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President Donald Trump stands on stage next to the FIFA World Cup after receiving the FIFA Peace Prize during the draw for the 2026 World Cup at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Friday, December 5, 2025.
January 24, 2026

German federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump

BERLIN (AP): A German football federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of US President Donald Trump. Oke Göttlich, the president of…
World champion Keshorn Walcott (right) accepts his award from Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, Phillip Watts.
January 24, 2026

T&T’s Walcott receives TT$500,000 reward from gov’t

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): World champion Keshorn Walcott has received a TT$500,000 national incentive award for his outstanding performance at last year’s World Athletics Championships in Japan.…
Brandon King on the go.
January 24, 2026

King: WI have work to do before T20 World Cup

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CMC): Following a disappointing performance in their just concluded T20I series against Afghanistan, stand-in West Indies captain Brandon King has admitted that the…
January 24, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

‘Quite frankly, I was afraid’

Minister of Agriculture Floyd Green testified on Thursday that fear had prevented him from giving an immediate statement to investigators following a fatal 2013 police shooting along Arcadia Road in…
Chedean Nation.
January 24, 2026

T20 Blaze: Ja finish fifth with demolition of Windwards

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC): Jamaica Women ended their T20 Blaze campaign in fifth position by demolishing Windward Islands Women by 10 wickets here yesterday. After restricting Windward Islands to a…
A view of the front section of the Hemmingay Preparatory and Kindergarten School in Paradise, Norwood, St James.
January 24, 2026

Hemmingay’s 50th anniversary celebrations in limbo

WESTERN BUREAU: The Hemmingay Preparatory and Kindergarten School in Norwood, St James, which was in the middle of planning this year’s 50th anniversary celebrations when Hurricane Melissa impacted…
The deep pit initially caused by land caving in at The Estuary housing scheme, in St James.
January 24, 2026 by Adrian Frater

Estuary on edge

Western Bureau: With the 2026 hurricane season just months away, some residents of Phase Two of the Estuary Housing Scheme, in St James, are worried about the slow pace of the rehabilitation work on a…
Entertainment
January 24, 2026

Brooklyn Beckham’s wedding DJ speaks out about ‘that dance’

Brooklyn Beckham’s wedding DJ has spoken about Victoria Beckham’s “inappropriate” dancing after the 26-year-old aspiring chef blasted his family in an Instagram post earlier this week, and singled…
Leighton Johnson and La Sonja Harrison, former presidents of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association.
January 24, 2026 by Sashana Small

Former JTA head loses lawsuit against teachers’ body

The wage agreement for a 20 per cent minimum increase in basic salary after tax, between the Government and the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), has been upheld after the Supreme Court dismissed a…