Time to end the English experiment
Jamaicas failure to secure automatic qualification to the 2026 World Cup should mark a turning point in its football. It should define the end of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) experiment to favour selection to the senior mens national...
‘Absolutely not'
Senior figures within Jamaicas media landscape have strongly rejected a call from a government lawmaker to reinstate criminal libel, arguing that such a move would roll back hard-won press freedoms secured under the Defamation Act of 2013. Former...
Westmoreland field hospital to open this week
WESTERN BUREAU: The countrys third field hospital – a Type 2 full-service medical facility gifted by Barbados – will be fully operational before the end of this week on the grounds of the Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital in Westmoreland....
Jamaica target Puerto Rico sweep
National senior mens basketball coach, Rick Turner, said winning consecutive games against Puerto Rico in Puerto Rico would be an amazing feat as Jamaica prepare to face the hosts for the second time in three days in the FIBA America World Cup...
Powerful ministry in song at Meadowvale SDA Music Day
Seventh-day Adventists are acknowledged as having the gift of singing, and, on the annual calendar of events for many churches is Music Day – that Sabbath when even the birds seem to pause and listen keenly as human songbirds lift magnificent and...
Editorial | Learn from Hong Kong fire
This newspaper is grateful that there hasnt been a serious fire at any of Jamaicas growing number of high-rise buildings, so as to test the integrity of their construction, or the capacity of the islands firefighters to adequately respond to...
Letter of the Day | Rebuilding with urgency and wisdom
THE EDITOR, Madam: In this post-Melissa season, many families, schools, communities, and churches are trying to recover and rebuild as quickly as possible. As a church leader and citizen, I feel the weight of the loss. But we are facing a real...
Something Extra | Monday
It was an evening of insight and inspiration as first-time author Sandra D. Cooper launched her debut book, Flying Without Wings: How to Live as a Spiritual Superhero in a Human Bodysuit, at the Temple of Light Centre for Spiritual Living on...
Death toll in apartment complex blaze rises to 146 as the city mourns
HONG KONG (AP): The death toll in Hong Kongs apartment complex blaze rose to 146 on Sunday as investigators discovered more bodies in the burned-out buildings. A steady stream of people placed bouquets of flowers at an ever-growing makeshift...