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Alyssa Healy of Australia (top) takes a return throw as Hayley Matthews of the West Indies slides to make her ground during their Women’s Cricket World Cup semi-final match in Wellington, New Zealand, on March 30, 2022.
March 18, 2026

Aussies bank on Caribbean tour to aid World Cup selection

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC): Australia Women’s head coach Shelley Nitschke says she will use their white-ball tour of the Caribbean to select the squad for the upcoming Women’s T20 World Cup. The…
Former Germany head coach Joachim Low arrives for the Women’s Euro 2025 final football match between England and Spain at St Jakob-Park in Basel, Switzerland, on July 27, 2025.
March 18, 2026

Löw voices World Cup safety concerns

COLOGNE, Germany (AP): Former Germany coach Joachim Löw has raised concerns about safety at the World Cup being hosted by the United States, Mexico, and Canada. “We had debates before the 2018 World…
Opposition Leader Mark Golding making his contribution to the 2026-2027 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives yesterday.
March 18, 2026

Leakage lockdown

Opposition Leader Mark Golding is proposing a digital dragnet that he says could cut tax leakages and pump approximately $70 billion into the Government’s coffers while describing the Holness…
FIFA President Gianni Infantino (right) presents President Donald Trump with the FIFA Peace Prize during the draw for the 2026 football World Cup at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Friday, December 5, 2025.
March 18, 2026

Iran, FIFA at odds over moving World Cup matches

GENEVA (AP): The public wrangling among Iran, FIFA, and US President Donald Trump over the narrative of playing in the World Cup shifted yesterday to Mexico, where President Claudia Sheinbaum seemed…
Real Madrid’s scorer Vinicius Junior reacts at the corner flag after scoring the opening goal from the penalty spot during the Champions League round-of-16 second-leg football match against Manchester City in Manchester, yesterday.
March 18, 2026

Real Madrid, PSG advance, Bodø/Glimt fairytale run ends

AP: Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain quickly snuffed out hopes of epic comebacks by Manchester City and Chelsea in the Champions League yesterday. Instead, it was tiny Bodø/Glimt on the receiving…
Gabrielle Gilpin-Hudson, president of the Realtors Association of Jamaica.
March 18, 2026 by Sashana Small

Robinson’s digital nomad proposal ‘good for market’ but ‘needs more fleshing out’

The Realtors Association of Jamaica (RAJ) has endorsed Opposition Spokesman on Finance Julian Robinson’s proposal for a digital nomad programme, arguing that it could boost both long- and short-term…
Minister in charge of works, Robert Morgan.
March 18, 2026

Editorial | The dilemma of roads

Robert Morgan’s remarks at the recent World Bank round table on infrastructure suggest that the Holness administration is pushing ahead with its plan for a new agency to manage and repair Jamaica’s …
Supporters participate in the Gratitude Walk from Hanover Street to Heroes Circle in Kingston yesterday, showing appreciation to Cuban medical professionals for their 50 years of medical support to the Jamaican people.
March 18, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

‘We love Cuba’

An older couple from the Norman Gardens community in Kingston is among many Jamaicans left frustrated and disappointed by the departure of Cuban medical personnel who have served on the island for…
The Woodsville Bridge in Hanover.
March 18, 2026 by Bryan Miller

Residents cautiously optimistic about plans for new Woodsville Bridge

Western Bureau: After four years of using the makeshift bridge, which they created when the 100-year-old Woodsville Bridge collapsed in 2022, residents of the eastern Hanover community are greeting…