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Antoine Lodge/Photographer Next Cup action between the black and whites of Kingston Central and Charlton’s Academy at the UWI Mona Bowl yesterday.
April 4, 2026 by Robert Bailey

Next Cup first day encourages organisers

The second staging of the Next Cup football competition is already being hailed as a major success, with chief organiser Paula Pinnock saying she is delighted at both the turnout and the overall…
Mount Pleasant Football Academy head coach Theodore ‘Tappa’ Whitmore
April 4, 2026 by Livingston Scott

Big clashes litter JPL’s Easter

The Jamaica Premier League (JPL) comes alive this Easter weekend with three mouth-watering clashes on the cards. In the feature of the three match ups, second-place Mount Pleasant host third-place…
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April 4, 2026

Past The Finishing Post

Apr 4, 2026 Race Results Race 1 Purse $820,000 3YO&UP OPT. CLM($700,0-$600,0)/NB5YO&IMP6YO&UP(NW4) &IMP5YO(NW3) Off At: 12:07:27PM Distance: 1400 M Track Condition: Dirt : Fast…
Ricardo Makyn/Chief Photo Editor Hydel High School’s Keneisha Robinson hurdles on her way to winning the Class Four 70-metre hurdles at the ISSA/GraceeKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships inside the National Stadium on March 28.
April 4, 2026 by Robert Bailey

Bennett proud of Hydel efforts, expresses doubt about Penn Relays

Corey Bennett, head coach of dethroned girls’ champions at this year’s ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs), Hydel High, says he is proud of his team’s performance,…
Ian Allen/Photographer Edwin Allen High School’s Kellyann Carr (centre) wins the Girls’ Class One 400 metres ahead of Hydel’s Nastassia Fletcher (right) and Holmwood Technical’s Abrina Wright at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Ch
April 4, 2026 by Karen Madden

CHAMPS ON THE DECLINE?

The performances on the track and in the field, at what is now internationally called “Champs”, undoubtedly the biggest school athletics festival in the world, is fuelled by passionate fans high on…
Bishop Dr Roy Notice, administrative head of the New Testament Church of God.
April 5, 2026 by Mickalia Kington

Easter hope

On the most important weekend in Christianity, which should have been filled with polished pews, floral arrangements, and the echo of choirs beneath sturdy rooftops, many Jamaicans are instead…
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April 4, 2026

Orville Taylor | CARICOM a model for international peace

Exactly five years ago, I woke up on Resurrection Sunday, after fighting for more than two weeks with the COVID-19 virus, which tried every night to kill me. In my head, a song, whose chorus eluded my…
National Housing Trust offices at Park Boulevard, Kingston.
April 5, 2026 by Kimone Francis

Banks to pocket billions from NHT mortgage outsourcing

The National Housing Trust (NHT) has funnelled $1.1 billion to private banks to subsidise its External Financing Mortgage Programme (EFMP), a move that effectively outsources its mortgage book to…
Monalee Campbell, of Roaring River in Steer Town, St Ann, is disappointed that several months have passed and no official assistance has been offered by the State to assist her with rebuilding.
April 5, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

Left in the lurch

Five months after Hurricane Melissa ripped apart homes and displaced families in St Ann, many are struggling to piece together their lives, clinging to the hope that long-promised government aid will…