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May 30, 2026 by Livingston Scott

All set for start of 2026 Netball Jamaica Elite League

The 2026 Red Stripe Flavours Netball Jamaica Elite League season will begin next Friday, June 5. The announcement was made at the launch of the competition at the National Arena, yesterday. Defending…
May 30, 2026 by Robert Bailey

Boyz on a mission: Jamaica seek to dethrone Nigeria in Unity Cup final

The Reggae Boyz will be seeking revenge when they face Nigeria in today’s final of the Unity Cup at The Valley in South London. Match time is 1:30 p.m. Jamaica time. The Jamaicans were beaten 5-4 on…
May 30, 2026

Jackson hunts 200m hat-trick

FOLLOWING wins in Shanghai and Xiamen, a very confident Shericka Jackson will go into tomorrow's third Diamond League meet in Rabat, Morocco, full of confidence as she looks set to make it three…
May 30, 2026

Ronald Sanders | Not charity, but repair: Response to Pope Leo’s slavery apology

Signed on May 15 and released on May 25, Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, marks a significant moment in the long reckoning with slavery. It contains the clearest papal…
May 30, 2026

Tony Deyal | Cricket tests and quadrennial football

In Barbados, a great ICC World Best Championship was about to happen just as I became a World Health Organisation communications advisor, there and I was happy to restart a column. I wrote about the…
Letters
May 30, 2026

Letter of the Day | Taxing bottled water undermines public health goals

I am writing to question the continued application of general consumption tax (GCT) on bottled water. Water is a basic human necessity required for survival. Yet, every day, people are paying tax…
May 30, 2026

Deteriorating road conditions in Sav-la-Mar need urgent fix

I am writing to express deep concern about the deplorable condition of the roadway from Savanna-la-Mar to Burnt Savannah, Frome P.O. in Westmoreland. This road has deteriorated to an unacceptable…
Letters
May 30, 2026

Major General Anderson is the right choice for NaRRA 

I write in support of the appointment of Major General Antony Anderson as chief executive officer of the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA). Major General Anderson appears…
May 30, 2026

Editorial | Conservation of bees

In Jamaica, it is not often that bees crop up in strategic discussions about agriculture, food security or environmental protection.   Yet, the insect is important to all of these. It is why,…