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Antoine Lodge/Photographer Action from the second day of the Carifta Trials on yesterday’s day two inside the National Stadium.
March 8, 2026 by Raymond Graham

JAAA waives Carifta Trials entry fee for athletes

Athletes competing at the three-day Carifta Trials, which started on Friday, are doing so without having to think about paying the usual entry fee of $500 per athlete, as the Jamaica Administrative…
Equestrian Federation of Jamaica President Heidi Lalor.
March 8, 2026

EFJ, JOA get together for constitutional reform

The Equestrian Federation of Jamaica (EFJ), led by President Heidi Lalor, has launched a major governance reform process aimed at modernising the federation’s constitution and aligning it with…
AP Chelsea players, (from left) Marc Gulu, Xoao Pedro, and Garnacho, celebrate after a goal during the fifth round FA Cup football match against Wrexham in Wrexham, Wales, yesterday.
March 8, 2026

Giant-killing Wrexham push Chelsea to the brink

AP: Against the world champion, Wrexham came agonizingly close to another spectacular plot twist. Substitute Lewis Brunt was a matter of inches offside when he headed in what looked like an equalising…
A team from the Cuban Medical Brigade arriving in the Caribbean
March 8, 2026

Orville Taylor | Hasta luego Cubanos

Thousands of Jamaicans are going to be affected by the end of the 50-year-old programme of assistance, whereby medical professionals from Cuba come to this country and give yeoman service. A legacy…
Representational image of a family having lunch.
March 8, 2026

Xinyu Addae-Lee | From hope to action

On February 9, Children of Shanghai was screened in partnership with Care for Children, the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), and the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and…
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Fayval Williams.
March 8, 2026

Editorial | Minister Williams and Independent Fiscal Commission

The law establishing the Independent Fiscal Commission (IFC) sets out specific rules for the publication of reviews of the government’s fiscal strategies and outcomes. It is silent on if, or how,…
The CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana.
March 8, 2026

Byron Blake | CARICOM’s support for Guyana: Unquestionable

Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, in seeking to justify a clear departure from established CARICOM practice and align with President Donald Trump, has raised the issue of…
March 8, 2026

Garth Rattray | Inhibitions to being fruitful and multiply – Part 1

Recently, there has been a lot of talk and concern about Jamaica’s falling fertility rate. Things have certainly changed. Several decades ago, we were experiencing a population boom. Our people were…
The invoice
March 8, 2026 by Livern Barrett

Invoice intrigue

An invoice that was presented to customs officials detailing medical equipment and office furniture purchased in the name of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) for US$251,582 or almost…