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Front-running NEO STAR should start favourite against the top-weight carrying, but speedy DON KWESI.
Published 6 hours ago by Ainsley Walters/Gleaner Writer

Don Kwesi to battle top weight, Neo Star

Outclassed by United States-bred WALL STREET TRADER in the Ash Wednesday Trophy at six and a half furlongs, DON KWESI returns for Saturday’s International Women’s Day feature but will have to defy a boggling topweight allotment against course-specialist NEO STAR at nine furlongs and 25 yards. Running as a lightweight in the Ash Wednesday Trophy, allotted 114lb, not counting Demar Williams’ five-pound claim, DON KWESI placed third behind topweight WALL STREET TRADER, a grade-two winner, and OIL MACHINE, an overnight-allowance winner.

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Delroy Chuck, minister of justice and constitutional affairs.
Updated 5 hours ago

Expungement law offering new start after rehabilitation now in effect

More Jamaicans with a criminal record will now have the opportunity for a fresh start with the enactment of the Criminal Records (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Amendment Act, 2026. The act, which…
Mount Pleasant Football Academy Sporting Director Paul Christie says he has all the trust in head coach Theodore Whitmore (right) and assistant coach Davion Ferguson, despite the decimation of the team to face LA Galaxy in the Concacaf Champions Cup.
Published 6 hours ago by Robert Bailey

VISA-BACKED ADVANTAGE?

Sporting director of Mount Pleasant Football Academy, Paul Christie, says the club will be without at least 10 first-team players when they face Major League Soccer side LA Galaxy in the Concacaf…
Mount Pleasant’s Football Academy’s Jashaun Angli (left) tries to evade the sliding challenge of Tivoli Garden’s Denville Watson during their rescheduled Jamaica Premier League game at the Edward Seaga Sports Complex yesterday. Anglin scored in the 1
Published 6 hours ago

Mount Pleasant not worried despite latest dropped points

Mount Pleasant Football Academy squandered a golden opportunity to close the gap on leaders Montego Bay United atop the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) standings after playing to a 1-1 draw with hosts…
Holland High sprinter Shanoya Douglas is one of those athlete’s down to compete on day one of the Carifta Trials on Friday.
Published 6 hours ago by Raymond Graham

Carifta Trials places go up for grabs tomorrow

This weekend will be a very busy one for the country’s under-17 and under-19 athletes with places for the 53rd staging of the Carifta Games up for grabs. The Carifta Games will be held at the Kirani…
Brighton’s Joel Veltman (right) tackles Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka during the Premier League match in Brighton, England, yesterday.
Published 6 hours ago

Arsenal move seven points ahead with Brighton win

LONDON (AP): Arsenal moved seven points ahead of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League after scraping a 1-0 win at Brighton, while their title rivals drew 2-2 at home to struggling…
Updated 4 hours ago by Tanesha Mundle

Witness admits she didn’t see all details described in joint statement with partner

A prosecution witness yesterday insisted that although she and her partner witnessed parts of the fatal shooting of three men on Acadia Drive in St Andrew in 2013, and later composed a letter about…
West Indies women’s coach Shane Deitz.
Published 6 hours ago

Deitz blames long lay-off for Windies Women’s poor outings

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC): West Indies Women’s head coach, Shane Deitz, has expressed his disappointment with his team’s recent showing against Sri Lanka Women, which saw them lose both the One-Day…
Published 6 hours ago by Ashley Anguin

Garvey Maceo, Cornwall through to U14, U16 finals

Garvey Maceo and Cornwall College are through to the Burger King/ISSA Under-14 and Under-16 competitions finals after contrasting victories at the St Elizabeth Technical High School Sports Complex…
Sayeed Bernard, attorney and journalist, addresses the recent welcome home reception hosted by the British High Commission for 2024 Chevening and Commonwealth scholars.
Published 6 hours ago by Antoine Lodge

Chevening Scholar Sayeed Bernard eyes strengthened governance

Twenty-six-year-old attorney-at-law and journalist Sayeed Bernard is set to make a significant impact in Jamaica’s policy landscape after completing his Master of Laws at Queen Mary University of…