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Professor Andrew Spencer, president of the Caribbean Maritime University.
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

CMU trims sails on soaring fees

The Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) is pushing back against suggestions that its fees for students to participate in graduation ceremonies are exorbitant. After years of study, graduation is…
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce gets ready to puh out of the blocks for the very last time during the women's 4x100-metre final at the World Athletics Championships inside the Japan National Stadium.
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

It's official: Fraser-Pryce steps away from the track

Legendary sprinting icon Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has officially announced her retirement from the sport. Ahead of the National Championships in June Fraser-Pryce had revealed that it would be the…
Jamaican track and field fans display signs that spell out Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce’s name in celebration of her international retirement after the women’s 4x100 metres at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, last month. Fraser-Pryce retir
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

TIMELESS LEGACY

JAMAICA OLYMPIC Association President Christopher Samuda is among those paying tribute to multi-World Championships and Olympic medallist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce after the 38-year-old confirmed that…
Jamaica’s Tyreek Magee (right) tries to evade the challenge of the United States’ Malik Tillman during a Concacaf Nations League, League A quarter-final match at the National Stadium on November 14, 2024.
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

Magee back at Mount Pleasant

JAMAICA INTERNATIONAL Tyreek Magee has joined Jamaica Premier League (JPL) outfit Mount Pleasant Football Academy on a free transfer. The club made the announcement on Sunday, with Magee set to take…
Navasky Anderson.
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

Coaches association list Anderson’s Brumik among those to be lauded

THE COACH of Navasky Anderson, national record holder in the 800 metres, heads the list of coaches to be awarded by the Jamaica Track and Field Coaches Association (JATAFCA) as the body marked…
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

FEARFUL FISHERS

With news emerging on Friday that the United States forces carried out another strike on an alleged drug-smuggling vessel off the Venezuelan coast, local fishers have differing views on how this is…
Roxonna McLean, captain of the national under-21 netball team, at the Norman Manley International Airport on Wednesday, shortly after the players returned home from the Netball World Youth Cup in Gibraltar.
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

U21 netball coach calls for investment in development

The importance of building on the strengths of their last tournament and eliminating some of the weaknesses have been cited by Annett Daley, head coach of Jamaica’s under-21 netball team as key areas…
Jamaica’s under-21 Sunshine Girls arrive in island through the Norman Manley International Airport yesterday after their exploits at the World Netball Youth Cup in Gibraltar.
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

‘STAND BEHIND THEM’

Although finishing off the podium, the coach of Jamaica’s under-21 netball team, Annett Daley, has praised her team for their performance at the just-concluded World Netball Youth Cup. The young…
Sports
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

No Netflix deal

JAMAICAN SPRINTING icon Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who recently announced her retirement from global competitions, is among international celebrities included in fake online artificial intelligence…