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Mount Pleasant’s Daniel Green.
January 30, 2026

Mount Pleasant move up to fourth in JPL

Daniel Green scored in the 50th minute to give Mount Pleasant Academy a 1-0 win over Arnett Gardens in their Jamaica Premier League (JPL) match at Drax Hall Sports Complex yesterday. The win lifted…
Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade.
January 30, 2026 by Kimone Francis

GEOPOLITICAL TIGHTROPE

Foreign Affairs Minister Senator Kamina Johnson Smith says Jamaica’s economic independence is dependent on its ability to balance competing global interests amid mounting geopolitical tensions.…
Jamaica’s Under-17 Reggae Girls celebrating their win against hosts Aruba in the Concacaf U17 World Cup qualifiers last week.
January 30, 2026

Concacaf World Cup Qualifiers: U17 Reggae Girlz drub St Vincent 5-0

Jamaica moved to the top of Group D of the Concacaf Women’s Under-17 World Cup Qualifiers yesterday after drubbing St Vincent and the Grenadines 5-0 at the Stadion Guillermo Prospero Trinidad in…
Quinton de Kock on the go during his match-winning century against West Indies in the second T20I.
January 30, 2026

De Kock’s century leads Proteas’ demolition of WI

CENTURION, South Africa (CMC): Quinton de Kock warmed up for the T20 World Cup by smashing a boundary-studded century to lead South Africa’s superb run chase in a seven-wicket victory over the West…
Agriculture Minister Floyd Green.
January 30, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

‘I wasn’t preparing for a case’

Minister of Agriculture Floyd Green told the Home Circuit Court on Thursday that he was not anticipating giving evidence when he wrote an anonymous letter to the Independent Commission of…
It was all smiles at the launch of the third Ardenne Optima 5K at the school recently. From left: Sian Wilson , principal of Calabar High; Maurice Smith, Olympian; Chanice Wilson, executive director of Barita Foundation; Christopher Taylor , Olympian; Fl
January 30, 2026

Ardenne’s Optima 5K to help fund wellness centre, hurricane recovery

The third staging of the Ardenne Alumni Foundation Optima 5K Run, set for Sunday, February 1, will be the most important and most significant of the runs to date as proceeds from the event will have…
Ackeem Blake.
January 30, 2026 by Raymond Graham

Hurdler Williams heads eight Jamaicans for Sunday’s Millrose Games

DANIELLE WILLIAMS, the world leader in the women’s 60 metres hurdles, will be one of eight Jamaicans in action at the 118th staging of the Millrose Indoor Games in New York on Sunday. Williams, who…
Simone Foote (left), marketing manager of BPM Financial Ltd and Genevieve Reid, member of the organising committee, during the draw for event sponsors at yesterday’s launch of the 2026 Gibson McCook Relays, at The Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.
January 30, 2026 by Gregory Bryce

Gibson McCook Relays holds strong despite Hurricane Melissa impact

With the 2026 Gibson McCook Relays to be staged with a shortened ‘finals-only’ schedule, meet organisers and sponsors alike said it is important for the annual track meet to power through the…
Jamaica Teachers’ Association President Mark Malabver.
January 30, 2026 by Bryan Miller

CRY FOR DEANS

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Mark Malabver has reiterated his call for every school in the island to have a dean of discipline, expressing disappointment that both the…