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June 14, 2026
World Cup referee Omar Artan will receive full fee from FIFA despite US entry denial
The Somali referee who was denied entry to the United States for the football World Cup will still be paid his full tournament fee.
A person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated…
June 14, 2026
Mark Wignall | That long, dark night
Two Fridays ago, as you know, the lights went out in a nationwide power outage. The first comfort to register its disapproval at about 8:00 p.m. was the bedside fan as it faded away. Then the…
June 14, 2026
by Rasbert Turner
Teen killed in Quarry Hill, Spanish Town shooting
The St Catherine police are searching for four men who allegedly shot and killed an 18-year-old construction worker in the Quarry Hill community on Saturday night.
June 14, 2026
Hamilton celebrates 1st victory with Ferrari after winning Barcelona GP
Lewis Hamilton won his first race since joining Ferrari two years ago while Formula 1 leader Kimi Antonelli broke down at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix on Sunday.
June 14, 2026
Patricia Green | What if were to come together and preserve Jamaica’s architectural history?
“… A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture is like a tree without roots …” penned Jamaica National Hero Marcus Garvey. So what application is in this for communities…
June 14, 2026
Dennis A. Minott | Extracting signals from noise
More than fifty years ago, I wrote a chapter in my doctoral thesis with a disarmingly simple title: “Noise”.
I was then a young OAS Research Fellow, trained in physics and mathematics, working…
June 14, 2026
Jalil Dabdoub | Constitutional reform held hostage by political immaturity
Jamaica's constitutional reform is again at risk of becoming another casualty of partisan politics. What should be a defining moment in our democratic evolution has now become an exercise in…
June 14, 2026
Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie and Diana McCaulay | Reclaiming Jamaica’s coastline
Most Jamaicans today probably cannot remember a time when they could simply go to the beach without paying to enter. Over the decades, many of Jamaica’s best beaches and coastal areas have been…
June 14, 2026
by Kareem LaTouche
Precision Engineering and Pocket-Rocket Performance: The Audi S3
While the local market in Jamaica is currently dominated by the high-riding utility of SUVs, there remains a specific cohort of drivers who crave a more intimate connection with the tarmac. The Audi…