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January 14, 2026

Williams claims early world indoor lead in 60m hurdles

SOUTH CAROLINA, United States (CMC): Jamaica’s Danielle Williams set a world-leading indoor time in the women’s 60-metre hurdles on her way to winning gold at the Clemson Invitational indoor track and…
West Indies U19 batsman Shamar Apple (right) celebrates a century against Japan, while Tanez Francis, who also scored a hundred, looks on during an ICC U19 Cricket World Cup warm-up game at the United Cricket Ground in Windhoek, Namibia, yesterday.
January 14, 2026

Apple, Francis centuries lead young West Indies demolition of Japan

WINDHOEK, Namibia (CMC): Shamar Apple and Tanez Francis scored contrasting centuries as West Indies Under-19s readied themselves for the ICC Cricket World Cup with a devastating 229-run win over…
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January 14, 2026

Documents missing for $521m in contracts, UHWI admits tax-exempt import abuse

The University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) failed to provide procurement documentation for 51 contracts valued at more than $521 million to auditors from the Auditor General’s Department,…
UHWI CEO Fitzgerald Mitchell, who is on three months’ leave.
January 14, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

Audit reveals procurement failures at UHWI

Exposing a glaring practice by the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), of utilising a retrospective process to validate procurements, Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis says this action by…
Jamaica’s women cricket team in action.
January 14, 2026 by Lennox Aldred

Jamaica start T20 Blaze with loss to Leeward Islands

Before a ball was bowled in the Cricket West Indies T20 Blaze competition, Jamaica women’s head coach Shane Brooks said the two-week preparation for the tournament was not enough, and that lack of…
Delroy Chuck, minister of justice and constitutional affairs, notes that in the event of the death of the witnesses to a will – or if they can no longer be located – a will should be rewritten.
January 14, 2026 by Karen Madden

Parliament weighs tripled juror stipend amid backlog crisis

Nearly two years after Justice Minister Delroy Chuck announced a 200 per cent increase in the stipend paid to Jamaicans who report for jury duty, the long-promised change has been formally brought to…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness (centre) makes a point on a tour with William Mahfood (left), chairman of Wisynco Group; Devon Reynolds, director of manufacturing; Anthony Hylton, opposition spokesperson on industry, investment and logistics; Andrew Mahfo
January 14, 2026 by Ruddy Mathison

Holness: Cutting-edge investment key to GDP growth

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has urged Jamaican manufacturers to capitalise on government policies favouring investors and to step up their role in driving economic growth. Speaking during…
Treasure Beach FC players celebrate a goal against Molynes United during their Jamaica Premier League football match at he Drewsland stadium on Sunday.
January 14, 2026

Treasure Beach prepared for ‘excellent’ Racing United

Having picked up their first win in five games, Treasure Beach will now turn their sights on what head coach Kemar Ricketts described as a ‘tough match’ against Racing United today in Wray and…
Donaldson was last seen alive on July 11, 2022.
January 14, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

‘I did not kill Donna-Lee’

In an unsworn statement from the dock on Tuesday, Constable Noel Maitland told the Home Circuit Court that a “tiny spot of blood” found in his Chelsea Manor, St Andrew, apartment resulted from his…