ST CATHERINE Football Association (SCFA) presidential candidates Jason McKay and incumbent Elaine Walker-Brown have been embroiled in a public war of words as the organisation’s election looms. McKay, president of the McKay Security Raiders FC, has...
The governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has found itself in a spot of bother, one political commentator believes while another has suggested that the party may have time to correct its path ahead of the parliamentary election due by September 2025...
The United States Drug Enforcement Administration, DEA, will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across...
MUNICH (AP): VINÍCIUS JÚNIOR scored twice for Real Madrid to draw 2-2 at Bayern Munich in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal yesterday. Bayern dominated, but Madrid survived, and the tie is still wide open ahead of the second leg in...
Claverty Cottage, West Portland: A section of the roadway at Claverty Cottage in West Portland, which was rendered impassable due to multiple landslides, has been cleared through a joint initiative between the Portland Municipal Corporation (PMC)...
St Johns Church, Waterloo, London: Making his last pitch to London voters ahead of the closely contested London Mayoral election on Thursday, two-time incumbent Mayor Sadiq Khan had a specific message for Jamaicans and West Indians last Friday....
Delfien Edwards, a senior medical social worker, believes that 10 years after concerns were raised about approximately 600 children being born and diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) annually, enough has not been done to lower the...
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett is reporting significant growth in the sector for the 2023-2024 fiscal year, with gross earnings amounting to US$4.38 billion, a 9.6 per cent increase over the corresponding financial year. Providing an overview of...
KARACHI, Pakistan (CMC): WEST INDIES Women grabbed an unbeatable 3-0 lead in their Twenty20 Internationals series against hosts Pakistan Women after another Player-of-the-Match performance from their captain Hayley Matthews spurred them to a...
As part of its 50th anniversary celebration, Kingston Bookshop (KB) Limited has announced that it will provide a $2 million scholarship to an outstanding teacher. Director of strategy and innovation at KB, Shauna Fuller Clarke, said at the company-...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CMC): WEST INDIES Women’s captain Hayley Matthews is on the move again in the ICC Women’s Player Rankings following the latest weekly updates, which also take into consideration performances in the three One-Day...
NEW YORK (AP): Donald Trump was held in contempt of court on Tuesday and fined US$9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order that barred him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors and some others connected to his New York hush money...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): Haiti’s newly installed transitional council chose former Sports Minister Fritz Bélizaire as the Caribbean country’s prime minister on Tuesday as it presses forward in its monumental task of trying to establish a stable new...
THE EDITOR, Madam: In today’s society, the role of parents in the upbringing of children seems to have taken a backseat. Long gone are the days where children were taught to be disciplined, respectful, and obedient. Instead, we see a growing...
Being diagnosed and living with prostate cancer can profoundly alter a man’s perspective on life. It’s a challenging experience emotionally and physically, often evoking feelings of fear, worry, stress, helplessness, or anger. Such reactions are...
THE EDITOR, Madam: Jamaica’s economic landscape is marking a historic milestone as the nation’s Net International Reserves (NIR) soars past the significant US$5 billion mark for the first time. As of March 31, 2024, Jamaica’s Gross Reserves...
Every time you see an action movie, or even just a movie with action elements, what you’re seeing is the underrated field of stunt work. People devote so much to the craft of film-making, they’re willing to suffer actual bodily harm. While they...
Farmers in St Ann have been credited with producing more than 89,000 tonnes of domestic crops in 2023, by Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Franklin Witter. “That’s a very large output. This represents a...
It’s Prada again for SAINT International’s breakout star Dru Campbell. The Jamaican model, who made her global catwalk début for the Italian luxury fashion house’s Fall/Winter 2024 women’s collection back in February, graces a new 15-page Pop...
Deidrian Downer, the recently crowned Miss Universe Jamaica Central, says she was always a shy and reserved girl. In fact, if it weren’t for her new-found title, Downer says she would have never even had the confidence to answer questions from The...