Champions Cup a massive milestone for Mt Pleasant
Mount Pleasant Football Academy head coach Theodore ‘Tappa’ Whitmore said qualifying for the Concacaf Champions Cup for a second-straight season is a massive milestone for the St Ann-based club. Mt Pleasant booked their spot in the Champions Cup after advancing to the final of the Concacaf Caribbean Cup. They defeated Trinidadian outfit Club Sando 3-1 on aggregate after a 2-0 win in the second leg at Sabina Park on Thursday. The two teams had earlier played out a 1-1 draw in the first leg at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Trinidad last week.
UTech, Wolmer’s Boys’ win PIOJ youth debate competition
The University of Technology (UTech) Knights and the Wolmer’s Warriors emerged as champions of the Planning Institute of Jamaica’s (PIOJ) Dialogue for Development 2026 Youth Debate Competition, after tackling some of the country’s most pressing demographic and social challenges. The competition, held at the PIOJ’s Kingston offices on Thursday, examined issues ranging from migration and Jamaica’s declining birth rate to the implications of the island’s changing population structure for sustainable development.
Election could help shape Amazon’s future
SAO PAULO (AP): While Brazil’s presi-dential candidates have not made policy of the Amazon a major campaign topic, climate scientists and environmentalists say the winner of Sunday’s race could determine whether, and how soon, the world’s largest rainforest could reach a “tipping point”.
Champions Cup a massive milestone for Mt Pleasant
Mount Pleasant Football Academy head coach Theodore ‘Tappa’ Whitmore said qualifying for the Concacaf Champions Cup for a second-straight season is a massive milestone for the St Ann-based club. Mt Pleasant booked their spot in the Champions Cup after advancing to the final of the Concacaf Caribbean Cup. They defeated Trinidadian outfit Club Sando 3-1 on aggregate after a 2-0 win in the second leg at Sabina Park on Thursday. The two teams had earlier played out a 1-1 draw in the first leg at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Trinidad last week.
Plenty in store for three-day Treasure Beach festival
Celebrating St Elizabeth’s farmers remains central to the vision of the Treasure Beach Food, Rum & Reggae Festival, which organisers are set to bring back to the south coast from November 6 to 8, following last year’s Hurricane Melissa relief benefit staging. At the festival’s media launch, held at 10A West Kings House Road on Tuesday, co-directors Jason Henzell and Gregory Wright outlined plans for the three-day staging, which will feature reggae artistes Protoje and Lila Iké, alongside a programme of food, rum and cultural experiences.
Portland JSX posts largest loss at US$9.4m as fund future remains unclear
Portland JSX Ltd (PJX), the private equity fund that mirrors a larger fund controlled by businessman Michael Lee-Chin, recorded its largest annual loss since inception. Its performance reflected continued weakness in capital markets, which drove steep valuation declines across its investment portfolio, resulting in a US$9.4-million net loss for its year-end, more than double the year-earlier loss.
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GoodHeart | Cara Fraser receives inaugural Joy Spence chemistry scholarship
For University of the West Indies (UWI) student Cara Fraser, being named the inaugural recipient of the Joy Spence Appleton Estate Scholarship in Chemistry is both an affirmation of her potential and a source of relief for her family as she works towards her academic ambitions. The Kingston native, who is pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Food Chemistry, will have her tuition covered for the remaining two years of her studies, provided she maintains a GPA of 3.6 or higher.
Editorial | New class of disasters
In an echo of the early Cold War days when people in the West stocked home bunkers in case of nuclear war, Britain this week advised its citizens to store at least three days of food, water and cash in the event of emergencies. In this, the UK has joined a raft of European countries, as well as the United States, in telling people to be prepared for situations where normal services either don’t work for short periods or face near total collapse.
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Pearl Harbor survivors watch a vintage WWII airplane fly over Pearl Harbor at the ceremony commemorating the 72nd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, in 2013, in Honolulu.
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Members and volunteers of the Ananda Marga pose for a photograph as they prepare to head out to distribute relief supplies to people affected by Hurricane Melissa in western Jamaica.
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West Indies’ Shimron Hetmyer celebrates scoring a half century during the T20 World Cup cricket match against Zimbabwe on Monday.
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Glenmuir High School players in a celebratory mood.