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England’s Djed Spence plays during the World Cup semi-final football match against Argentina in Atlanta on Wednesday, July 15.
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Tottenham lose defensive duo

MILAN (AP): Tottenham defender Djed Spence, who featured in all eight of England’s matches during the 2026 World Cup, joined Italian champions Inter Milan yesterday. “The English wingback joins the…
The vacant quarter-acre lot. The documents presented by the new owner shows a single-storey concrete structure on the property.
16 Aug, 2026 0

Land grab fears - Multiple disputes put adverse possession laws under scrutiny

A St Thomas resident says he is preparing for a court battle after discovering that another individual is seeking to obtain title to a half-acre property he has occupied and maintained for more than…
Bellevue Hospital
16 Aug, 2026 0

Space, privacy crisis at Bellevue - Hospital turns away patients in psychiatric crisis as cramped emergency room struggles to meet demand

Inside Bellevue Hospital’s emergency room, privacy is little more than a partition. Three cubicles have been carved out of a small room, allowing doctors to interview patients and relatives while…
Approximately 20 predominantly concrete houses reduced to rubble by bulldozers, tractors and sledgehammers in Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny, last Tuesday.
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‘My father would never do this’ - Late New Falmouth director’s daughter slams Cooper’s Pen demolition as ‘totally insane’

Retired real estate investor and shareholder in New Falmouth Resorts Limited Marcia Ann Chisholm has expressed strong disapproval of last week’s bulldozing of homes in Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny,…
Full view of the 62-foot monument depicting the resilience of the Jamaican people, now being sculpted in Montego Bay, St James.
16 Aug, 2026 0

62 feet of resilience - Ja’s tallest sculpted monument rises from Melissa, reaching back to 1962

WESTERN BUREAU: Businessman Christopher Issa has commissioned what will become one of Jamaica’s tallest sculpted monument – a massive 62-foot work by renowned Jamaican sculptor Scheed Cole that is as…
Llauna Humphries, the coordinator of the Montego Bay Cancer Support Group, a retired nurse and a former cancer patient.
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‘They can treat us better’ - Cancer stigma alleged at CRH as patients cry for better care; WRHA rejects claims

WESTERN BUREAU: The Montego Bay Cancer Support Group (MBCSG) is sounding the alarm over what it says is a disturbing pattern of cancer patients being dismissed, delayed and treated with little…
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks at a forum of The Americas Counter Cartel Coalition in Panama City.
16 Aug, 2026 0

Editorial | What’s the new pact with the United States?

The Andrew Holness administration must provide further and better particulars on its reported “new military partnership” with the United States to fight alleged narco-terrorists in the Caribbean.…
Douglas Orane
16 Aug, 2026 0

Douglas Orane | Jamaica’s source of competitive advantage in athletics

“How is it that Jamaican high school athletes go to the Penn Relays and consistently outperform North American teams that have vastly more financial resources?” This was a question asked of me…
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Orville Taylor | I stand with Bert et al

If you missed it, never mind. It has no expiry date. On July 5, veteran attorney and pan-Africanist Bert Samuels launched the Kumasi Museum. The name, derived from the capital of Ghana’s Ashanti…