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Former Reggae Boy and Miami Fusion’s Tyrone Marshall (15) assists Kansas City Wizards’ Scott Vermillion after the two collided while going up for a header in the first half of a football match on August 29, 1999, in Kansas City, Missouri.
February 4, 2026

English football union wants fewer headers to protect players

BOSTON (AP): The union representing English football players has created the first comprehensive protocol for preventing the brain disease CTE, expanding the heightened concern over concussions to…
Senegal supporters are taken from the stadium by security officers after a controversial penalty was awarded to Morocco late on during the Africa Cup of Nations final footbal match in Rabat, Morocco on January 18.
February 4, 2026

Morocco to appeal sanctions over shambolic Africa Cup final

RABAT, Morocco (AP): Morocco have decided to appeal a ruling that resulted in fines of US$415,000 and match bans because of a chaotic Africa Cup of Nations final, their football federation said…
Business
February 4, 2026

Making a budget after a major disaster

Major disasters can upend the best made plans, as Hurricane Melissa has shown us. Although recovery can be long and challenging, it is achievable with patience and effective strategies supported by a…
News
February 4, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

PAC members raise concerns about oversight at Parliament

Admitting that the Houses of Parliament breached the procurement guidelines in acquiring 16 air-conditioning (AC) units, Clerk to the Houses Colleen Lowe blamed a former operations manager for the…
Leroy Cooke, chairman of the Local Organising Committee of SW Isaac-Henry Track and Field Invitational Meet (left), chats with Dr. Worrell Hibbert, (centre) principal of St. Andrew Technical High School and Brian Smith, Jamaica Athletics Administrative Ass
February 4, 2026 by Gregory Bryce

‘We’re about development’

Leroy Cooke, chairman of the Local Organising Committee, says the 10th SW Isaac-Henry Invitational Track & Field meet is expected to be special for both organisers and athletes alike despite the…
Letters
February 4, 2026

Why the burdensome exchange rate?

THE EDITOR, Madam: Why is the $US/JA exchange rate seemingly stuck at the $US1 to $JA150 plus? What is the primary force and/or source driving this longstanding and exorbitantly high rate of…
Letters
February 4, 2026

Letter of the Day | Jamaica’s broken import system punishes its people

THE EDITOR, Madam: There is no polite way to say this anymore: Jamaica’s import-clearing system is hostile to its own people. When the cost to clear an item routinely exceeds the value of the item…
Business
February 4, 2026

Jas remittances surge 14% in Nov

Remittance inflows to Jamaica surged 14.2 per cent in November, marking one of the sharpest monthly increases since the COVID 19 pandemic as the island’s diaspora stepped up financial support…
Vera Brown (centre), 105 years old, at home with her daughters Winsome Brown (left) and Joy Lindsay in Cambridge, St James.
February 4, 2026 by Christopher Thomas

105-y-o weathered Cat 5 Melissa in outdoor bathroom

WESTERN BUREAU: As Hurricane Melissa tore roofs from homes and shattered windows last October, centenarian Vera Brown – partially blind, deaf and almost entirely non-verbal – rode out the Category 5…