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Health professionals examine a patient’s eyes during a Zion Care International medical outreach.
July 31, 2026

Medical mission delivers 3,100 treatments

Carl Gilchrist/Gleaner Writer United States-based Zion Care International (ZCI) continued its nearly two-decade medical outreach in Jamaica earlier this month, delivering more than 3,100 medical…
FIFA President Gianni Infantino
July 31, 2026

Concacaf rejects FIFA’s private investment plan

MIAMI, Florida (CMC): In a decisive move following an emergency meeting yesterday, Concacaf, the football confederation representing North, Central America, and the Caribbean, has formally rejected…
Jamaica Football Federation president Michael Ricketts.
July 31, 2026 by Gregory Bryce

Brakes on FIFA Forward - JFF to vote on proposal today; Ricketts ‘unhappy’ with Infantino’s lack of transparency
Michael Ricketts, president of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), said he is confident his directors will vote to reject FIFA President Giovanni Infantino’s ‘FIFA Forward Enterprise’ proposal when…
Sarah’s Children Chairman Janet Silvera and Odette Dyer, regional director of the Jamaica Tourist Board, share lens time with Festival at Sea representatives and students from.schools across western Jamaica during the donation of books at Historic Falmou
July 31, 2026 by Christopher Thomas

Cruise passengers donate 1,000 books to western schools

WESTERN BUREAU: Fifteen schools from across St James, Trelawny, and St Elizabeth have received a share of 1,000 reading books donated to their respective libraries on Wednesday, courtesy of the…
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.
July 31, 2026 by Albert Ferguson

‘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.
July 31, 2026

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.
July 31, 2026 by Raymond Graham

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…
AP Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov smiles following his meeting with Indonesian Communication and Information Minister Rudiantara in Jakarta, Indonesia, in August 2017.
July 31, 2026

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…
July 31, 2026 by Raymond Graham

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…