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FIFA president Gianni Infantino leaves after attending a Women's AFCON 2026 soccer match between Malawi and Zambia, in Rabat, Morocco, on Wednesday.
August 6, 2026

FIFA’s president held off an internal revolt. Next up is a hotly contested election

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — FIFA president Gianni Infantino held off the potential of an internal revolt during a summit meeting in Morocco this week. A scathing response from European football’s…
Shanique Sommerville, Miss Westmoreland Festival Queen 2026 (right), receives a cash voucher to start a Sagicor Bank Jamaica savings account from Kerry-Ann Brainsford, manager, commissioned sales, Sagicor Bank, during the Financial Literacy Training Sessio
August 6, 2026

Corporate Hands | Sagicor hosts Financial Literacy Training Session for festival queens

Manager of the Scotiabank Centre Branch, Conrad Wright (left), was delighted to host students of Kingston Technical High and provide them with a brief tour of the branch during their recent field trip, courtesy of the Scotiabank Foundation.
August 6, 2026

Corporate Hands | Scotiabank Foundation treats Kingston Tech students to museum tour

Carlington Willis, general manager of Eye Q Optical, provides a free eye examination as part of the vision screening services offered at the Kingston Public Hospital 250th Anniversary Health and Wellness Fair. 
August 6, 2026

Corporate Hands | Kingston Public Hospital hosts free health fair

Reggae Marathon has reaffirmed its deep-rooted connection to Negril through a $1.5M donation worth of food items, clothing, and food vouchers valued at over $750,000 to the Negril community. The Reggae Marathon team and partners rally together to provide
August 6, 2026

Corporate Hands | Reggae Marathon donates to Negril community

Dr Ryan Haynes, UTech, Jamaica Medical Centre, checks the vitals of a youngster (centre) as her guardian (left) observes during the UTech, Jamaica Health and Services Fair held on Thursday, July 16, 2026, at the Mona Baptist Church.
August 6, 2026

Corporate Hands | UTech does community care at health and services fair

Councillor Waynette Strachan Nelson (left) shares a proud moment with Zoey Clarke (centre), a Hagley Park PEP High Achiever, joined by her mother, Angela Radcliffe, during the inaugural Hagley Park PEP High Achievers Luncheon at the JACDEN Medical Rooftop
August 6, 2026

Corporate Hands | Hagley Park PEP High Achievers feted

Coral bleaching in the Dominican Republic.
August 6, 2026

Earth Today | Bleached and broken

AUGUST IS the month most of the Caribbean watches for storm systems forming off the African coast. It is also the month ocean temperatures in the region tend to reach their annual peak. Those two…
Dr Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie
August 6, 2026

Earth Today | Public participation a must to overcome environmental woes

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION has been highlighted as a prerequisite and core element of the environmental rule of law necessary to achieve resilient economies and societies that leave no one behind.