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Netball Jamaica (NJ) is delighted that England has been chosen to host the 2031 Netball World Cup. According to NJ President Karen Rosen-Baugh, the Sunshine Girls are looking forward to competing at the championships in front of their large fan base in the United Kingdom (UK). “We were kind of anticipating that it would be them, because Australia is hosting the next World Cup in 2027 and after that, in terms of options and countries that have the facilities that can host, we thought th...
A self-proclaimed spiritual healer who allegedly promised to rid a 14-year-old girl of a spiritual spell but instead sexually assaulted her during a ritual has been charged, while the child’s grandmother is also facing a charge. The 31-year-old St Catherine man has been charged with rape, sexual touching and practising obeah. The girl’s grandmother has been charged with consulting a person practising obeah. According to allegations, the accused promoted himself on social media as a spi...
FAVOURITES dominated last Saturday’s Reggae 6, RIDGE LINER winning the third event at odds of 3-1 being the longest shot on a $4,328 payout. Champion trainer Jason DaCosta, who saddled two winning Reggae 6 favourites last Saturday, has GALLANT GROOM as a banker in the third event for the Errol ‘Big Sub’ Memorial Trophy. GALLANT GROOM, a first-time-out winner in January for DaCosta at Mahoning Valley, Ohio, shipped to Jamaica following a second-place run 10 days later, aims to close a h...
Kennedy Lawrence was not looking for cancer when he discovered a lump in his wife’s breast. His wife, Andrea, had been going about her daily life, unaware that she had stage 2 breast cancer. It was Lawrence’s observation during an intimate moment that prompted her to seek medical attention. “To be honest with you, it was just a normal night. Nothing out of the ordinary. We were spending time together as husband and wife, and I noticed something that didn’t feel right,” Lawrence recalle...
Reggae Girlz head coach Hubert Busby says Jamaica’s Reggae Girlz are looking to make further improvements when they face Mexico in their second international football friendly tomorrow, as they continue preparations for next month’s decisive Concacaf W Championship. The Girlz will face Mexico today in their second meeting at Estadio La Corregidora, with kickoff set for 8 p.m. Jamaica time. Busby said they will enter the encounter encouraged by their performance in the opening match, bu...
Making a statement in the House of Representatives on October 6, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security and Peace, Dr Horace Chang, said that, as of that day, Jamaica had recorded 407 murders, compared with 534 over the corresponding period in 2025 – a reduction of 24 per cent. But, for some of the remaining residents of the embattled Kidd Lane in St Andrew, the decline may be a bit too late for some families. “Yea, dem say crime down, but people still a feel it becaus...
Two St Catherine men who were allegedly caught on video breaking a lock and forcing their way into the flooded Bog Walk Gorge have walked free, after the prosecution’s case collapsed because of unavailable witnesses. Garth Brown, 45, a bus driver, and Glenroy Denton, 52, an excavator operator, were found not guilty in the Parish Court yesterday of malicious destruction of Government property and unauthorised entry into a restricted area. The men were charged four years ago following th...
Overcome with emotion, Constable Joel Robinson dropped to his knees, giving thanks as he was announced as the recipient of the 2026 LASCO JCF Saluting Our Heroes Chairman Award yesterday. The honour marked a major milestone in Robinson’s journey from the farming community of Riversdale, St Andrew, where a foundation of faith, perseverance and service would eventually shape an award-winning police career. Reflecting on the significance of the achievement, Robinson was philosophical abou...
MINISTER OF Sport Olivia Grange says she is surprised and extremely disappointed by comments from Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) President, Dr Donovan Bennett, concerning the Government’s $100 million commitment to cricket development. “I am not only disappointed, but I’m surprised that he would speak that way based on the fact that we have had a clear understanding and we have been working so well together,” Grange said. Disagreement Her response follows Bennett’s revelation that t...
