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April 27, 2026

Past The Finishing Post

Apr 26, 2026 Race Results Race 1 Purse $730,000 MAIDEN CONDITION RACE - NB4-Y-O & UP (NE:$280,0 Lifetime) Off At: 12:25:02PM Distance: 1100 M Track Condition: Dirt : Fast Winning Time:…
Khadija Shaw scored her 19th WSL goal of the season for Manchester City.
April 27, 2026

Shaw scores but Man City shocked by Brighton in WSL

CRAWLEY, England (CMC): Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw found the back of the net for Manchester City, but it could not prevent them from going down 3-2 to Brighton & Hove Albion in the Women’s Super League…
A look at the congested town of Annotto Bay in St Mary.
April 27, 2026 by Gareth Davis Sr

From market to mayhem

Annotto Bay, St Mary: Inadequate parking – further compounded by higglers peddling their produce in the streets and along corridors, blocking entrances to commercial entities – is one of the chronic…
Lorna Goodison, former poet laureate.
April 27, 2026

Goodison brings Caribbean heat to ‘Dante’s Inferno’

The PJ Patterson Institute for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy, housed at The University of the West Indies, Mona, will officially launch Dante’s Inferno: A New Translation by Jamaica’s former Poet…
The police on the crime scene in the vicinity of Kensington Court in New Kingston on Friday night.
April 27, 2026 by Andre Williams

Organised crime on cops’ radar in New Kingston murder

A 61-year-old Colombian national was gunned down in a brazen attack at Kensington Court in New Kingston on Friday night, in what investigators believe may be linked to transnational organised criminal…
Dr Ian Bambury... ‘If there are high-risk behaviours, then recommendations for screening would have to be taken into consideration. But generally, we recommend screening to begin at age 21 years.’
April 27, 2026 by Erica Virtue

Small victories over virus

The Government’s push to provide free cervical cancer screening for women and raise awareness during April is showing results, with some clinics reporting that they have exceeded their screening…
April 27, 2026 by Erica Virtue

Rodent patrols

During four days on a cardboard bed in the Half-Way Tree lock-up –in a 31-year-old case that has lingered in the system since 1995 – Courtney Anderson was introduced to the rats that patrol the cells,…
Newly-weds Junelle Lyles and Noah Lyles make a stylish red carpet appearance — Junelle in Meshki with jewellery by Avianne & Co, and Noah, a 2026 TIME100 honouree, in AMIRI.
April 27, 2026

Something Extra | Monday

From global power players to cultural trailblazers, the spotlight shone brightly at the annual TIME100 Gala, held at Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City on Thursday. Celebrating the world’s 100…
A section of Seaforth High School in St Thomas.
April 27, 2026

PALS: Recent tragedies show conflict resolution needed in Jamaica’s classrooms

The Board and members of Peace and Love in Society (PALS) Jamaica is mourning the death of 13-year-old Kland Doyle, a Seaforth High School student fatally stabbed last week following a long-standing…