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TOKYO, Japan -- World Athletics Championships 100m gold medal winner Oblique Seville and silver medallist Kishane Thompson will lead Jamaica's team in the 4x100m heats on Saturday, inside the Japan National Stadium. The team will be completed by Ryiem Forde and 100m semi-finalist Ackeem Blake. The men's 4x100m heats will get underway at 8:25pm (6:25am Jamaica time). Jamaica will run out of lane 3 and will face the United States,...

All three Jamaican men failed to get into the final of the discus throw, in one of the biggest shocks at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, on the penultimate day of competition. Newly-crowned national record holder and national champion Ralford Mullings, who went into the championships ranked number four in the world, had one legal mark in the preliminaries, 56.82m, good for 35th of the 37 throwers who...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Lloydricia Cameron failed to qualify for the final of the women’s shot put after throwing 17.77m in the first round of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, Friday evening Jamaica time. It was the exact same mark she threw when she placed fifth at the NACAC Senior Championships in Freeport, Bahamas in August. Cameron, who has a season’s best 18.12m, improved in each of her three...

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States military had struck another drug trafficking boat in international waters, killing three people. Unlike after previous attacks in recent weeks, Trump did not say if the strike occurred off of Venezuela, where the US Navy has deployed a small armada to combat drug trafficking. He said only that it occurred in the US Southern Command area...

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Paula Llewellyn officially demitted office on Friday after 17 years in the post, marking the end of a distinguished 41-year career in public service. Senior Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Claudette Thompson, will assume the role in an acting capacity effective Monday, September 22. In a farewell statement, Llewellyn reflected on her tenure, describing her time in office as a privilege and...

ST ANN, Jamaica — A teacher who allegedly told a Chinese student she was tutoring to pay her $3.5 million to sit Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) exams pleaded not guilty when she appeared in the St Ann Parish Court on Friday. Literature teacher Kimberly Bailey-Allen, a resident of Cambridge in St James, has been charged with obtaining money by false pretences. It was established in court that the 15-year-old female...

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – The Trump administration imposed fresh restrictions Friday on Harvard's access to federal funds, opening a new front in its unprecedented crackdown on the prestigious US university. The Department of Education announced in a statement that it has placed Harvard under "heightened cash monitoring (HCM) status" saying there were "growing concerns regarding the university's financial position." It cited the administration's own accusations of civil rights...

WESTMORELAND, Jamaica- Negril’s party scene is gearing up for an explosion of colour, energy, and music as Painted Reloaded takes over Long Bay Beach Park on Saturday, October 4. Dubbed the largest paint party in Jamaica, the event promises an unforgettable experience blending music, water, paint, foam, powder, and premium mixed drinks into one electrifying celebration. Painted Reloaded, now in its 14th year, has cemented itself as one of the...

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Kingston Harbour Cleanup Project (KHCP) has unveiled a mural made from more than 20,000 discarded plastic bottle caps, transforming waste into public art while raising awareness about plastic pollution. The installation, completed just in time for International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) Day, now stands at the KHCP Offloading Site in Kingston, where collected debris is sorted and processed. Designed by muralists Jordan Harrison and Pamella Chen, the...

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The police are advising members of the public that several areas across the Corporate Area have been inundated with water. This is due to the heavy rainfall that is affecting various parts of the island this afternoon. The commuting public is therefore being advised to proceed with caution when using the roadways. More updates to follow.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Principal Director at National Integrity Action, Danielle Archer, has stated that it is “conspicuous” that the former Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Marlene Malahoo Forte, has not been reappointed to the Cabinet. According to Archer, this is especially so, given the scale of public investment and the government’s declared ambitions around constitutional reform. “Naturally, this raises the question: what happens next? Has the reform agenda been...