WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — A Negril restaurant owner was killed and a European tourist seriously injured during a gun attack and robbery at the establishment on Friday night. The deceased has been identified as 36-year-old Nashon McGibbon, otherwise known as Bubba. The businessman is from West End in Negril, Westmoreland. Meanwhile, a 64-year-old medical doctor from the Czech Republic, who was vacationing at a property in Negril, has been hospitalised in serious...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Motorists are being advised to expect delays when using the Lime Hall main road in St Ann over the next three days. This, as contractors working on behalf of the National Works Agency, through the Shared Prosperity Through Accelerated Improvement to Our Road Network (SPARK) Project, will be carrying out road excavation between the Lime Hall Baptist Church and Lime Hall Square. Manager of Communication and Customer Services...

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States (US) President Donald Trump told CBS in a phone interview on Saturday that the United States and Iran are "getting a lot closer" to an agreement to end the war in the Middle East. But in the interview with the TV network, Trump also warned that if the US and Iran do not come to an agreement, "we're going to have a situation...

MILAN Italy (AFP) — Italian double winners Inter Milan finished a triumphant Serie A season by coming back from two goals down to secure an entertaining 3-3 at Bologna 3-3. A 10th match without defeat left champions Inter 14 points clear at the top of the division, with second-placed Napoli hosting Udinese on Sunday. Andy Diouf was Inter's saviour in the 87th minute when he smashed home his first league...

OSLO, Norway (AFP) — Ewa Pajor and Salma Paralluelo both scored twice as Barcelona thrashed Lyon 4-0 in Saturday's Women's Champions League final to win the title for the fourth time. Polish striker Pajor opened the scoring on 55 minutes and netted again in the 69th minute, with Paralluelo's superb late strike ending the contest before she completed the rout of a stunned Lyon in stoppage time. Barca's four titles...

The stirring presentation of the Tallawah Mento Band on the coded communication messaging of folk and mento music struck a key note at the recent Marcus Garvey Symposium in Limon, Costa Rica. The venerable Colin Smith, a founding member of the South Florida band, highlighted in his half hour presentation of interactive audience engagement and performance, how the infectious rhythms of both music forms often masked and shielded pointed critique...

KINGSTON, Jamaica— With the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season to begin June 1, the National Works Agency (NWA) says it is moving to improve the resilience of a number of waterways in St Andrew. The NWA has embarked on a $143 million effort through which sections of six major gullies will be rehabilitated. The gullies to receive attention include two sections of the Constant Spring Gully, located along Carawina Avenue, the...

SETUBAL, Portugal (AFP) — A court in Portugal on Saturday remanded in custody a French woman and her partner, accused of abandoning her two young boys -- aged four and five -- on a roadside in the south of the country. The court in the southern port city of Setubal ordered the 41-year-old woman and the 55-year-old man to be placed in pretrial detention for the crimes of child endangerment...

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) —A measles outbreak in Bangladesh has killed more than 500 children, government data showed Saturday, marking the country's deadliest surge in decades of the preventable disease. Hospitals in the capital Dhaka have been overwhelmed with cases and set up dedicated wards to take patients, but are scrambling with a shortage of intensive care beds. Deaths are still rising, with 13 children dying in the past 24 hours...

Olympic bronze medalist Rajindra Campbell broke his Jamaican national record in the shot put while Shericka Jackson lowered her season’s best in the 200m at Saturday’s second Diamond League meeting in Xiamen, China. Campbell, who was one of four Jamaican athletes whose applications to switch national allegiance to Turkiye were recently rejected by World Athletics, threw 22.34m to beat his previous best 22.31m set in Croatia in 2024. He moved...

The police have put measures in place to prevent a possible reprisal following the killing of the manager of the Papine Market in St Andrew on Friday. Colleen ‘Sonia’ Bernard, who was employed by the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), was shot dead by a gunman during a brazen daylight attack in the market. READ: Papine vendor shot and killed The alleged shooter was then shot and injured...

SAN DIEGO, United States (CMC) – The California-based Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA) has honoured Haiti’s revolutionary legacy as the first free Black republic, calling for reparations from France, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) extension for Haitians residing in the United States and justice for the Haitian people.Haiti gained its independence from France in 1804 following the only successful slave revolt in modern history. “Haiti remains a global symbol of Black liberation,...