Glenmuir High and defending champions Clarendon College will renew their rivalry in Saturday’s ISSA/WATA Ben Francis Cup KO final at St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS), with both teams eager to get their rural-area schoolboy football campaign on a high. Seven-time champions Glenmuir booked their place in the final with a 2-0 win over Dinthill Technical, while Clarendon College edged Denbigh High 4-3 on penalties after a tense semifinal encounter to advance to their third conse...
Citing long-term intent, new sponsor Legend wants to enable the growth and progression of the nation’s football talent from the Jamaica Premier League to the world stage. The beer producers announced a whopping $300 million sponsorship of the country’s top football competition at the AC Marriott Hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday night, where Andrew Mahfood, CEO of Wisynco – producers of Legend beer – announced plans for the Legend Jamaica Premier League. Push talent “This is a serious s...
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...
Some of the people who pack the parties, build the buzz and keep the dancehall scene alive were given their flowers by Lady Cam, who rolled out the red carpet for a special awards ceremony and bingo extravaganza in Portmore, St Catherine recently. Held at H2 Entertainment Complex in Bayside, the event honoured a cross-section of promoters from Portmore, Spanish Town, Kingston and St Andrew, recognising their contribution to Jamaica’s entertainment industry. The evening mixed glitz, gra...
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...
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...
For her 18th birthday on October 24, Tianna Taylor intended to spend the day with her mother Suzette Stephenson. Unfortunately, those plans will never materialise as the teenager was killed in a motorcycle accident on Monday. “She say ‘Mommy mi a carry yuh out fimi birthday and we going to have dinner. She said she was going to order two hair for me and her. Tianna was mi tail and the bond that mi and her have make some people think she was my only child. She was right there with mi ev...
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...
Reggae artiste Nesbeth is back with fresh music, inspired, he said, by viewing life through a different lens. The My Dream artiste recently released One Day , a song that examines the cycle of life, particularly how people handle grief and death. He said the track approaches a subject that many shy away from, offering a perspective that differs from the way it is typically explored in music. “It is looking at life in its truest form and looking at it from an angle that most people don’...
A male sex worker who charges his clients $25,000 an hour, says some men are failing women in the bedroom because they are more concerned about their egos than their partners’ pleasure. The high-priced escort told THE WEEKEND STAR that his experience servicing both men and women has taught him that sexual satisfaction requires more than physical endowment, with some women knowing exactly what they want but are encountering men unwilling to listen. “A deh so nuff man lose di race before...