Jamaica’s Jordan Scott set a personal best 17.66m (-0.67m/s), the new world lead, as he won the men’s triple jump at the Coqui International Cup, a World Athletics Continental Tour- Silver meet, held in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Scott improved on his previous best of 17.52m set in July 2025 and Sunday’s jump was the longest by a Jamaican since Jaydon Hibbert jumped 17.75m in June 2024 when he set...

Racquil Broderick of the University of Southern California (USC) won the men’s discus throw with 62.80m at the Big 10 Outdoor track and field championships that ended at the University of Nebraska on Sunday. It was a major improvement for the Jamaican, who finished ninth at last year’s Big10 championships and fourth at last year’s NCAA Outdoor Championships. Meanwhile, Janela Spencer of Ohio State University was second in the 100m...

Jamaica’s Jordan Scott set a personal best 17.66m (-0.67m/s), the new world lead, as he won the men’s triple jump at the Coqui International Cup, a World Athletics Continental Tour- Silver meet, held in Puerto Rico on Sunday. Scott improved on his previous best of 17.52m set in July 2025 and Sunday’s jump was the longest by a Jamaican since Jaydon Hibbert jumped 17.75m in June 2024 when he set...

MP Malahoo Forte urges calm

The Ministry of Transport says it has convened a meeting in response to word that public transport operators are restive in relation to their longstanding demand for a fare increase. According to the ministry in a release late Sunday, the demand has intensified following the increase in fuel prices across the globe due to geopolitical tensions. Representatives of the Transport Authority and groups representing public transport operators are expected to...

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Montego Bay United hold a slim lead over defending champions Cavalier after the first leg semi-finals of the Jamaica Premier League at the National Stadium on Sunday. An own goal deep into time added at the end of the second half by Adrian Reid junior gave Montego Bay a 1-0 edge going into Wednesday’s second leg at the same venue. The western Jamaica club dominated the game...

ST JAMES, Jamaica — A woman who was shot earlier Sunday, allegedly by the police, has died. READ: Woman allegedly shot by police in Granville She has been identified as Latoya Bulgin, popularly known as Buju, of a Granville address in the community. The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) said it is currently investigating the fatal incident which occurred in Granville, St James. Bulgin succumbed to her injuries while being...

MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A motorcyclist succumbed to injuries he sustained following a two-vehicle crash on the Sedburgh main road near Christiana in Manchester on Saturday night. Police identified him as Valdie Thomas, 20, a resident of Lowe River district in Trelawny. A police report said about 9:50 pm, Thomas was driving a Green 2025 Missile CG250 motorcycle on the Sedburgh main road when the bike collided with a Grey 2003...

ST JAMES, Jamaica — The Granville community is again tense following reports that a woman was allegedly shot by the police, a short while ago. Reports reaching Observer Online are that the woman was shot by the police in the torso after she drove a Toyota Voxy in the direction of the lawmen. She was taken to hospital by the police; her condition is currently unknown. The incident unfolded as...

KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Ministry of Agriculture has moved to take back agro-park lands from holders who have not put the properties into production. Agriculture Minister Floyd Green has informed that 120 acres were reclaimed in 2025, and an additional 280 acres have been identified for repossession, should farmers fail to bring them into active production. “It doesn’t make sense that you’re in our agro-parks, you have the land, and you’re not...

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KINGSTON, Jamaica—Opposition spokesman on Transport, Mikael Phillips, has asserted that “the Government’s short-sighted decision” to securitise future cash flow at the island’s two international airports to address fiscal demands, including the SPARK road programme, has “effectively mortgages the future of the next generation”. Phillips made the assertion on May 13 during his contribution to the Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives. SPARK (Shared Prosperity through Accelerated Improvement to our...