‘WE HAVE A JOB TO DO’ - Whitmore not planning to let up, Eve wants his team to believe as Caribbean Cup enters final stage
Mount Pleasant Football Academy head into today’s Concacaf Caribbean Cup second-leg semi-final against Club Sando of Trinidad and Tobago at Sabina Park at 6 p.m., holding a valuable away-goal advantage after securing a 1-1 draw in the first leg. Despite that edge, head coach Theodore Whitmore says the focus remains firmly on completing the task and booking a place in a second consecutive final.
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‘WE HAVE A JOB TO DO’ - Whitmore not planning to let up, Eve wants his team to believe as Caribbean Cup enters final stage
Mount Pleasant Football Academy head into today’s Concacaf Caribbean Cup second-leg semi-final against Club Sando of Trinidad and Tobago at Sabina Park at 6 p.m., holding a valuable away-goal advantage after securing a 1-1 draw in the first leg. Despite that edge, head coach Theodore Whitmore says the focus remains firmly on completing the task and booking a place in a second consecutive final.
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Johnmark Wiggan was among the big winners at the 10th staging of the Sterling Gospel Music Awards (SGMA), earning three honours for his work on Nothing Too Hard, a collaboration with Rondell Positive and Gilead Collective. The song won Collaboration of the Year and Local Hit of the Year, while Wiggan was named Local Hit Producer of the Year. “It’s been a very surreal time, and I’m giving God thanks for it. It’s a marvellous accomplishment to be recognised, especially to have two songs in the category. I really appreciate it,” Wiggan said.
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Something Extra | Thursday
The spirit of national pride continued at King’s House in St Andrew on National Heroes Day as Jamaicans from across various fields were honoured at the 2026 Ceremony of Investiture and Presentation of National Honours and Awards. With family, friends, dignitaries, and industry leaders on hand to share in the milestone, Something Extra brings a second dose of highlights from the morning’s proceedings.
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Editorial | Canada after Alberta
This week’s emphatic declaration by Albertans that they want to remain in Canada was a good outcome for Prime Minister Mark Carney as he attempts to reframe Canada as a trustworthy partner that supports a rules-based order and is willing to forge equitable relations with all countries. It is also a potentially positive development for Jamaica and its partners in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), especially if they are minded, as this newspaper has suggested, to deepen their long-standing relationship with Ottawa.
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Photo Gallery
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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.