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From left: Jacqueline Hamilton, chairperson of Committee for the Upliftment of the Mentally Ill (CUMI); Miguel Beckford, branch manager at Fairview, Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB); Ophelia Wright, sales executive, Rainforest Seafoods; and Debbie Louw
06 Sep, 2026 0

CUMI Golf targets $4.5 million

With a long-term vision of establishing a rehabilitation centre for persons living with mental illness, organisers of the upcoming Tryall-Committee Upliftment Mentally Ill (CUMI) Charity Golf…
Young cricketers pay attention during a presentation at the Cricket West Indies High-Performance Centre in Antigua recently.
06 Sep, 2026 0

CWI High-Performance Camp focuses on complete cricketer

ST JOHN’S, Antigua: For the 22 young female cricketers selected for Cricket West Indies’ (CWI’s) High-Performance Camp in Antigua, development extended well beyond the playing field, with sessions…
06 Sep, 2026 0

Nearly 500 to hit the road in Copenhagen

Global champions Jimmy Gressier, Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Agnes Ngetich are among the 496 athletes entered for the World Athletics Road Running Championships Copenhagen 26, scheduled for September…
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06 Sep, 2026 0

Tivoli programme headed in the right direction – Coach

Tivoli Gardens High head coach Christopher Nicholas believes the school’s football programme is heading in the right direction but says greater support is needed to help restore it to its former…
Damion Gordon, political analyst and lecturer in the Department of Government.
06 Sep, 2026 0

One-year scorecard for Government - Political analyst, commentator note strong crime gains, persistent concerns over roads, accountability and execution

Political analyst Damion Gordon, and veteran journalist and political commentator Lloyd B. Smith have delivered mixed assessments of the Dr Andrew Holness-led administration’s first year in its…
06 Sep, 2026 0

US visa squeeze - Americans turn up pressure on Jamaica amid C-TOC cocaine probe

A senior Jamaican public official has confirmed that their American tourist visa was cancelled while in the United States (US) on official duty. American authorities also cancelled the tourist visas…
Doreen Lillian Scarlett with copies of her résumé.
06 Sep, 2026 0

Walking for a chance - Scarlett refuses to sit and wait for work

By the time the morning sun begins beating down on Kingston’s asphalt, Doreen Lillian Scarlett is already sweating. Still, the 35-year-old keeps walking. With a bundle of résumés tucked under her arm,…
Garfield Angus, senior Journalist at the Jamaica Information Service, speaks with Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade, during the presentation of his narrative poem, ‘Out Of Many, One Global Family: The Diaspora R
06 Sep, 2026 0

Diaspora in verse - Foreign minister lauds journalist’s tribute to Jamaican community overseas

Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade, has lauded Garfield Angus, senior reporter at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), for his literary work, Out Of Many,…
Chester Chambers, a former emergency medical technician.
06 Sep, 2026 0

Ambulance errors - Door opens to expose lack of inspections, questions over state of private emergency services

A botched emergency response at a multi-vehicle crash scene on Norman Manley Boulevard in Negril, Westmoreland, has led to the disclosure by the Ministry of Health and Wellness that the ambulance and…