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Azaria Harris of Alpha Academy celebrates after setting a new Class Three 80m hurdles record of 10.80 seconds at the ISSA GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athletics Championships on March 27, 2026. (Ian Allen photo)
March 27, 2026

Champs 2026 | Three records broken in girls’ hurdles semis

Three records were broken in the girls’ sprint hurdles semifinals in classes one, three and four at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs) at the National Stadium on…
Marquies Page of St Jago High School blazes to a record-breaking 12.98 seconds to win his boys’ Class Two 110m hurdles semi-final at the ISSA GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athletics Championships at the National Stadium on March 27, 2026. (Ian Allen photo)
March 27, 2026

Champs 2026 | St Jago's Marquies Page blazes to new 110m hurdles record

Marquies Page of St Jago High School shattered the boys’ Class Two 110m hurdles Champs record at the National Stadium on Friday, clocking a blistering 12.98 seconds in the semi-finals. Page dominated…
Dorette Rhoden Henry, teacher of deCarteret College and the 2025 LASCO, Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Jamaica Teaching Council Teacher of the Year, with Orville Anthony Richards (left), principal of St Mary Technical High School, an
March 26, 2026 by Sashana Small

Guided to greatness

It was the guidance of a mentor that led Dorrette Rhoden Henry into the teaching profession and, 30 years later, that influence continues to shape her approach to teaching and learning. After…
The unofficial parking area adjacent to the Kingston Public Hospital was cordoned off by police yesterday after 30-year-old Damion Henry was shot and killed by gunmen.
March 26, 2026 by Andre Williams

Blood spills on KPH doorstep

What should have been a routine trip to the doctor with his children ended in bloodshed just steps away from the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), where tragedy unfolded on a strip of land long…
His remains in custody.
March 26, 2026

Three charged for murder of man gunned down in Montego Bay

Three sanitation workers have been charged with murder following the killing of a man in Montego Bay, St James earlier this month. Charged are 23-year-old Akeemo Brooks, otherwise called ‘Keemo’,…
The company is before the court on breaches of the Wildlife Protection Act.
March 26, 2026

Two constables charged for assaulting man in Spanish Town, to pay restitution

Two police constables have been charged for assaulting a man in Spanish Town, St Catherine and have agreed to pay $255,000 in restitution following mediation. Constables Paul Banbury and Jason…
Kitson Town goat farmers Georgen Williams and Raymond Latibeaudiere, who are FAO beneficiary farmers, displaying a prototype of their goat house on March 26, 2026.
March 26, 2026

Green pushes expansion of rural farming project across Jamaica

Agriculture Minister Floyd Green has signalled the Government’s intention to expand a successful rural farming initiative to more communities, following what he described as “measurable outcomes” in…
March 26, 2026

Prisoner fatally shot by correctional officers at Tamarind Farm, INDECOM launches probe

One of two inmates who allegedly attempted to escape from the Tamarind Farm Adult Correctional Centre in St Catherine on Wednesday was fatally shot by correctional officers. The deceased has been…
Jovi Rose of Holmwood Technical celebrates after winning the Class One girls’ 1500 metres at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships at the National Stadium on Wednesday.
March 26, 2026

Champs 2026 | Holmwood’s Jovi Rose targets middle distance double

Freshly crowned Class One girls 1500m champion Jovi Rose of Holmwood Technical has now set her sights on completing the middle-distance double at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athletics…