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July 2, 2026
Big guns didn’t turn up - Matthews laments struggling World Cup stars
LONDON, England (CMC):
West Indies Women’s captain Hayley Matthews has admitted that the team’s star players did not perform to their full potential after they were dumped out of the ICC Women’s…
July 2, 2026
by Janet Silvera
Canada to drive Jamaica’s next tourism growth push
WESTERN BUREAU:
Canada is expected to deliver Jamaica’s largest increase in airline seat capacity next winter as the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) expands service into new cities in a strategic push…
July 2, 2026
by Raymond Graham
Carr’s rise leads to Tennessee jaunt
Former Edwin Allen High School quarter-miler and 400m hurdles specialist, Kelly-Ann Carr, will be a Lady Vol for the upcoming track and field season after recently signing an athletic scholarship with…
July 2, 2026
by Albert Ferguson
Character more important than grades, says finance minister
WESTERN BUREAU:
Finance Minister Fayval Williams last Thursday told the 2026 graduation class at the John Rollins Success Primary School, in St James, that integrity, discipline, and perseverance…
July 2, 2026
by Tanesha Mundle
CMU fraud trial to proceed Oct 5
Defence lawyers in the multimillion-dollar Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) fraud trial have been placed on notice that the case will proceed on October 5, with Parish Court Judge Sanchia Burrell…
July 2, 2026
by Corey Robinson
Cops warn against holding assets for others- Woman charged in alleged J$250m money laundering scheme
The police are warning Jamaicans against allowing their names to be used to acquire or hold property for others, cautioning that doing so without verifying the source of the funds could result in…
July 2, 2026
by Tanesha Mundle
Court awards security guard $10m after rape
A security guard who was raped while working alone on a night shift at a car lot in Montego Bay, St James, has been awarded more than $10 million in damages after the Supreme Court found her former…
July 3, 2026
Cow Pen’s Jenieve Richards is Miss Clarendon Festival Queen 2026
The close-knit rural community of Cow Pen in northwest Clarendon celebrated with pride last Saturday as 26-year-old Jenieve Richards was crowned Miss Clarendon Festival Queen 2026. For the tiny…
July 3, 2026
Editorial | Single market in energy
Although the terms of last week’s memorandum of understanding (MoU) on energy cooperation between Guyana and Jamaica haven’t been disclosed, the development is likely to put back on the agenda the…