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Neo Oxford.
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Real Mona return to women’s football with youthful look

Real Mona will be returning to the Jamaica Women’s Premier League (JWPL) with a squad the coach, Neo Oxford, says boasts an average age of 17 years old. Real Mona are set to return to the ranks of the…
THUNDER, the Best Presented horse winner at the FEI Eventing World Challenge at the Kingston Polo Club on February 8, is pictured with (from left) Samantha Albert, ground jury member; Rosanna Lagunes, judge; Zahra-Lys King, a rider from Trinidad and Tobago
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Equestrian federation gets massive boos for hurricane recovery, development

The Equestrian Federation of Jamaica (EFJ) has received significant international grant funding totalling US$65,000 (approximately J$10.1 million), reinforcing the country’s equestrian development and…
Bishop Christine Gooden-Benguche, president of the Jamaica Council of Churches, blessing Transport Minister Dary Vaz at a handover ceremony for the buses under the National Rural School Bus Programme last August.
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Golding seeks probe into $1.4b school bus deal

Opposition Leader Mark Golding has written to three of the country’s anti-corruption bodies requesting an investigation into the transport ministry’s procurement of 110 used school buses brought in…
Contributed Jace Pinnock.
Published 3 minutes ago by Corey Robinson

GRIEF DOUBLES

Children mourned openly at the Edward Seaga Infant School in Kingston on Monday following the death of three-year-old student Jace Pinnock, who was murdered in Denham Town last Saturday. Jace was…
Mickel Jackson (left), executive director of Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ), in discussion with Assistant Commissioner of Police Jacqueline Coombs (centre), and Dr Ashburn Pinnock, president of The Mico University College at the unveiling of the JFJ’s ‘Ci
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‘We know our rights but ... ‘

A recent survey published by Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ), in collaboration with The Mico University College, has found that a high percentage of residents in at least 10 marginalised communities in…
Sylvia Ferguson (centre) of Darliston, Westmoreland, beams as she receives a symbolic cheque valued at $200,000 under the Government’s Restoration of Owners or Occupants of Family Shelter (ROOFS) Programme, administered through the Ministry of Labour and
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Campbell hails ROOFS grants, urges stronger housing in Westmoreland Eastern

WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Dayton Campbell, the member of parliament (MP) for Westmoreland Eastern, says the Government’s Restoration of Owners or Occupants of Family Shelter (ROOFS) Programme represents the…
Tianna Chandler, marketing intern, Red Stripe, strikes a pose for the camera.
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Something Extra | Tuesday

Last Tuesday, guests reserved their spots for Queen: The Dinner Party, a Broken Plate and Don Julio collaboration at the restaurant’s Barbican location. The black-and-gold masquerade-themed event…
Cadet Major Se’rena Sutherland.
Published 3 minutes ago by Albert Ferguson

From Hanover to US military: Sutherland siblings united in service

WESTERN BUREAU: From the tranquil coastal town of Lucea, Hanover, to the exacting corridors of American military academies, siblings Se’rena and David Sutherland are emerging as proud standard-bearers…
Former Third World drummer, William ‘Willie’ Stewart, at last Thursday’s thanksgiving service for Stephen ‘Cat’ Coore. Stewart has written, arranged and is the co-executive producer of the song ‘Have a Little Faith’. All proceeds will go tow
Published 4 minutes ago by Yasmine Peru

Former Third World drummer assembles reggae legends for ‘historic’ collab

At the thanksgiving service for Stephen ‘Cat’ Coore last Thursday, the Rev. Astor Carlyle asked a serious question, “Which musician will write a song for Cuba? For Haiti? For those whose rights are…