- Sandals Resorts announces complimentary vacations for Jamaican sprint queens 11:00 am
- Jamaica has 211 new COVID cases, three more deaths 10:45 am
- Entities now have until Sept 30 to comply with third phase of plastic ban 10:18 am
- Chad Wright takes ninth in discus at Olympics 10:10 am
- Olympics: Shadae Lawrence says she has more to offer in discus 10:01 am
- Olympics: Goule into 800m final 9:53 am
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TOKYO, Japan -- Elaine Thompson-Herah ran an Olympic and National Record 10.61 seconds (-0.6m/s) as she successfully defended her Olympic Games 100m title in a Jamaican sweep of the medals at the...
TOKYO, Japan – Jamaicans are bracing themselves for a very successful second day here at the Olympic Stadium after the majority of the island's athletes made progress during the...
DEPUTY commissioner of police (DCP) in charge of crime, Fitz Bailey, has dismissed an assertion made in the media that Jamaica has four human trafficking hot spots across the country,...
FIVE finalists will be vying for top honours in this year's Jamaica Gospel Star Competition set for tomorrow at 6:00 pm.
THE E-commerce National Delivery Solution (ENDS) has now come to the end of phase one of the pilot programme and is undergoing a major overhaul in preparation for an official launch for...
TOKYO, Japan — Danniel Thomas-Dodd made a slow, lonely stroll through the mixed zone at the end of the women's shot put competition on Friday night. Stopped in...
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LATEST NEWS
Sandals Resorts announces complimentary vacations for Jamaican sprint queens 11:00 am
Adam Stewart, Executive Chairman of Sandals Resorts International, has extended complimentary luxury-included vacations to Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and...
Jamaica has 211 new COVID cases, three more deaths
10:45 am
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Jamaica recorded 211 new COVID-19 cases and three additional virus-related deaths on Friday.
Entities now have until Sept 30 to comply with third phase of plastic ban
10:18 am
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Pearnel Charles Jr, says entities now have until September 30, to comply with the...
Chad Wright takes ninth in discus at Olympics
10:10 am
TOKYO, Japan – Chad Wright, Jamaica's only representative in the men's discus throw final at the Tokyo Olympics, finished a creditable ninth and just missed out on...
NEWS
PM says NIDS will help identify elderly in need 9:10 pm
PRIME Minister Andrew Holness says the proposed national identification system (NIDS) will help to identify the nation's elderly population who should benefit from the...
Colleagues remember late attorney Norman Douglas Manley
9:40 pm
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Norman Douglas Manley was yesterday remembered by two of his colleagues in the legal fraternity for his exemplary work as an......
August Town curfew monitors urged to display fearlessness, lead by example
9:10 pm
With an aim to return August Town in St Andrew to the status of zero murders for an entire year, which it achieved in 2016, and also to maintain overall peace in the......
'OK not to be OK': Mental health takes top role at Olympics
7:30 pm
TOKYO (AP) — For decades, they were told to shake it off or toughen up — to set aside the doubt, or the demons, and focus on the task at hand: Winning....
Male nail tech ignores naysayers
4:40 pm
BLUEFIELDS, Westmoreland — Having grown weary of being a handyman and bagging pig feed for a company, 28-year-old Garfield “Benjamin” Billings decided......
SPORT
Portmore on hunt for fourth-straight JPL win 8:40 pm
Former champions Portmore United will hunt a fourth-consecutive win and fifth overall when they take on Harbour View, while Waterhouse could extend...
Nipster, King Arthur
5:50 pm
The rematch which many racing fans have been waiting for is finally here as Horse of the Year Nipster and his never-ending nemesis, the much-improved King Arthur, lock horns......
1ST HURDLE CLEARED
9:30 pm
TOKYO, Japan – Jamaicans are bracing themselves for a very successful second day here at the Olympic Stadium after the majority of the island's athletes made......
'Disappointed, angry and sad!
9:20 pm
It is often said that success is not the key to happiness, but happiness the key to success....
BUSINESS
CTO cautiously optimistic about summer travel in the region amid upticks 5:30 pm
As new variants of the novel coronavirus pandemic emerge, the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) has expressed guarded optimism about the prospects for travel to the...
Stakeholders petition for reduction in custom duties amid rising freight costs
5:10 pm
AS global supply challenges, including the rising cost of freight, continue to negatively affect operators in the retail trade, large stakeholder groups have lobbied...
Starbucks expands to Barbados
6:20 pm
Following a difficult year which saw earnings take a hit from the novel coronavirus pandemic, Starbucks Coffee Company, in partnership with Caribbean Coffee Traders...
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ENTERTAINMENT
JA HERE WE COME! 6:50 pm
A new generation of the famed Wu-Tang Clan rap outfit called Wu-Fam, which includes King Tiger and Ali Star, are heading to Jamaica to commemorate the Billboard success of the...
Good Girlz create a stir
6:30 pm
Music insiders are raving about the recently released Good Girlz Gone Bad EP, featuring an all-female cast of dancehall stars — Tifa, Shaneil Muir, Raybekah and...
Saje's clear as crystal
6:30 pm
Singjay Saje believes that she can capture the hearts of people with her feel-good brand of positive reggae music. She is banking her hopes on her...
ALL WOMAN
THURSDAYS IN BLACK: Not another Nashawn Brown: Let's parent with love 7:31 am
The Thursdays in Black Campaign to End Gender-based Violence with Headlights, spearheaded by the Institute for Gender and Development Studies-Regional Coordinating Office,...
Financially Fit & Fabulous - Should You Save or Invest?
12:19 pm
FINANCIALLY-focused women want to feel confident that they are making the right choices when it comes to planning for their future. One of the areas of uncertainty...
Sandie Heron - Writing her story one book at a time
4:40 pm
WHEN Sandie Heron decided to move from Jamaica to Japan over three years ago, she knew that it would not be easy. She also knew, however, that if butterflies chose to...
COLUMNS
Emancipendence, then what? 6:50 pm
AS we approach yet another historic milestone in our continuing path of nationhood, with respect to our Emancipation and Independence celebrations, one may be tempted...
Should the rights of the individual supersede the good of the collective?
6:50 pm
The wisest thing to do with a fool is to encourage him to hire a hall and discourse with his fellow citizens. Nothing chills nonsense like exposure to...
Will Donald Trump go to prison?
8:30 pm
Breaking news! On July 1 The Trump Organization and its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Allen Weisselberg were indicted by the offices of the Manhattan district attorney...
REGIONAL
Male nail tech ignores naysayers 4:40 pm
BLUEFIELDS, Westmoreland — Having grown weary of being a handyman and bagging pig feed for a company, 28-year-old Garfield “Benjamin” Billings decided...
Snubbed
8:30 pm
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland — Despite invitations being sent and chairs reserved for all Members of Parliament and councillors in the parish, Westmoreland...
Manchester police monitoring entertainment events
8:30 pm
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Police here say they are closely monitoring entertainment events being hosted in the parish following Prime Minister Andrew Holness's...
EDITORIALS
Talented Reggae Boyz paid the price for poor preparation 8:10 pm
No matter how talented you are, high-quality preparation is always critical to success in any endeavour.
Fighting crime requires a mix of strategies
8:00 pm
Police data up to Wednesday showed 817 murders across Jamaica since January 1, compared to 760 for the similar period in 2020.
Is the health ministry allergic to forward planning for future pandemics?
9:20 pm
When the novel coronavirus pandemic overran the Jamaican health system last year and panicked the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW), the one good...
AUTO
'Disappointed, angry and sad! 9:20 pm
It is often said that success is not the key to happiness, but happiness the key to success.
Classics make splash
4:20 pm
It was a slightly damp outing for the Jamaica Classic Car Club (JCCC) on the grounds of the Jamaica Horticultural Society in St Andrew, as intermittent rain restricted...
Rain puts brakes on karting meet
4:20 pm
Mother Nature had different plans for the second race meet for the Jamaica Karting Association (JKA) on Saturday, July 24 at the Palisadoes International Raceway,...