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Jamaica Football Federation president Michael Ricketts.
Updated 2 hours ago by Gregory Bryce

Brakes on FIFA Forward - JFF to vote on proposal today; Ricketts ‘unhappy’ with Infantino’s lack of transparency
Michael Ricketts, president of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), said he is confident his directors will vote to reject FIFA President Giovanni Infantino’s ‘FIFA Forward Enterprise’ proposal when…
Sarah’s Children Chairman Janet Silvera and Odette Dyer, regional director of the Jamaica Tourist Board, share lens time with Festival at Sea representatives and students from.schools across western Jamaica during the donation of books at Historic Falmou
Published 6 hours ago by Christopher Thomas

Cruise passengers donate 1,000 books to western schools

WESTERN BUREAU: Fifteen schools from across St James, Trelawny, and St Elizabeth have received a share of 1,000 reading books donated to their respective libraries on Wednesday, courtesy of the…
Former Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Vanessa Llewellyn (left) pauses for a photo with Miss Anieta Bailey, community relations education officer for Region 5 of the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information.
Updated 1 hour ago by Albert Ferguson

‘I had to be The Iron Lady’ - Llewellyn opens up on court challenge to tenure, urges educators to never play victim
WESTERN BUREAU: Drawing on the bruising constitutional challenge against her tenure as Jamaica’s chief prosecutor, Paula Llewellyn on Wednesday urged educators still bouncing back from Hurricane…
Jamaica's Dante Plunkett (left) battles for the ball with Raheen Cuello of Panama during their Concacaf U-20 Championship Group C match in Puebla, Mexico on Wednesday night. The match ended in a 2-2 draw.
Published 6 hours ago

Concacaf Championships: U20 Boyz stage stunning late comeback to earn 2-2 draw

PUEBLA, Mexico (CMC): Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz produced a stunning late comeback to salvage a 2-2 draw against Panama in Wednesday’s Concacaf U-20 Championship Group C clash at Estadio Universitario…
Joseph Salmon of Jamaica College celebrates after breaking the boys’ Class One discus record twice and winning gold at the 2026 ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championships at the National Stadium.
Published 6 hours ago by Raymond Graham

Salmon can deliver Jamaica’s third discus gold at World U20

JAMAICA will be hoping to capture a third gold medal in the men’s discus at next week’s World Under-20 Championships in Eugene, Oregon, and Joseph Salmon could make that dream come true. After…
AP Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov smiles following his meeting with Indonesian Communication and Information Minister Rudiantara in Jakarta, Indonesia, in August 2017.
Published 6 hours ago

Russia accuses Telegram CEO of aiding terrorism

Russian authorities said on Wednesday that tthey had charged Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the messaging app Telegram, with aiding terrorism, the latest step by the Kremlin to bring the Internet…
Workers at the Rio Cobre Water Treatment Plant during a site tour on Wednesday.
Published 6 hours ago by Ruddy Mathison

Rio Cobre plant on target to deliver 15 million gallons daily by May 2027

Amid persistent drought conditions in Kingston, St Andrew and parts of St Catherine, the US$92-million ($14.5-billion) Rio Cobre Water Treatment Plant, now 60 per cent complete, is on track to deliver…
Published 6 hours ago by Raymond Graham

Urban schools favoured as Elite Clarendon Football tourney kicks off

URBAN teams look set to dominate their rural counterparts when the three-day Elite Clarendon Football Competition gets under way today at Glenmuir High School. The winning team is set to take home…
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Oil prices jump, Dow drops more than 1,100 as sinking AI stocks drag Wall Street lower

Oil prices got back to jumping on Wednesday, while sinking technology stocks dragged Wall Street lower amid uncertainty about what the Federal Reserve will do to get high inflation under control. The…