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In this 2020 photo doctors form up during a farewell ceremony as they get ready to leave for Italy to help with the new coronavirus pandemic, in Havana, Cuba.
March 15, 2026

Mark Wignall | No cards to play with the Cuban doctors

It would be socio-political torture for our people to believe that Prime Minister Holness and his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) members of government don’t personally need Cuban medical care so they can…
Nelson Mandela, left, walks with the Rev. Jesse Jackson after their meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, in October 2005.
March 15, 2026

Adekeye Adebajo | The preacher of lost causes

African-American civil rights preacher, Jesse Jackson, who recently died at the age of 84, was described by the New York Times’s Peter Applebome as “the nation’s most influential Black figure in the…
Rev Gabriel Agbo
March 15, 2026

Gabriel Agbo | The battle of Gethsemane

Are you presently at your Gethsemane? Fighting for your destiny? The battle to save man was fought and won by Jesus in the midnight at the olive grove called Gethsemane. At that point, the reality and…
A woman sits on rubble across from a residential building damaged last Sunday during the US-Israeli air campaign in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, March 12, 2026.
March 15, 2026

Yaakov Raskin |When prayer gets specific

Two weeks ago, I woke up to dozens of messages on my phone from friends and community members asking if I had heard what Tucker Carlson had said about Chabad on his latest podcast. I hadn’t, but when…
An American flag flies again at the United States Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, yesterday, seven years after it was lowered when Washington and Caracas cut diplomatic relations in 2019.
March 15, 2026

American flag raised at US Embassy in Venezuela for the 1st time since 2019

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP): The American flag was raised yesterday over the United States (US) Embassy in Venezuela for the first time since 2019, a move that highlighted the recent shift in relations…
Arsenal’s Max Dowman celebrates after scoring during the English Premier League football match against Everton in London, England, yesterday.
March 15, 2026

Wonderkid helps Arsenal strengthen grip on title race

AP: Arsenal strengthened their grip on the Premier League title race on the day their 16-year-old wonderkid, Max Dowman, scored a brilliant solo goal to become the competition’s youngest ever scorer.…
Julien Alfred
March 15, 2026

Alfred confirmed to compete at World Indoor Championships

CASTRIES, Saint Lucia (CMC): Reigning Olympic 100m champion Julien Alfred has been named by the St Lucia Athletics Association (SLAA) to compete at next week’s World Athletics Indoor Championships in…
March 15, 2026

New PAHO report highlights progress in front-of-package food labelling in the Caribbean

CMC A new report by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has highlighted progress in the adoption of front-of-package warning labelling systems for food products in the Region of the Americas,…
Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness (right) with Fayval Williams, minister of finance and the public service at the 2026/27 Budget Debate at Gordon House.
March 15, 2026

Editorial | Matters for the prime minister

When Prime Minister Andrew Holness speaks in the Budget Debate this week, there are two issues which this newspaper wants him to place on his list of priorities to be addressed. And, preferably, he…