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Former Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Vanessa Llewellyn (left) pauses for a photo with Miss Anieta Bailey, community relations education officer for Region 5 of the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information.
31 Jul, 2026 0

‘I had to be The Iron Lady’ - Llewellyn opens up on court challenge to tenure, urges educators to never play victim

WESTERN BUREAU: Drawing on the bruising constitutional challenge against her tenure as Jamaica’s chief prosecutor, Paula Llewellyn on Wednesday urged educators still bouncing back from Hurricane…
Jamaica's  Dante Plunkett (left) battles for the ball with Raheen
Cuello of Panama during their  Concacaf U-20 Championship Group C match in Puebla, Mexico on Wednesday night. The match ended in a 2-2 draw.
31 Jul, 2026 0

Concacaf Championships: U20 Boyz stage stunning late comeback to earn 2-2 draw

PUEBLA, Mexico (CMC): Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz produced a stunning late comeback to salvage a 2-2 draw against Panama in Wednesday’s Concacaf U-20 Championship Group C clash at Estadio Universitario…
Joseph Salmon of Jamaica College celebrates after breaking the boys’ Class One discus record twice and winning gold at the 2026 ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championships at the National Stadium.
31 Jul, 2026 0

Salmon can deliver Jamaica’s third discus gold at World U20

JAMAICA will be hoping to capture a third gold medal in the men’s discus at next week’s World Under-20 Championships in Eugene, Oregon, and Joseph Salmon could make that dream come true. After…
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Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov smiles following his meeting with Indonesian Communication and Information Minister Rudiantara in Jakarta, Indonesia, in August 2017.
31 Jul, 2026 0

Russia accuses Telegram CEO of aiding terrorism

Russian authorities said on Wednesday that tthey had charged Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the messaging app Telegram, with aiding terrorism, the latest step by the Kremlin to bring the Internet…
31 Jul, 2026 0

Urban schools favoured as Elite Clarendon Football tourney kicks off

URBAN teams look set to dominate their rural counterparts when the three-day Elite Clarendon Football Competition gets under way today at Glenmuir High School. The winning team is set to take home…
Workers at the Rio Cobre Water Treatment Plant during a site tour on Wednesday.
31 Jul, 2026 0

Rio Cobre plant on target to deliver 15 million gallons daily by May 2027

Amid persistent drought conditions in Kingston, St Andrew and parts of St Catherine, the US$92-million ($14.5-billion) Rio Cobre Water Treatment Plant, now 60 per cent complete, is on track to deliver…
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31 Jul, 2026 0

Oil prices jump, Dow drops more than 1,100 as sinking AI stocks drag Wall Street lower

Oil prices got back to jumping on Wednesday, while sinking technology stocks dragged Wall Street lower amid uncertainty about what the Federal Reserve will do to get high inflation under control. The…
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Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Monday, July 6, 2026.
31 Jul, 2026 0

US economy grows at sluggish 1.5% in Q2 with inflation remaining high

The US economy expanded at a sluggish 1.5 per cent pace from April through toJune as rising imports weighed on growth, yet consumers continued to spend. And the Federal Reserve’s favoured measure of…
FIFA President Gianni Infantino (left) and President Donald Trump talk as they wait to congratulate the Spanish players after the World Cup final between Spain and Argentina in East Rutherford, New Jersey on Sunday, July 19, 2026.
31 Jul, 2026 0

Editorial | FIFA’s new stench

After registering their objections to FIFA’s lack of transparency in its deal to sell a stake in future World Cups to private investors, the expectation is that the majority of national football…