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Stacey-Ann Williams of Jamaica moments after placing second in her 400 metres heat in a personal-best 49.59 seconds on day two of the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
14 Sep, 2025 0

Williams over the moon after breaking 50-second barrier

Stacey-Ann Williams smashed the 50-second barrier for the first time in her career to lead a triumphant trio of Jamaicans through the 400m heats on day two of the 2025 World Athletics Championships in…
From left: Jason Sawyers; Katrina Grant-D’Aguilar; Andrei Roper; Basillia Barnaby-Cuff; Brian Cuff; Ingrid Banton; Demron Anderson; Gerald Gordon; and Wendell Lawrence at the launch of the 2025 Sterling Gospel Music Awards at the R Hotel last Thursday.
14 Sep, 2025 0

Sterling Gospel Music Awards unveils 2025 nominees

The Sterling Gospel Music Awards (SGMA), which has become known as “the Caribbean’s premier gospel music awards show”, recently unveiled the official nominees for its ninth staging, set to take place…
14 Sep, 2025 0

SheSecures Competition seeks to empower women in cybersecurity

The SheSecures Jamaica cybersecurity competition has been lauded for its role in helping to bolster the country’s cyberresilience and empowering women in the growing cybersecurity sector. The…
Jamaica’s Danielle Williams raises her eyes to the heavens after qualifying for the semi-finals of the 100m hurdles at the World Athletics Championships.
14 Sep, 2025 0

Williams fully focused ahead of 100m hurdles semis

Danielle Williams celebrated her birthday by leading Jamaica’s three competitors into the second round of the 100-metre hurdles, before emphasising how inspirational iconic teammate Shelly-Ann…
High commissioners of Commonwealth member states are seen deliberating at an extraordinary meeting of the board of governors on September 10.
14 Sep, 2025 0

Ja joins Commonwealth countries in backing new strategic plan for shared prosperity

Commonwealth high commissioners, including representatives from Jamaica, have approved a five-year strategic plan for the Commonwealth Secretariat to deliver focused support for the 2.7 billion people…
Antonio Watson of Jamaica competing in his heat of the men’s 400 metres qualifiers on day two of the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, yesterday. Watson, the defending champion, finished eighth in 46.23 seconds and did not advance to th
14 Sep, 2025 0

‘I’ll come back bigger and better’

TENACIOUS QUALIFYING performances from Bovel McPherson, Rusheen McDonald and Delano Kennedy were slightly overshadowed by the comprehensive elimination of defending champion Antonio Watson in the…
Jamaica's Oblique Seville (left) and Kishane Thompson celebrate their one-two finish in the men's 100 metres final at the World Athletics Championships at Japan National Stadium in Tokyo.
14 Sep, 2025 0

Oblique Seville triumphant; Kishane Thompson takes silver

Oblique Seville has earned his first global individual medal, taking the men’s 100-metre World Athletics Championships title in a new personal best of 9.77 seconds at the Japan National Stadium. …
Gleaner editorial writes: While Jamaica’s size (with a population of nearly three million) helps to give it CARICOM's third largest economy (US$21.41 billion, according to the IMF) in nominal terms, it lags on a per capita basis ... A skewed income dist
14 Sep, 2025 0

Editorial | The urgency of growth

Anyone with even a passing interest in investments and how long it will take their capital to double at a specific rate of return is likely to be aware of the Rule of 70. It is a simple tool based in…
Tina Clayton. - Gladstone Taylor photo
14 Sep, 2025 0

Tina Clayton mines silver in women’s 100m

Jamaica’s rising starlet Tina Clayton ran a new personal best of 10.76 seconds on her way to the silver medal in the women’s 100 metres at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships at the Japan National…