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March 9, 2026
Holness to receive AFUWI Legacy Award
The American Foundation for The University of the West Indies (AFUWI) is set to honour Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness with the Legacy Award, one of the organisation’s highest honours, at its 29th…
March 9, 2026
Police investigate an explosion outside US Embassy in Oslo
OSLO (AP): Police in Norway were investigating an explosion early Sunday outside the US Embassy in Oslo, the capital of the Scandinavian country, officials said. No injuries were reported. Police…
March 9, 2026
Iran hit a desalination plant, stoking fears of attacks on civilian sites
DUBAI (AP): Bahrain accused Iran of striking a desalination plant on Sunday, raising fears that civilian infrastructure may become fair game in the war, as Iran’s president vowed to expand the…
March 9, 2026
Twelve years on, renewed hunt for missing Flight MH370 comes up empty
KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Twelve years after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 vanished with 239 people aboard, a renewed deep-sea search in the southern Indian Ocean has so far failed to locate the missing…
March 9, 2026
Editorial | Building Jamaica’s creative economy
The staging of the Lost in Time reggae festival last weekend was more than a well-produced entertainment event. It demonstrated what becomes possible when Jamaican creativity is matched by…
March 9, 2026
Ruthlyn James | When the neurodivergent brain meets the playing field
In the wider sporting world, a quiet paradox is unfolding. Some of our most explosive, focused and instinctive performers on the field are the very same young people struggling to keep pace in the…
March 9, 2026
The silent threat
The perception that agricultural theft, commonly known in Jamaica as praedial larceny, is a “lesser” offence or a “survival tactic” is a dangerous fallacy that undermines the rule of law and national…
March 9, 2026
CXC prepares for historic gathering of Caribbean education stakeholders in Jamaica
More than 300 education leaders, policymakers, and practitioners from across the Caribbean – including regional ministers of education – are set to converge in Jamaica next week to discuss the future…
March 9, 2026
Thanksgiving service marks CBFFAJ’s 60 years of service to trade and logistics sector
The Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association of Jamaica (CBFFAJ) commemorated its 60th anniversary – a Diamond Jubilee – with a Thanksgiving Church Service, marking six decades of…