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March 13, 2026

Man shot dead after allegedly firing at police in St Catherine operation

A 25-year-old man who allegedly fired at police during an operation in Frazer's Content, St Catherine, on Wednesday was shot and killed. The deceased has been identified as Remmar Walker,…
Constable Noel Maitland.
March 13, 2026

Maitland to be sentenced today in Donna-Lee Donaldson murder case

Police Constable Noel Maitland is scheduled to be sentenced today for the murder of his girlfriend, social media influencer Donna-Lee Donaldson, whose body has never been found. The sentencing…
Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel attends the 17th annual BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro on July 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)
March 13, 2026

Cuban president says talks recently held with US to resolve differences

(AP) — Cuba's President Miguel Díaz-Canel said his government has held recent talks with the United States, marking the first time that the Caribbean country confirmed such speculation. …
 Javon Searles
March 13, 2026

Cricket corruption scandal deepens, WI player suspended

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): The integrity of Caribbean cricket has been rocked by a fresh wave of corruption charges, with West Indies player Javon Searles and two team officials provisionally…
SHE'S THAT GIRL won yesterday's feature race.
March 13, 2026 by Ainsley Walters

She’s That Girl for ‘Slicer’ Simpson Trophy

NOT having to face any open-allowance runner slipping down in class, speedy SHE’S THAT GIRL has dodged a bullet in Sunday’s Trevor ‘Slicer’ Simpson Trophy at five furlongs round, her first shot at…
Dr Louis Moyston speaks on the theme ‘The resurgence of US Imperialism in the Region: Target Cuba’; during the Political Moment in the Caribbean Seminar held Wednesday evening at the Department of Government in the Faculty of Social Sciences at The Uni
March 13, 2026 by Erica Virtue

Moyston: Persad-Bissessar mirroring Dominica’s Charles in backing US over regional neighbours

Forty-three years after the late Dominican leader Eugenia Charles facilitated the 1983 American invasion of Grenada – by allowing her country to be used as a launching pad – Dr Louis Moyston, a…
Fraser McConnell in Barbados gearing up for racing action this weekend.
March 13, 2026

McConnell set for action in BCIC Rally Barbados

KINGSTON: Jamaica’s most successful international motorsport driver, Fraser McConnell, begins his Barbados rally campaign this weekend as he prepares for his long-awaited debut in BCIC Rally Barbados…
Richard Solomon, mayor of Black River.
March 13, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

‘I am not satisfied’

WESTERN BUREAU: Kenneth Brown, superintendent of roads and works at the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation (StEMC), has voiced disappointment over the condition of Independence Park in Black River,…
Julian Robinson, opposition spokesman on finance, makes his contribution to the 2026-2027 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives.
March 13, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

Big Budget counterplan

The parliamentary opposition has outlined a raft of measures it says would spare taxpayers the $18 billion in new taxes announced by the Government for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. The Opposition has…