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03 Sep, 2026 0

American import scares away Mouttet Mile aspirants

Saturday’s Philip Feanny Gold Cup has, rather oddly, attracted only five starters, a $2.5-million grade-one event with a Mouttet Mile win-and-you’re-in ticket attached. Considering six Mouttet Mile…
Cavalier head coach Rudolph Speid.
03 Sep, 2026 0

No margin for error - Portmore, Cavalier backs against Caribbean Cup wall

Former regional champions Cavalier and Jamaica Premier League (JPL) winners Portmore United will both be hunting their first win of the Concacaf Caribbean Cup when they meet in a Group B encounter at…
Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus serves to Polina Iatcenko of Russia, during the second round of the US Open tennis championships yesterday.
03 Sep, 2026 0

Sabalenka makes quick work of US Open second round

NEW YORK (AP): Aryna Sabalenka arrived at the US Open struggling for form and facing the prospect of losing the world No. 1 ranking. Now, she is through to the third round looking every bit a…
St Kitts and Nevis opening batsman, Johnson Charles strikes on his way to 78 against the Barbados Tridents a Warner Park on Tuesday night.
03 Sep, 2026 0

Patriots rally to hand Tridents third straight defeat

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots produced a batting performance for the ages, chasing down 218 to defeat the Barbados Tridents by six wickets in a pulsating Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL)…
Ackera Nugent.
03 Sep, 2026 0

Nugent finds best form

Lavanya Williams and Ackera Nugent were in winning form yesterday at a World Continental Tour bronze meeting inside Beograd Stadium in Serbia. The in-form Williams rebounded from her eighth-place…
Dr Christopher Tufton (centre), minister of health and wellness, examines the Global School-Based Student Health Survey report while in discussion with (from left) Ian Stein, PAHO/WHO representative to Jamaica, Bermuda and The Cayman Islands; Paulette Smit
03 Sep, 2026 0

Drunk in class - One in 10 students report going to school inebriated or under influence of drugs, survey finds

Jamaica’s classrooms are facing an unsettling challenge, with one in every 10 high-school students reporting that they have gone to school drunk, while a similar proportion say they have turned up…
A section of the Ferris Primary school compound which houses the Grade 3 classroom and upward, shows apparent readiness following work that was done on the roofs and a fresh paint job.
03 Sep, 2026 0

Ferris Primary reborn

Western Bureau: After months of rehabilitation work in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, Ferris Primary School in Westmoreland is now all but ready to welcome students to its newly transformed…
Police and firefighters at Balcombe Drive Primary and Junior High School in Olympic Gardens, St Andrew, where the section of a building collapsed, killing a man and injuring another on September 1.
03 Sep, 2026 0

After Balcombe collapse, Crawford warns against repairs at open schools

Chairman of the Balcombe Drive Primary and Junior High School Board Alden Brown is accusing the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information of failing to respond to appeals for assistance in…
Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon (right), minister of education, skills, youth and information, listens keenly to Tracie Campbell, principal of Ferris Primary School, in Westmoreland, as she expresses gratitude over the readiness of the institution ahead of ne
03 Sep, 2026 0

All western schools to reopen Monday, declares Morris Dixon

Western Bureau: Despite claims by several principals that their schools are not ready, Education Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon is insisting that all schools across the ministry’s Region Four –…