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There were no hiccups in Jamaica’s qualification attempts in the women’s 400m hurdles heats as the pair of Andrenette Knight and Shiann Salmon booked their semifinal spots at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan on Monday. Knight made...
(AP) - Qatar's prime minister denounced Israel on Sunday as foreign ministers from Arab and Muslim nations met to discuss a possible unified response to Israel's attack on Doha targeting the leadership of the militant group Hamas. “The reckless...
Jamaican authorities are probing the suspected drowning of a 58-year-old American tourist who died while snorkeling in Ocho Rios, St Ann, on Saturday. The deceased, a male, was reportedly from Port Charlotte in Florida. He was a guest at Sandals...
A Manchester funeral director has been charged after allegedly breaking into a house and stealing items valued at $127,000 - including a queen-sized sheet set - in College Meadows, May Day district, earlier this month. The accused, 34-year-old...
Model and Miss Universe Jamaica 2017 Davina Bennett says she is “grateful to God” after being struck by a vehicle while heading home from a New York Fashion Week (NYFW) show. Bennett revealed in an emotional Instagram post on Sunday that she was...
British boxer Ricky Hatton, the former world champion who rose to become one of the most popular fighters in the sport, has died. He was 46. Hatton was found dead at his home in Greater Manchester, Britain's Press Association reported Sunday....
Manchester City is back to winning ways. Manchester United is back to square one. City utterly dominated the 197th Manchester derby on Sunday, winning 3-0 on another humbling day for United coach Ruben Amorim. It could have been so much worse for...
The police have arrested a businessman and a woman in St Mary after seizing 13 imitation rifles and an imitation pistol during an operation linked to a multi-million dollar fraud investigation. The arrests, carried out on Saturday, in White River...
A St Catherine accused accused of fatally stabbing another man during a vigil in Williamsfied earlier this year was remanded when he appeared in the parish court on Friday. The accused is 25-year-old Shavaughn ‘Mongoose’ McBean of Williamsfied...
Investigators in St Catherine have launched a probe after the decomposed body of a 52-year-old security guard, who was reported missing last week, was discovered in a bushy section of an abandoned quarry and reservoir in Tredegar Park. The...
Oblique Seville has earned his first global individual medal, taking the men’s 100-metre World Athletics Championships title in a new personal best of 9.77 seconds at the Japan National Stadium. Compatriot Kishane Thompson claimed the silver...
Jamaica’s rising starlet Tina Clayton ran a new personal best of 10.76 seconds on her way to the silver medal in the women’s 100 metres at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships at the Japan National Stadium. USA’s Melissa Jefferson-Wooden took...
Jamaica will have two competitors in the final of the men’s 100 metres at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships as Oblique Seville and Kishane Thompson booked their spots in comfortable fashion. Akeem Blake, Jamaica’s other entrant, failed to...
It was a safe passage to the final of the women’s 100 metres for all three Jamaicans as Tina Clayton, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson all punched their tickets at the World Athletics Championships in comfortable fashion. Shericka...
Keith McGhie/Contributor Jamaica’s high hurdlers cruised through the second morning of competition at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo tonight, Jamaica time. Danielle Williams began the defence of her 100-metre hurdles title in...
Nayoka Clunis, Jamaica’s lone competitor in the women’s hammer throw, has failed to advance to the final despite a valiant effort in the qualification group A at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships. Her best effort of 68.24 metres on the day...
The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) has expressed deep concern about bullying, following the tragic death of a 13-year-old Hopewell High School student in Hanover, who reportedly took his own life on Thursday. Twaine Jaheem...
An investigation is under way to ascertain the identity of a man whose body was found floating near a beach along the Hellshire main road in St Catherine on Friday. According to police reports, about 4:04 p.m., a passerby alerted authorities to...
Police have charged a St Andrew landscaper after a stolen Mercedes-Benz motor car and other valuables were recovered in Junction in the parish on September 7. Charged with burglary, receiving stolen property, and larceny of motor vehicle is 27-...
A St Catherine mechanic has been charged after allegedly using his motor vehicle to hit a police officer who attempted to stop him for an alleged traffic breach in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew on Wednesday. Charged with assault occasioning grievous...
United States President Donald Trump said Saturday he believes the Russia-Ukraine war would end if all NATO countries stopped buying oil from Russia and placed tariffs on China of 50% to 100% for its purchases of Russian petroleum. Trump posted...
A Clarendon labourer has been charged with multiple firearm-related offences after three men were shot and injured during a gun attack at a business place in neighbouring Manchester in March. The accused is 42-year-old Miggael Cole, otherwise...
Police in St Catherine are searching for a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl during a break-in at her home on Thursday. The Centre for Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse is leading the probe, which is being...
A St Elizabeth farmer, who is a licensed firearm holder, has been charged over the discharge of his weapon during a dispute with another man in his community earlier this year. The accused has been identified as a 27-year-old from Hounslow...
The police have charged two teen boys over the theft of cash from a house in Temple Hall, St Andrew, between August 18 and 20. The two, who are both 15, will not be named as they are children. According to a police statement issued on Saturday,...
A taxi operator was shot dead late Friday night after two men posing as passengers reportedly attacked him during a trip in Portmore, St Catherine. The unidentified driver, who was operating a Toyota Probox motor car, was killed after he...
Jamaica will be without a competitor in the final of the women’s long jump as Ackelia Smith failed to advance to the final after her best effort of 6.34 metres was not enough to make the top 12 in the field. Smith endured a tough series of jumps...
Despite a nervy start from Oblique Seville, all three Jamaicans secured their passage to the semifinals of the men’s 100 metres. Kishane Thompson, Akeem Blake and Seville will all line up in the next round set for tomorrow at 6:45 a.m. Jamaica...
Maurice Wilson, Team Jamaica’s technical leader, has confirmed that women’s 100-metre hurdles national champion Megan Tapper has withdrawn from the Tokyo World Athletics Championships. Wilson said the team has been informed that Tapper is...
It was business as usual for all three Jamaicans in the women’s 100m heats as Tina Clayton, Shericka Jackson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce all advanced to the semifinals at the World Athletics Championships. They did so under wet conditions at the...
