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Tourists travel in a classic American car next to a line of drivers waiting to buy fuel for their cars in Havana, Cuba, on February 16, 2026.
February 16, 2026

Cuban drivers face monthslong wait for gasoline in a gov't app designed to reduce lines

(AP) — Drivers in Cuba are facing the prospects of waiting several months to refuel their cars, as fuel shortages caused by a United States oil siege intensify. To avoid chaos outside gas stations,…
February 16, 2026

Suspended jail time for man who damaged UC RUSAL copper cables

A 21-year-old man was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment, suspended for three years, for malicious destruction of UC RUSAL's copper cables in St Catherine Parish Court on Monday. Davion…
People wait their turns to board shared taxis in Havana, Cuba.
February 15, 2026 by Kimone Francis

Students in limbo

Caught between failing infrastructure in Cuba and what they described as a wall of diplomatic silence at home, Jamaican medical students are urging the Government to establish a formal bridge to local…
The crumbling sidewalk in front of the National Works Agency office along Barracks Road in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, forces this student to walk on the road surface.
February 15, 2026 by Mickalia Kington

WALKING GAMBLE

WESTERN BUREAU: Savanna-la-Mar is not a town you stroll through for leisure. You move because you must. The capital of Westmoreland, home to an estimated 13,930 people across 3,980 households, has…
A man stands between his car and a wrecker to avoid the towing of his car in downtown Kingston in 2011. He was allegedly caught after being chased by the police and Transport Authority inspectors.
February 15, 2026 by Livern Barrett

Stalled!

John Brown* was trying to pick up passengers in downtown Kingston on a busy Thursday afternoon last month when inspectors from the Transport Authority (TA) blocked his Toyota Probox motor car with red…
A construction workers mixes cement on February 5 to repair a section of the Lacovia Primary School in St Elizabeth that was damaged during the passage of Hurricane Melissa last October.
February 15, 2026 by Corey Robinson

STORM RECOVERY SQUEEZE

A shortage of labourers, building materials, and shrinking cash flow is slowing repairs to public institutions hardest hit by Hurricane Melissa. Suppliers and contractors are scrambling to prioritise…
February 15, 2026 by LONDON (AP):

Get the love part right

Love and bacon hovered in the air of the Smalley house one sunny morning when Annie, 7, came to breakfast. A “baconaholic”, according to her father, Annie spied the last remaining strips of the…
February 15, 2026

Starting your backyard vegetable garden

The Associated Press: If you want healthy food, experts say to eat what’s local, organic and in-season. Those foods benefit the planet too, because they are less taxing on the soil and they don’t…
West Indies’ Jason Holder (left) celebrates with teammates after dismissing Nepal’s Aarif Sheikh during the T20 World Cup cricket match against Nepal in Mumbai, India, on February 15.
February 15, 2026

T20 World Cup: West Indies seal Super 8 spot with Nepal rout

West Indies notched its third straight win in Group C of the T20 World Cup on Sunday, thumping Nepal by nine wickets in Mumbai to secure a place in the Super 8 stage of the competition. West Indies…