Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 1:44 PM
A fight involving three men in Jericho district in Linstead, St Catherine this morning has left one dead, one hospitalised, and the other on the run. The police report that about 9:10 a.m., the men became involved in a dispute, which escalated...
Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 1:10 PM
HAVANA (AP) — A total blackout hit Cuba on Wednesday, the latest in a series of outages blamed on ageing infrastructure and fuel shortages at power plants. It was the second islandwide outage this year, with three other blackouts reported late...
Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 12:26 PM
The man who on Tuesday had a strong police contingent in Manchester in a stand-off for more than four hours has been identified as 54-year-old Dave Alfrancis Wilson, otherwise called ‘Brown Man,’ of Caledonia Road in the parish. Wilson was...
PARIS :EU leaders “jokingly call me the president of Europe,” Donald Trump claimed at a recent press conference. As bizarre as that sounds, it does have a slight ring of truth. For seven months, Europe has desperately sought to placate...
Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 11:31 AM
The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) says notices have been served on Batteries and Accessories Warehouse Limited in Savanna-La-Mar, Westmoreland, to address an oil contamination that has impacted Great George Street and surrounding...
WASHINGTON, DC: Elected political leaders often express frustration with monetary policymakers. If only the central bank would lower interest rates, they reckon, businesses and households could borrow more easily for long-term purposes, like...
PROVIDENCE: US President Donald Trump has made no secret of his wish for lower interest rates. He argues that cheaper borrowing would, among other things, save the government billions of dollars in debt-service payments. Who wouldn’t want...
Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 10:50 AM
Jamaica’s reigning women’s 400m hurdles national champion Rushell Clayton is out of the 2025 World Athletics Championships due to injury. “I can confirm that Ms Rushell Clayton has been withdrawn due to injury,” team manager Ian Forbes said upon...
SEATTLE: Two operating systems, Apple iOS and Google Android, dominate the mobile app ecosystem, and over the last decade, a worldwide consensus has emerged on two issues. First, these platforms have amassed significant, persistent market power...
Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 10:27 AM
Two St Elizabeth men who were held at sea allegedly attempting to traffic ganja were on Monday each granted bail in the sum of $900,000 when they appeared before the Portland Parish Court. Robin Ebanks, 50, and Richard Lindo, 52, who are both...
NEW YORK: Don’t mistake the photos of Chinese President Xi Jinping alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at Beijing’s Victory Day parade for a new world order. Xi is in no position to lead one....
Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 10:00 AM
The Portmore police in St Catherine have charged a 34-year-old farmer following the seizure of a loaded gun while on patrol in Naggo Head. Ryan Grant, who lives in the area, is charged with unauthorised possession of a prohibited weapon and...
Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 9:43 AM
Principal of the Morant Bay Primary School in St Thomas, Fay Lindsay, is optimistic that the National Rural School Bus System will help to solve the punctuality challenge facing the student population. “I am hoping that it (the school bus) will...
Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 9:25 AM
DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian rescuers recovered the bodies of at least 11 people while 13 people were missing Wednesday after flash floods struck two provinces of the island nation, authorities said. Torrential rains beginning Monday...
JAMAICA SCORED their second successive win in the Concacaf Group B final round of World Cup qualifiers, turning back archrivals Trinidad and Tobago 2-0 at the National Stadium last night. Goals in either half from Bailey Cadamarteri (36th minute)...
JAMAICAN TRIPLE jumper Jordan Scott says he is ready to step onto the world stage with confidence, as he aims to challenge for a medal at this month’s World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Scott, who has enjoyed an excellent season, enters the...
HEAD COACH of Jamaica’s World Under-21 netball team, Annett Daley, is upbeat about the squad’s chances at this year’s World Cup tournament set for Gibraltar from September 19-28. Speaking with The Gleaner yesterday on the eve of the team’s...
Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 12:14 AM
NORTH SOUND, Antigua (CMC): JONATHAN VAN Lange and Aadian Racha shared an unbroken partnership of 28 for the ninth wicket as the West Indies Under-19s held on to earn an important two-wicket win over Sri Lanka Under-19s in the fifth Youth One-Day...
EL SUNZAL, EL SALVADOR IN A tense display of calculated surfing, national surfer Akeam Phillips safely advanced through his opening repechage heat here at the ISA World Games yesterday, booking his spot in the next round alongside teammates Javaun...
IT IS expected to be another blockbuster showdown in the men’s 200 metres, with the three medallists from last year’s Olympic Games set to clash once again. Leading the charge is Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo, the gold medallist, alongside America’s...