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Rio 400mh champ Muhammad confirmed for Jamaica Invitational
Rio de Janeiro Olympics Games 400 metres hurdles women's champion, Dalilah Muhammad is the latest international athlete to confirm for the Jamaica Athletics Invitational. Muhammad, who also won the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games and a two-...
CommentsWhy Harvey Weinstein's New York rape conviction was tossed and what happens next
NEW YORK (AP) — The decision by New York's highest court to overturn the rape conviction of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has reopened a painful chapter in America's reckoning with sexual misconduct by powerful figures — an era...
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Evad Campbell is a personification of music
IF YOU cut Evad Campbell you might perhaps see musical notes and not blood flowing from his veins. He is music personified, and when he received his Prime Minister’s National Youth Award for Excellence in the field of music on Saturday, April 20 it...
CommentsDiverse fleet to boost garbage collection – Gordon
WESTERN BUREAU: WITH APPROXIMATELY 50 new garbage trucks expected on the island by late June, executive director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon, is predicting that residents will benefit from improved...
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Let the bidding begin – Mills
LEGENDARY JAMAICAN sprint coach Glen Mills hopes the Jamaica Administrative Athletics Association (JAAA) makes the most of the current contract offer sports apparel giant Adidas has put on the table. Mills, who coached many-time Olympic and World...
CommentsExcelsior completes schoolboy cricket treble
EXCELSIOR High School lifted their third title of the 2024 ISSA schoolboy cricket season yesterday, defeating rural area champions Manchester by 185 runs in the ISSA All-Island Spaulding Cup at the Melbourne Cricket Oval. The Mountain View Avenue...
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Airlines required to give automatic cash refunds for cancelled, delayed flights
The Biden administration issued final rules on Wednesday to require airlines to automatically issue cash refunds for things like delayed flights, and to better disclose fees for baggage or cancelling a reservation. The United States Transportation...
CommentsGas prices down
The price of gas is going down by $1.06 on Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 will sell for $176.20 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 will sell for $182.49. Automotive diesel oil will move down by $1.81 per litre to...
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Keri-Ann Greenwood scores ‘surprise’ triumph
When Keri-Ann Greenwood entered the Miss Universe Jamaica East (MUJE) competition, her aim was self-development. Little did she know she’d walk away with the top spot. Greenwood, who wore the sash Miss Social Butterfliez Ent, was crowned by...
CommentsAlison Hinds talks Crop Over, cruise and new talent
Fresh off the deck of the Love and Harmony Cruise, Queen of Soca Alison Hinds is gearing up to make history as the first soca star to set sail on Tom Joyner’s Fantastic Voyage. Shoving off from Port of Miami on April 27, Hinds said when she got...
CommentsAppoint school resource officers
THE EDITOR, Madam: How many more children should be injured due to the inadequate amount of security? How many more parents must be at work and continuously worry about their children’s security? In October 2023, I had written a letter to editor...
CommentsRecognition of Palestine a welcome step
THE EDITOR, Madam: This is an open letter to Prime Minister Andrew Holness Thank you for the correct and just action taken by our government in recognising the state of Palestine. It is an action which starts to reaffirm our position on self-...
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Blinken begins key visit as tensions rise over new US foreign aid bill
SHANGHAI (AP): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken begun a critical trip to China armed with a strengthened diplomatic hand following Senate approval of a foreign aid package that will provide billions of dollars in assistance to Ukraine, Israel...
CommentsRaisi inaugurates project, says West doesn’t monopolise knowledge, technology
COLOMBO (AP): Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said his country has proven the West doesn’t have a monopoly on technology while inaugurating a hydropower and irrigation project in Sri Lanka on Wednesday. Raisi is the first Iranian leader to visit...
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Something Extra | Thursday
Dianne Plummer, a passionate advocate for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) literacy, recently launched her new educational children’s books Science in the Sun and A Girl’s Guide to STEM with a group of specially invited...
Get better sleep with these 5 tips from experts
Spending too many nights trying to fall asleep – or worrying there aren’t enough ZZZs in your day? You’re not alone. Many don’t get the recommended seven to nine hours a night. Some of the major causes: Stress, anxiety and a culture that experts...
Editorial | The Speaker’s right move
Julian Robinson | Urgent need for character education in schools