Mexico delivers humanitarian aid to Cuba as US blockade sparks energy crisis
HAVANA (AP) — Two Mexican Navy ships laden with humanitarian aid docked in Cuba on Thursday as a United States blockade deepens the islands energy crisis. The ships arrived two weeks after US President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on any country
Man accused of posing as police to carry out fatal Manchester home invasion charged
A man accused of being one of two men who posed as the police and fatally shot a man inside his home in Newport, Manchester has been charged with murder. He is 27-year-old Ceejay Wilson, a businessman of the Old England district in Manchester. The incide
Brave Mighty Gully debuts in stacked Reggae Month Trophy
MIGHTY GULLY returns with the scale and five furlongs straight as bonuses, sweetened by Tajay Suckoos four-pound claim, making her seasonal debut in Saturdays Reggae Month Trophy after a brave run in Decembers Bruceontheloose at six and a half fu
Classical, romantic favourites open NCOJ season
The UWI Chapel was alive with the sounds of opera, classical, and romantic favourites as the National Chorale of Jamaica (NCOJ) opened its 2026 concert season to a full house on Sunday. The major moment of the evening was black British composer Samuel Co
Leroy Fearon | Can Jamaicans really manage another tax increase?
The announcement from the Finance Ministry for the new financial year has once again placed taxation at the center of national conversation. For many Jamaicans already navigating rising food prices, transportation costs, utility bills, and housing pressu
It is time to hold principals to a higher standard
THE EDITOR, Madam: A recent letter to The Gleaners editor penned by a Ms. Andrea OConner has brought into focus, a perennial problem that has exacerbated the dysfunction in too many of our schools. To date, teachers have borne the brunt of accounta
Something Extra | Thursday
Sagicors A Pilates, Plates & Prosecco Experience took centrestage on Saturday at Body Forté at the Sovereign Commercial Centre in St Andrew, delivering a chic, wellness-infused afternoon in aid of the 2026 Sagicor SIGMA Corporate Run. Guests, toa
Venessa Waugh makes it from scratch
Love reigns supreme in Venessa Waughs heart. This Valentines Day, though, it will not be love of the romantic kind sustaining the pastry chef who runs her three-year-old start-up, Pastry Cravingz by V. “I am loving my kids,” declared Waugh of he
Mexico delivers humanitarian aid to Cuba as US blockade sparks energy crisis
HAVANA (AP) — Two Mexican Navy ships laden with humanitarian aid docked in Cuba on Thursday as a United States blockade deepens the islands energy crisis. The ships arrived two weeks after US President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on any country