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Trudi Davidson (left), cruise tourism manager, Jamaica Vacations Limited (JAMVAC); Lloyd Barnett Jr (fourth left), chairman; and Joy Roberts (right), executive director, join members of the 2025 Top Five travel advisors for a photo opportunity at the Regal
07 Sep, 2026 0

JAMVAC looks beyond the ports

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Vacations Limited (JAMVAC) is turning to some of its top international cruise sellers to help drive more passengers to the island – and, critically, get them to explore and…
Jamaica’s Tajay Gayle in action in the men’s long jump in Brussels last Friday. Gayle won the event with a season’s best 8.46 metres.
07 Sep, 2026 0

Coach Ricketts hails Gayle’s Brussels triumph

Coach Kerry-Lee Ricketts says he was very impressed with Tajay Gayle’s performance after the Jamaican long jumper secured his second Wanda Diamond League title in Brussels, Belgium, on Friday. Gayle,…
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07 Sep, 2026 0

Triple jumper Ricketts targets 2027 season return

Having taken the 2026 season off following the birth of her first child, Olympic silver medallist Shanieka Ricketts is eager to get her career back on track and is targeting a return to competitive…
Matthew Hyatt
07 Sep, 2026 0

Born to beat the odds - How an accident forced attorney Matthew Hyatt to view life differently

Matthew Hyatt was not expected to survive his one-and half-pound weight at birth and three months in the paediatric intensive care at the University Hospital of the West Indies. But, 33 years have…
Police Commissioner Dr Kevin Blake.
07 Sep, 2026 0

Blake: Stand with colleagues, but not at expense of JCF

Citing “recent allegations” involving members of the police force, Commissioner of Police Dr Kevin Blake has issued a caution to cops that supporting a colleague “does not mean shielding wrongdoing”.…
From left: Sha’Carri Richardson of the United States, Jamaica’s Tina Clayton and Jonielle Smith compete during the women’s 100-metre final at the Wanda Diamond League Final meeting in Brussels, Belgium on Saturday. Clayton won in 10.93 seconds.
07 Sep, 2026 0

Tina Clayton’s Diamond tribute

TINA CLAYTON’S victory in the women’s 100 metres at Saturday’s Diamond League Final in Brussels, Belgium, was more than just another major achievement in the young Jamaican sprinter’s rapidly…
Chinelle Henry of Jamaica Empress on the go at the Kensington Oval in Barbados yesterday.
07 Sep, 2026 0

Henry’s heroics seal stunning WCPL win for Jamaica Empress

If the first game of the Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) is anything to go by, Jamaica Empress are in for a swashbuckling run in their inaugural year. In a finish that will be replayed for…
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07 Sep, 2026 0

Former Cuban President Raúl Castro reappears at a military event

HAVANA (AP): Former Cuban President Raúl Castro reappeared in public at a military event that celebrated the anniversary of an army branch responsible for protecting its top leaders. Cuban state…
Pedro Gomez (left) walks through La Guaira, Venezuela, with a friend, asking people if they have seen his cousin, Andres Molina.
07 Sep, 2026 0

Venezuela | Months after quakes, a family refuses still searches for missing relative

CARACAS (AP): Antonella Molina, her nephew Pedro Molina and a group of friends set out at 8 a.m. on a recent Saturday, hands full of flyers, walking carefully through the rubble that remains…