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Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra (left) poses with newly signed guard Klay Thompson during an NBA basketball press conference, yesterday, in Miami.
26 Aug, 2026 0

Winning lured Thompson south

MIAMI (AP): Klay Thompson says he already feels right at home in Miami, and there are several reasons why. His father, Mychal Thompson, starred on the Miami Jackson High team that won a state title in…
Carlos Alcaraz, of Spain (left) and Serena Williams, of the United States, talk on the court during a mixed doubles match at the US Open tennis championships, yesterday, in New York.
26 Aug, 2026 0

Williams, Alcaraz win US Open mixed doubles debut

NEW YORK (AP): Serena Williams made a triumphant return to the US Open yesterday, winning in mixed doubles alongside Carlos Alcaraz, who shook off the rust from a four-month absence due to a wrist…
COMMANDER Z (right), ridden by veteran jockey Ian Spence, and running at odds of 11-1, wins the fourth running of KAZ HOSHAY Trophy ahead of I DREAM AGAIN (Robert Halledeen) over five and a half furlongs at Caymanas Park on Saturday, August 8.
26 Aug, 2026 0

A divided house stymies progress

Prior to last week’s column, which pointed to horse racing having ‘one of the most powerful but under-utilised lobbies of any local industry’, few persons would have been aware of the deep ties of…
Minister of Finance and National Revenue Francois-Philippe Champagne speaks at a news conference on Canada’s response to US tariffs, at a roofing company in Ottawa on Tuesday.
26 Aug, 2026 0

Canada retaliates with tariffs on $20b in US goods

CHICAGO (AP): Canada struck back at the United States on yesterday with retaliatory tariffs on about US$20 billion worth of American goods, including steel, dairy products, appliances and farm…
Haitians register to vote in the upcoming general election in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 30.
26 Aug, 2026 0

September 9 candidate registration deadline

PORT-AU-PRINCE (CMC): Candidate registration for Haiti’s upcoming elections will close on September 9, according to the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP). The CEP has circulated the election…
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit
26 Aug, 2026 0

PM hints at scrapping income tax

ROSEAU (CMC): Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has raised the possibility of abolishing personal income tax in Dominica by 2028, saying he has long opposed the measure on philosophical grounds.…
Derrick Foster, a 74-year-old retired district constable in St Elizabeth.
26 Aug, 2026 0

PENSION PAIN

Years after retiring from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), two former district constables say they are still without their full pensions, leaving them in financial distress and demanding answers.…
Jusanna Staple (right), brand coordinator, WATA portfolio, Wisynco Group, engages in conversation with Hydrate to Educate awardee Dejhaunae Henry (left) of Manchester High School and her mother, Naneesh McKenzie, during the WATA Hydrate to Educate Awards C
26 Aug, 2026 0

Hydrate to Educate delivers grants to students, schools

Before Dejhaunae Henry could fully focus on her dream of studying cybersecurity, the Manchester High School graduate had to confront a more immediate concern: how to pay for university. That…
Pocket Rocket Foundation founder and Chairwoman Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce shares a moment with Serena Whyte (centre) and Kyle Ferron during the foundation’s annual back-to-school treat in Waterhouse, St Andrew, on August 12.
26 Aug, 2026 0

500 children in Ewarton, Waterhouse get Pocket Rocket Foundation support

Five hundred children across St Andrew and St Catherine recently benefited from the Pocket Rocket Foundation’s sixth annual back-to-school treat, as the long-standing initiative returned to provide…