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July 26, 2026

Cayman Islands confirms poultry disease outbreak, says no risk to humans

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – The Cayman Islands Department of Agriculture (DoA) has confirmed outbreaks of the highly contagious poultry disease, infectious coryza, in an undisclosed number of…
July 26, 2026

21-year-old Hanover man charged with rape of young girl

The police in Hanover have charged a 21-year-old man for allegedly entering a house and raping a young girl. The police report that about 11:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 12, Andre Hemans, who is a…
July 26, 2026

$500,000 bail for Spanish Town man charged over car with altered chassis number

A St Catherine man charged with driving a car bearing a tampered chassis number was on Friday granted $500,000 bail in the parish court. Michael Williams, 32, of a Spanish Town address, is answering…
Passengers walk into the Departures entrance at the North Terminal of Gatwick Airport near Crawley, just south of London, on July 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
July 26, 2026

Water outage at UK’s Gatwick airport leaves toilets out of order and restaurants closed

LONDON (AP) — A power outage at a water treatment plant in south east England left toilets out of order and forced the closure of restaurants at Gatwick Airport on Sunday. The airport, south of…
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July 26, 2026

Egg farmers count millions in losses as heat stress takes toll on chickens

The higher temperatures affecting Jamaica are taking a toll on the country's egg farmers, with bird deaths mounting and egg production declining, says the president of the Jamaica Egg Farmers…
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July 26, 2026

Jamaican woman wanted in alleged US$32 million COVID-19 fraud scheme in US captured, extradited

A 41-year-old Jamaican woman who was on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Most Wanted Fraudsters List has been captured in Jamaica and extradited to the United States. In custody is…
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
July 26, 2026

Brazil’s government denies visas to US officials over upcoming elections

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday it denied visas to two United States State Department officials who sought to travel to the South American nation next week, in the latest…
PHENOMENAL POWER (right), ridden by Tajay Suckoo, wins the sixth running of the Diamond Mile ahead of GIRVANO (Tevin Foster) at Caymanas Park last Saturday.
July 28, 2026 by Ainsley Walters

Phenomenal Power lands Mouttet gate with Diamond Mile win

PHENOMENAL POWER yesterday booked a win-and-you’re-in ticket for December’s Mouttet Mile by flooring two previous winners, defending champion RIDEALLDAY and 2024 champion, FUNCAANDUN – plus two-time…
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Nickalia Fuller
July 26, 2026

Price says show must go on after big Fuller loss

Tivoli Gardens head coach Andrew Price says he is deeply saddened by the departure of prodigious attacker Nickalia Fuller to Jamaica Premier League rivals Mount Pleasant Academy, but insists the club…