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Published:Monday | April 18, 2022 | 12:21 PM

The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has confirmed that one of its members was killed in a traffic crash near the gates of its Camp Road headquarters yesterday. However, a day later, the army has not provided any detail, saying the information was...

Published:Monday | April 18, 2022 | 12:19 PM

The Bahamas have broken another javelin record at the 49th Carifta Games on at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jmaica. Dior-Rae Scott of the Bahamas set a new mark in winning the Girls Under-17 Javelin throw, with an effort of 44.57m, erasing the...

Published:Monday | April 18, 2022 | 11:59 AM

Soldiers have been deployed to sections of Denham Town in West Kingston to remove debris used by residents to block the streets.  Angry residents have been protesting Saturday's shooting death of Horaine Glenn by a Jamaica Defence Force...

Published:Monday | April 18, 2022 | 11:49 AM

Jamaica began the final day of the 2022 Carifta Games on inside the National Stadium with a one-two finish in the Girls Under 20 High Jump. Annishka McDonald led won the event with a height of 1.75 metres, while her teammate Malaika Cunningham,...

Published:Monday | April 18, 2022 | 11:00 AM

Jamaica's Demario Prince will be the country's sole representative in the final of the Boys' Under 20 110m hurdles at the 2022 Carifta Games on at the National Stadium. Prince won his first-round heat in a time of 14.61 seconds, ahead of St Lucia's...

Published:Monday | April 18, 2022 | 10:29 AM

The National Water Commission (NWC) says customers served by the White River Facility in St Mary are experiencing service disruptions because of an electrical fault in its pumping systems.  The NWC says customers are...

Published:Monday | April 18, 2022 | 9:35 AM

The Local Organising Committee of the Carifta Games has announced that entry to the bleachers stands will be free for today's final day of the event at the National Stadium in Kingston. Spectators have been sparse over the past two days of the...

Published:Monday | April 18, 2022 | 9:07 AM

Jamaica opens day three of the 2022 Carifta Games atop the medal table and is poised to add even more on today's final day of the regional event being held at the National Stadium in St Andrew. Jamaica has so far mined 54 medals comprising 25...

Published:Monday | April 18, 2022 | 12:11 AMAinsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

PHILIP Feanny swept the first two places in yesterday’s feature event for three-year-olds, non-winners of two races – the Simply Magic Cup – named for his 2002 Triple Crown winner, upstaging champion trainer Anthony Nunes’ 7-5 favourite, NEFERTARI...

Published:Monday | April 18, 2022 | 12:10 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica’s under-20 girls’ 4x100 metres team produced a brilliant performance last night to break the World Under-20 record on their way to gold in the sprint event at the 2022 Carifta Games. Serena Cole, Tina Clayton, Brianna Lyston, and Tia...

Published:Monday | April 18, 2022 | 12:10 AM

LONDON (AP): Complete the sale of Chelsea inside four weeks and the new ownership will have an FA Cup final against Liverpool to attend. Who will be representing the club in the royal box at Wembley Stadium on May 14 is still to be determined. As...

Published:Monday | April 18, 2022 | 12:10 AMCarl Gilchrist/Gleaner Writer

Following an emergency meeting between stakeholders at the St Ann Municipal Corporation on Sunday, a ban has been placed on permits for events at Pearly Beach, which has been cited as the main cause of Saturday’s gridlock in St Ann. “Immediately...

Published:Monday | April 18, 2022 | 12:10 AMLivingston Scott/Gleaner Writer

Portmore United coach, Lenworth Hyde, says yesterday’s Jamaica Premier League (JPL) 0-0 draw at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex, against ten-man Cavalier, was two points lost for his side. Cavalier’s Gadail Irving was given his marching orders...

Published:Monday | April 18, 2022 | 12:10 AMJanet Silvera/Senior Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU: Losing her twin brother while in the womb and inheriting a disability has not stopped 100m Para-athlete Asoynia Campbell from outrunning those she competes with in track and field. The 24-year-old made history last weekend when she...

Published:Monday | April 18, 2022 | 12:10 AMOlivia Brown/Gleaner Writer

News of stabbing deaths involving teens has evoked fear and anxiety for Latoya Francis. She said she had always prayed that such pain would never visit her doorstep, but on March 3, cruel fate came knocking at her door. Her 15-year-old cousin,...

Published:Monday | April 18, 2022 | 12:09 AM

MUMBAI, India (CMC): Left-hander Nicholas Pooran continued to craft his reputation as a finisher, nervelessly steering his Sunrisers Hyderabad to a seven-wicket victory over Odean Smith’s Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League yesterday. The...

Published:Monday | April 18, 2022 | 12:09 AMDavid Salmon/Gleaner Writer

“Dem kill him like a one hog dem a run down. It never needed.” That was the graphic, solemn conclusion of an aunt of Horaine Glenn, the 32-year-old man fatally shot in an alleged confrontation with soldiers in Denham Town Saturday evening....

Published:Monday | April 18, 2022 | 12:09 AMAndre Williams/Staff Reporter

Time has not healed the wounds of two families in Thornton, St Elizabeth, whose recollections of the brutal deaths of St Elizabeth teens Ashnell ‘Joe’ Coke and Deswick ‘Donjay’ Williams were rekindled with the April 8 Court of Appeal ruling...

Published:Monday | April 18, 2022 | 12:09 AMAsha Wilks/Gleaner Writer

Even with Friday’s expiry of mandatory mask wearing in enclosed spaces with public access, business owners and operators say they will proceed with caution, with several saying the announcement was made prematurely. That conclusion is in sync with...

Published:Monday | April 18, 2022 | 12:09 AM

Dennis Meadows has quit membership of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). The separation took effect on March 24. In his parting shot to the JLP, Meadows disclosed that he has had “a toxic relationship with the party for the last eight years”....

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