U-17 Reggae Girls suffer heavy loss to the United States
The World Cup dreams of Jamaica's National U-17 female footballers came to an end yesterday.
This as they suffered a heavy 4-nil loss to the United States in their quarterfinal clash, their lone defeat at the CONCACAF U-17 Championships in the Dominican Republic.
The young Reggae Girls went behind as early as 3 minutes when Amalia Villarreal opened the scoring.
World Health Organisation estimates 15 million people have died directly or indirectly from coronavirus
The World Health Organisation estimates that 15 million people worldwide have now died of coronavirus - or as a result of its impact on health services.
WHO data shows the number of excess COVID mortalities to be somewhere between 13.3 million and 16.6 million people from January 1 2020 to December 31 2021. This is more than double the official...
Andy Murray withdraws from his Madrid Open
Andy Murray has withdrawn from his Madrid Open match against Novak Djokovic due to illness.
On Thursday, the Briton was due to compete in the tournament's third round.
Murray defeated Dominic Thiem, the 2020 US Open champion, in the first round of the tournament before defeating Denis Shapovalov of Canada.
Murray, who is ranked 78th in the world, described his last-16 match...
Curtain call for “Hide Your Husband”
The curtains opened for the comedy-drama "Hide Your Husband" at the Little Little Theatre in St Andrew last Saturday.
The first show to touch the boards in almost two years due to the novel cornavirus pandemic was written and produced by seasoned theatre practitioner Basil Dawkins, alongside his daughter who directed the body of work.
Playwright Basil Dawkins spoke to the...
MORNING WEATHER UPDATE : THURSDAY, MAY 5 2022
Our Z weather report and forecast for today sees A Trough across Jamaica.
The Met Office says The Trough remains across the island today. Thereafter, the Ridge quickly rebuilds tomorrow.
This Morning continues to be Partly cloudy across eastern parishes, mainly sunny elsewhere.
In the Afternoon expect Isolated showers across western parishes, otherwise partly cloudy. Windy especially across southern parishes.
Tonight…Mainly fair.
Maximum temperature...
One man listed as Person of Interest, St James Businessman charged
The St. James Police have listed Presley Bingham otherwise called ‘Pressa’of Torado Drive, St. James as a Person of Interest following a multi-million dollar cash and drugs seizure in the parish.
Meanwhile, 43-year-old Oral Johnson of Garden District, Westmoreland has been arrested and charged following the seizure of approximately twenty-four (24) pounds of cocaine in Coral Gardens, Montego Bay, St. James.
On...
Jesse Lingard to leave Manchester United
Jesse Lingard is resigned to leaving Manchester United this summer after feeling let down over his treatment during the past 12 months.
Lingard's contract expires in June and Newcastle, AC Milan, Juventus and Paris St-Germain have already expressed an interest in the 29-year-old midfielder.
It has been suggested new United boss Erik Ten Hag is keen to speak with the England...
England tumble to sixth in the World Test rankings
England have tumbled to sixth in the world Test rankings ahead of the Ben Stokes era with the ICC's annual update seeing the team record their lowest points rating since 1995.
Stokes, who succeeded Joe Root as skipper last week, takes over a side that has managed just one win and suffered 11 defeats in their last 17 Tests.
England lost...
Four people were shot, one fatally in St. James
Four people were shot, one fatally, by a gunman at the intersection of Strand and Market Streets, in St. James, last night (May 3).
Dead is 28-year-old Romario Smalling otherwise called ‘‘Qwengha”, a vendor of Rose Heights, St. James.
Reports from the police are that about 10:35 p.m., Smalling and three other people were standing at the intersection, when a gunman...
Pooran to focus on ‘building chemistry’ Ahead of ODI series in The Netherlands
Playing more cricket and building chemistry will be of vital importance to the West Indies in their development as a team..this according to Nicholas Pooran, the team's newly appointed white ball captain.
Pooran who was officially confirmed yesterday will take the field as full-time Captain for the first time in the upcoming three-match ODI series in The Netherlands which ges...