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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Baltimore Field Officer director Matt Elliston listens during a briefing, Monday, January 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Jamaicans among criminal illegal Caribbean immigrants nabbed by ICE

WASHINGTON, CMC – Jamaican nationals were among criminal migrants deemed the “worst of the worst” who were detained in recent days by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents of the United…
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St Ann builder charged with fraud over alleged misuse of funds to buy construction material

A 54-year-old Browns Town, St Ann construction worker has been charged by the police for allegedly pocketing money given to him to buy material to undertake construction works on a property in Drax…
Ambassador Curtis Ward
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Ambassador Curtis Ward has died

Ambassador Curtis Ward, Jamaica’s former representative at the United Nations, has died. Ward passed away late last night at his home in Maryland in the United States. Ward, who was born in Treasure…
Nurses strike outside Mount Sinai West Hospital, Monday, January 12, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
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Thousands of nurses go on strike at several major New York City hospitals

NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of nurses in three hospital systems in New York City went on strike Monday after negotiations through the weekend failed to yield breakthroughs in their contract disputes. …
Treasure Beach FC’s Karim Bryan (right) evades a tackle from Molynes United’s Rashawn Livingston during their Jamaica Premier League football match at Drewsland yesterday. Treasure Beach FC’s Karim Bryan (right) evades a tackle from Molynes United’
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Embattled Treasure Beach snap Molynes’ unbeaten run

Treasure Beach ended their four-match losing streak, while ending Molynes’ five-game unbeaten run, after a 2-1 win at Drewsland stadium yesterday. Daniel Hardy fired the St Elizabeth team ahead after…
University of Georgia’s Dejanea Oakley.
12 Jan, 2026 0

Oakley starts indoor season well

World Championships 4x400-metre silver medallist Dejanea Oakley was in fine form in the opening race of her indoor season at the Clemson Indoor Invitational on Saturday. Competing for the University…

Racing United’s Kadean Young (left) runs away from Mount Pleasant Academy’s Clifford Thomas during their Jamaica Premier League game at the Drax Hall Sports Complex on January 11.
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TIGHT AT THE TOP

Racing United had to claw their way from behind to earn a 1-1 draw against Caribbean Cup champions Mount Pleasant, spoiling the hosts’ first home outing of the new year in an entertaining Jamaica…
Miles Bascombe, director of cricket, Cricket West Indies.
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West Indies to announce T20 World Cup squad after Afghanistan series

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): Cricket West Indies (CWI) will not name their West Indies squad for next month’s ICC T20 World Cup until the end of their upcoming three-match T20I series against…
Oshaye Haye (left) and Zandre Roye.
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Roye, Haye head to Peru for golf champs

The Jamaica Golf Association has announced that Zandre Roye and Oshae Haye will represent the island at the 11th staging of the Latin America Amateur Golf Championship (LAAC) at the Lima Golf Club in…