gangs sit in the Cite Soleil neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 12.
August 19, 2026

Opposition wants election security

PORT-AU-PRINCE (CMC): Haitian politician and lawyer André Michel has called for “a minimum level of security” to be restored before elections are held in the French-speaking Caribbean Community…
August 19, 2026

Elizabeth Morgan | Kingston and St Andrew’s water woes: an impending crisis

This feels like the hottest summer ever experienced in Kingston and St Andrew to date, although the records say that, generally, 2023 was much hotter. This year, Jamaica is experiencing the effects of…
Peruvian Navy soldiers run as they get off a helicopter during an operation to combat illegal mining in the Tambopata National Reserve in Puerto Maldonado, Peru, on August 11.
August 19, 2026

Peru targets Amazon gold rush

Eight Peruvian navy personnel jumped from a helicopter into a clearing carved out of the Amazon rainforest by illegal gold miners along the Malinowski River in Peru’s Madre de Dios region, sending…
Out to support her father, Beenie Man, at the return of Summa Sizzle, Deshagaye ‘Desha’ Davis strikes a pose for our lens.
August 19, 2026

Something Extra | Wednesday

Summa Sizzle brought reggae, dancehall and pop to the Woodleigh Sports Complex in Clarendon on Saturday night as Beenie Man celebrated his birthday. The line-up featured Ashanti, Louie Culture,…
Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay.
August 19, 2026

Kingston air traffic grows while Montego Bay passenger volumes and Falmouth cruise arrivals lag

Airport and cruise arrivals to the island point to an uneven summer recovery. The Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in Kingston posted passenger growth in July, bucking a broader pattern of…