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West Indies’ Johnson Charles bats during the men’s T20 World Cup cricket match against England at Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia on Wednesday.
February 7, 2026

Sammy defends Charles’ selection for T20 World Cup

KOLKATA, India (CMC): West Indies head coach Daren Sammy has defended his decision to include Johnson Charles in the team for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. The inclusion of the 37-year-old Charles was…

Sunshine Girls head coach, Sasher-Gaye Henry-Wright.
February 7, 2026 by Robert Bailey

Sunshine Girls not yet out of hope

The Jamaica Sunshine Girls will be seeking an important series-levelling victory against hosts Australia when both teams clash in game two of their three-Test series tomorrow. The Australians, who are…
Fans at the National Stadium.
February 7, 2026 by Raymond Graham

Three JAAA meets on this weekend

The build-up for next month’s ISSA Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs) will continue today as three Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) development track and field meets…
Jamaica’s Rowland Phillips plays a backhanded return during Davis Cup Group II action at the Eric Bell Tennis Centre in 2024.
February 7, 2026 by Gregory Bryce

‘We’re here to win’

When the Davis Cup World Group II Playoffs tie between Jamaica and Uruguay takes place across this weekend, both teams will be gunning for the win following intense preparations ahead of the match.…
Homes under water at OceanPointe in Hanover.
February 7, 2026 by Bryan Miller

Flooding, cold front leave chilling effect in Hanover

Western Bureau: Heavy rains that lashed sections of Hanover this week took a heavy toll on the parish, causing major flooding in the OceanPointe Housing Development and land slippage in other areas,…
Fayval Williams, minister of finance and the public service.
February 7, 2026 by Kimone Francis

Jamaica eyes stronger ties as CAF rethinks risk metrics

Finance Minister Fayval Williams says Jamaica is looking to deepen its relationship with CAF-Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, noting that the financial institution has grown more…
Sixty-five-year-old US Army veteran Godfrey Wade with three of his grandchildren.
February 7, 2026 by Corey Robinson

US Army vet booted to Ja

Godfrey Wade, the 65-year-old United States (US) Army veteran who was detained in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility for months, has been deported to Jamaica. Wade arrived in the…
The business matchmaking roundtable, organised by CAF within the framework of the International Economic Forum held in Panama last week, was the first of its kind in Latin America and the Caribbean. It brought together more than 400 business leaders, who h
February 7, 2026

CAF Business Matchmaking Forum generates over US$72m in commercial expectations

PANAMA CITY, Panama The business matchmaking roundtable, organised by CAF within the framework of the International Economic Forum, was the first of its kind in Latin America and the Caribbean. It…
February 7, 2026 by Tanesha Mundle

Search on for missing ballistic evidence as trial continues for cops in triple killing

A search is now under way at the police central store to locate key ballistic evidence collected in the January 2013 fatal shooting of three men along Acadia Drive, St Andrew. The revelation came…