Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Firefighters in St. Elizabeth have been kept busy battling several bushfires across the parish in recent weeks.

Meanwhile, Jamaica and the United States have forged a new military partnership aimed at tackling narco-terrorism and cartel activity in the Caribbean. The announcement was made by U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition Conference in Panama.

Watch these stories and more in this news compilation.

Airdate: August 13, 2026.

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