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The Excelsior High School in St Andrew.
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Excelsior High accepts ISSA ruling, denies seeking advantage

Defending Manning Cup champions Excelsior High School has admitted it erred in playing a student whom the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) regards as an international transfer, but…
28 Oct, 2026 0

Excelsior accepts ISSA ruling, denies seeking unfair advantage

Defending Manning Cup champion Excelsior High School has admitted that it erred in playing a student deemed ineligible by the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA), but insists that it…
Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade, addresses yesterday’s post-Cabinet meeting at Jamaica House in St Andrew.
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Nine more US deportees leave Jamaica under TCN arrangement

Nine more of the third-country nationals (TCNs) sent to Jamaica from the United States under a deportation arrangement have left the island, bringing the number who have departed to 10. Foreign…
Kamina Johnson Smith, Jamaica’s Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister speaking at the Post Cabinet Press Briefing on Wednesday.
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Jamaica abstains from UN vote condemning US embargo against Cuba

Jamaica was among 25 countries that abstained from Wednesday’s United Nations General Assembly vote on a resolution condemning the United States’ economic embargo against Cuba, marking a shift in the…
Janiel McEwan
28 Oct, 2026 0

Janiel McEwan | The cost of running Jamaica: when fiscal discipline must become a way of governing

Standfirst: The Government’s October spending restrictions are a necessary signal, but a signal is not a system. Jamaica cannot keep discovering fiscal discipline in the middle of a crisis. It must…
An aerial view of carriages and first responders on the site of a collision between two trains in Urda, Spain, on Wednesday.
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At least 64 dead in high-speed train crash in central Spain

URDA, Spain (AP) – A high-speed train slammed into the rear of another train that had stopped, derailing two cars and killing at least 64 people on Wednesday in central Spain, authorities said. The…
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Shadman’s unbeaten 99 puts Bangladesh in control against West Indies

Bangladesh recovered from an early setback to reach 213 for three at stumps on the opening day of the first Test against the West Indies in Mirpur. The West Indies bowlers made an early breakthrough…
28 Oct, 2026 0

Fowler-Nembhard, Sterling-Humphrey named Sunshine Girls co-captains

World-rated goal-shooter Jhaniele Fowler-Nembhard and ace defender Shamera Sterling-Humphrey have been named co-captains of Jamaica’s Sunshine Girls for the Horizon Netball Series against England’s…
A dealer watches computer monitors in a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, yesterday.
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Asian stocks advance following rally on Wall Street

Asian stocks were mostly higher on Tuesday after an AI-led rally on Wall Street ahead of major corporate earnings and central bank decisions. US futures edged lower after earlier gains and oil prices…