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In this file photo, residents of Bundy Lane in St Andrew play in water from a burst underground National Water Commission pipe.
07 Oct, 2026 0

PAC questions NWC’s financial viability

Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis has disclosed that as at March 2026, total receivables of the National Water Commission (NWC) is $23.88 billion. However, eyebrows were raised when it was…
India’s Shreyas Iyer strikes a ball on his way to a century against the West Indies in Lucknow yesterday.
07 Oct, 2026 0

Iyer century leaves Windies on the losing side

LUCKNOW, India (AP): Shreyas Iyer blasted an unbeaten 102 off 43 balls as India defeated West Indies by eight wickets yesterday in the first of their five-match Twenty20 International series. The…
Mona High School players celebrate a Walker Cup victory over Vauxhall High after a 2-1 win in their quarterfinal match at the Drewsland Stadium in Kingston on Saturday.
07 Oct, 2026 0

Time for the seeds - Manning Cup heads towards business end

The second round of the ISSA Manning Cup gets under way today as the top teams from the first round are joined by the seeded teams in schoolboy football action across the Corporate Area. In Group A,…
President of the Olympic Council of Asia, Sheikh Joaan Bin Hamad Al Thani (left) looks at the Olympic Council of Asia flag as Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Prime Minister of Qatar holds it during the closing ceremony for the Asian Games in Nago
07 Oct, 2026 0

India, Qatar among seven bidders for 2036 Olympics

GENEVA (AP): India and Qatar received long-awaited clarity yesterday on their ambitions to host the 2036 Olympic Games. They are now formally competing with five other bidders, including one proposal…
Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett (left) seated next to St Kitts and Nevis’s tourism minister, Marsha Henderson, and other leaders during the Council of Ministers meeting in Guyana on Tuesday.
07 Oct, 2026 0

Bartlett pushes visitor-backed fund to protect Caribbean tourism

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Jamaica’s Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett is proposing a visitor-backed fund to help protect the Caribbean’s tourism industry from future shocks. The proposed Caribbean Tourism…
Indian captain Shubman Gill (left) and his West Indies opposite number, Shai Hope, accepted the sanctions.
07 Oct, 2026 0

West Indies, India fined for slow over rate in third ODI

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CMC): Both West Indies and India have been penalised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for slow over rates during Saturday’s third and final One-Day…
FIFA President Gianni Infantino attends the Women’s U20 World Cup final football match between Spain and North Korea in Lodz, Poland, Sunday, September 27.
07 Oct, 2026 0

Infantino’s World Cup investment plan fallout reshapes March FIFA vote

GENEVA (AP): FIFA President Gianni Infantino is already in globe-trotting campaign mode more than five months before member federations vote on who will lead world football’s governing body until…
COMMANDER Z (right), ridden by veteran jockey Ian Spence, and running at odds of 11-1, wins the fourth running of KAZ HOSHAY Trophy ahead of I DREAM AGAIN (Robert Halledeen) over five and a half furlongs at Caymanas Park on Saturday, August 8.
07 Oct, 2026 0

Jimmie Says … Negotiations between TOBA, SVREL more than meets the eye

Word making the rounds at Caymanas Park is that the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association of Jamaica (TOBA) and promoting company Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited (SVREL) could…
07 Oct, 2026 0

Thieves targeting solar energy systems in Hanover

WESTERN BUREAU: Thieves wreaking havoc across Hanover are zeroing in on solar systems, with the Hopewell Sports and Community Centre, the Sandy Bay Health Centre, and Cousins Cove Primary School all…