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In this 2020 photo doctors form up during a farewell ceremony as they get ready to leave for Italy to help with the new coronavirus pandemic, in Havana, Cuba.
March 6, 2026 by Erica Virtue

HEALTHCARE HEARTBREAK: Tufton seeks to assure that contingencies in place to counter announced shutdown of 50-y-o bilateral agreement that allowed Cuban doctors to fill gaps in sector

Jamaica has closed the door on a 49-year-old bilateral arrangement with Cuba that sent hundreds of Cuban professionals to the island to bolster health infrastructure, bringing services to remote…
Spanish Town Primary School’s principal Roogae Kirlew (left, back row), coach Neriah Barrett (centre, back row) celebrate with the players after their 1-0 win over Old Harbour in the Insports St Catherine Primary Schools football final. Spanish Town won
March 6, 2026 by Livingston Scott

Spanish Town, Portsmouth lift Insports titles in St Catherine

Spanish Town Primary School made it three Insports St Catherine Primary Schools’ football titles in a row, following their 1-0 win over Old Harbour Primary in the final last Friday. Portsmouth Primary…
Tottenham Hotspur’s Pape Matar Sarr (left) and Richarlison react after the English Premier League against Crystal Palace in London yesterday.
March 6, 2026

Tottenham facing fight for EPL survival

LONDON (AP): Tottenham’s English Premier League (EPL) survival hopes took another blow with a 3-1 loss to Crystal Palace yesterday. Spurs – one of the richest teams in Europe and a founding member of…
March 6, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

Witness to deadly police shooting never expected she’d end up in court

A prosecution eyewitness in the trial of six policemen charged in the 2013 fatal shooting of three men on Acadia Drive in St Andrew told the Home Circuit Court yesterday that she had no intention of…
March 6, 2026 by Edmond Campbell

Diet drink dilemma

Member of Parliament for St Catherine South East Dr Alfred Dawes is raising concern that the special consumption tax on non-alcoholic sweetened beverages will also affect diet drinks, which are a…
Dwight Yorke
March 6, 2026

TTFA, Yorke part ways by mutual agreement

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): The Dwight Yorke era at the helm of the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s Senior National Team has come to an end. The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) officially…
Reggae Boyz Kaheim Dixon (left), Renaldo Cephas (centre) and Dujuan Richards.
March 6, 2026 by Robert Bailey

Ricketts: Team chemistry key to World Cup play-off success

Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) president Michael Ricketts said the Reggae Boyz must get their team chemistry right if they are to secure positive results in the upcoming inter-confederation…
Mark Malabver, president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association.
March 6, 2026 by Sashana Small

School shelter strain

Acting Principal of Godfrey Stewart High School Stacey-Ann Ottey Clarke says the school’s administration is disappointed after state agencies failed to honour a January deadline to remove…
Waterhouse FC players celebrate after scoring against Portmore United during their Jamaica Premier League football game at the Ferdi Neita Park Sports Complex in Portmore yesterday.
March 6, 2026 by Gregory Bryce

In-form Waterhouse clip 10-man Portmore

Waterhouse continued their impressive form in the Wray and Nephew-sponsored Jamaica Premier League (JPL) as they picked up their sixth win in seven games as they edged 10-man Portmore United 1-0…