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Marco Rubio defends US ouster of Venezuela’s Maduro to Caribbean leaders unsettled by Trump policies

February 25, 2026 | World News
BASSETERRE, St Kitts and Nevis (AP) — United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday defended the Trump administration’s military operation to capture Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, telling Caribbean leaders, many of whom objected to that move, that the country and the region were better off as a result.
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‘Reckless and unbecoming’ …Opposition condemns Chang’s ‘blood money’ remark about JFJ

Opposition Spokesperson on National Security, Fitz Jackson, has condemned recent remarks by Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang describing the human rights lobby group Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) as “living off blood money,” characterising the statement as unfortunate, reckless, inappropriate, and deeply unbecoming of the minister charged with oversight of the nation’s security architecture.
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Antigua considering stricter measures for lost passports

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The Government of Antigua and Barbuda is considering stricter measures following a sharp increase in reports of lost passports. According to Director General of Communications Maurice Merchant, dozens of citizens had already reported missing passports in the first weeks of 2026. Speaking recently, he said that although most cases involve misplaced rather than stolen documents, each report triggers a formal process.

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CUBA PIVOT

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has signalled a pivot in Jamaica’s diplomatic stance toward Cuba, calling for a “principled realism” that balances traditional regional solidarity with a demand for democratic reform and open-market transitions. Holness also warned that the growing humanitarian crisis in the Spanish-speaking nation could develop into a regional problem, pointing to a possible immigration threat.

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From left: Germaine Spencer, president of Montego Bay United, Yoni Epstein, Montego Bay Multi-Sports Development Ltd (MBMSDL) boss, Mayor Richard Vernon, chairman of St. James Municipal Corporation (StJMC); and Naudia Croskill, CEO StJMC during the officia
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‘It must generate income’

Head of the Montego Bay MultiSports Development Ltd (MBMSDL) Yoni Epstein is banking on the big business that sports is for a return on the $700 million investment his organisation has now committed to pumping into the Montego Bay Sports Complex. Epstein’s MBMSDL officially became the lease holders of the Montego Bay Sports Complex yesterday, signing a 25-year agreement with the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC). The project aims to generate income through daily sports activities and youth development according toEpstein.

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Former Third World drummer, William ‘Willie’ Stewart, at last Thursday’s thanksgiving service for Stephen ‘Cat’ Coore. Stewart has written, arranged and is the co-executive producer of the song ‘Have a Little Faith’. All proceeds will go tow
February 24, 2026

Former Third World drummer assembles reggae legends for ‘historic’ collab

At the thanksgiving service for Stephen ‘Cat’ Coore last Thursday, the Rev. Astor Carlyle asked a serious question, “Which musician will write a song for Cuba? For Haiti? For those whose rights are trampled upon?” Well, William ‘Willie’ Stewart, former drummer for Third World, told Rev. Carlye after the service that he has such a song, it’s titled Have a Little Faith, and even played it for him.

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Century pumps US$34m into Jamalco

Century Aluminium pumped US$34 million (about J$5.3 billion) into capital upgrades at its majority-owned Jamalco alumina refinery, racing to sever the operation’s dependence on the island’s power grid after Hurricane Melissa exposed the cost of that vulnerability last year. Concurrently, Hurricane Melissa cost Jamalco owners 50 per cent more than Hurricane Beryl a year earlier.

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Beaming with joy, Dalkeith lifts his bride, Rohanna, as they exit the Constant Spring Church of Christ in St Andrew.
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Lessons in love with Dalkeith and Rohanna Thomas

In early 2023, Rohanna Dixon walked into her university economics class and met Dalkeith Thomas — then a master’s student leading her tutorial. Though their relationship remained strictly professional throughout the semester, he caught her attention from the very first class, partly because he didn’t look like the tutor she expected.

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Editorial | The summit’s agenda

Geopolitical realities render Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, the most critical foreign attendee at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government Conference, which opened in St. Kitts and Nevis on Tuesday.

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