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April 10, 2026 by Olivia Brown

Teen trapped, drowns in breached water facility

The longstanding dangers posed by unauthorised entry into National Water Commission (NWC) facilities were brought into tragic focus on Wednesday when a 16-year-old boy drowned at the Red Road water…
WE JAMMIN, with Omar Walker in the saddle, is flanked by trainer Peter-John Parsard (left) and groom Frank Spencer after capturing the Wayne DaCosta OD Two-year-old Stakes over a mile at Caymanas Park December 26, 2025.
April 10, 2026 by Ainsley Walters

We Jammin, Victorious Links for Saturday’s co-features

WE JAMMIN’s sole loss in three starts was, ironically, his best run to date, punching way above his head against foreigners and older local-breds, emerging from the seven-furlong encounter a firm…
Alex Marshall (left) of Mount Pleasant dribbles away from Cavalier’s Kimarly Scott during their Jamaica Premier League match at the Stadium East field yesterday. Mount Pleasant won 3-1.
April 10, 2026 by Robert Bailey

Mount Pleasant’s second-half blitz sinks Cavalier

Mount Pleasant Football Academy produced a dominant second-half display to register a 3-1 come-from-behind victory over defending champions Cavalier FC in their Jamaica Premier League clash at Stadium…
Referee Oshane Nation (right) remonstrates with Roino Gordon during the Manning Cup final against Hydel High School at the National Stadium in 2023.
April 10, 2026

Jamaica’s Nation & T&T’s Wales called up for 2026 World Cup

MIAMI, USA (CMC): The Caribbean will have a powerful presence on the pitch this summer as two of the region’s finest officials have been selected to work the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Jamaica’s Oshane…
The main entrance to the University Hospital of the West Indies in St Andrew.
April 10, 2026 by Kimone Francis

NO FIRING FIX

Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says the removal of individual heads at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) will do little to cure a “dysfunctional culture” that has…
St. Jago openers Danza Hyatt Jr and Luwayne Pryce at Melbourne Oval during the second day of the Spaulding Cup final at Melbourne Oval yesterday.
April 10, 2026 by Lennox Aldred

Hyatt Jr stands tall as rain halts St Jago’s charge

St Jago High face a monumental task to overhaul STETHS’ mammoth first-innings total after rain washed out most of day two in the ISSA/First Global Bank/GK Insurance Spaulding Cup clash at Melbourne…
Children’s Advocate Diahann Gordon Harrison.
April 10, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

Courts lack options for at-risk children, says Gordon Harrison

Children’s Advocate Diahann Gordon Harrison has declared that courts cannot issue therapeutic orders under the Child Care and Protection (Amendment) Act (CCPA) because the required treatment…
Gabriela Wright, 14, died in a house fire on Wednesday.
April 10, 2026 by Ruddy Mathison

Trapped with no escape

Fourteen-year-old Gabriela Wright had no chance of escape. The teenager was trapped in a back room with a single entrance and no rear exit when a fire of unknown origin tore through a five-bedroom…
Dr Garfield Badal (right), a consultant paediatric surgeon at the Cornwall Regional Hospital, collects a cheque from Dwight Crawford, deputy mayor of Montego Bay, and Barbara Grizzle, president of the Kiwanis Club of Providence, Montego Bay, valued at $2.7
April 10, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

Kiwanis Club of Providence comes good for western cancer patients

WESTERN BUREAU: The Montego Bay Cancer Support Group, the Oncology Ward at the Cornwall Regional Hospital and the Jamaica Cancer Society were among the major beneficiaries at Wednesday’s award…