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  U.S. Open semifinalist Frances Tiafoe has pulled out of the United States team that will play group stage matches in the Davis Cup next week in Glasgow, Scotland. The U.S. Tennis Association announced Tiafoe’s withdrawal. Tiafoe is a 24-year-old from Maryland who was seeded 22nd at Flushing Meadows. He became the first American man to get to the U.S. Open semifinals since...

Massy Distribution Gives Students A Fresh Start for High School where Students have been awarded bursaries for back-to-school expenses. 16 graduates from St. Patrick's Primary, Balmagie Primary, Mount Alvernia Preparatory, Kensington Primary, Spanish Town Primary, St. Catherine Preparatory, and Seaview Gardens Primary schools received scholarships last Friday to help with their academic expenses this year. The corporation formally "adopted" the schools...

Tributes were paid to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on day three of the third Test between England and South Africa at The Oval. A minute's silence was observed before the national anthems, with God Save The King followed by sustained applause from the crowd. Players from both sides and the match officials are wearing black armbands. No play was possible on...

Disney has released the official trailer for The Little Mermaid remake starring Halle Bailey, and fans are ecstatic. On Friday (September 9), the media company unveiled a teaser to the highly anticipated live-action adaption of the classic animated film at D23 2022, the ultimate Disney fan expo that celebrates the Walt Disney Company and all of its beloved stories and...

The Wheelchair Basketball World Championships in Dubai have been postponed to 2023 due to a conflict of dates with the Fifa World Cup, which will take place in neighbouring Qatar. The tournament was due to take place from 16-27 November but has now been moved to June 2023. The Dubai government directive is based on security, health concerns and capacity in...

Our Z weather report and forecast for today sees A Trough across Jamaica. The Met Office says The Trough is expected to remain across the island over the next few days. This Morning continues to see Isolated showers across eastern parishes, elsewhere partly cloudy. This Afternoon expect Widely scattered showers and thunderstorms across central and western parishes, elsewhere partly cloudy. Tonight, Becoming Fair. Maximum...

  Jamaican-American artist Sean Kingston can now consider himself a part of YouTube’s one billion views club. His 2007 music video for “Beautiful Girls” reached the exceptional milestone on Thursday. Kingston celebrated the accomplishment with a congratulatory graphic on Instagram. “Huge Blessing!” he captioned the post with green and yellow heart emojis. He debuted the breakout single which went on to top the...

A six-year-old boy from St. James drowned yesterday (Thurs) after reportedly being carried away by flood waters. He has been identified as Jevanie Kidd of Catadupa district. Preliminary reports are that Jevanie was carried away by the water when he attempted to cross a flooded roadway. Residents reportedly located his body at about 8:45pm and summoned the police. He was taken to hospital...

  R. Kelly was ordered to surrender nearly $28,000 in his prison inmate account to be applied towards $140,000 in unpaid criminal fines, as well as possible restitution to his sexual-abuse victims. US District Judge Ann Donnelly in Brooklyn, New York, on Friday rejected Kelly’s argument that the money had been “impermissibly confiscated” from him by federal prosecutors and prison officials. She...

  Reggae Label Greensleeves Publishing has reportedly settled a legal battle with R&B singer Chris Brown and his label Sony Music. In a lawsuit filed with the courts in New York in July 2021, Greensleeves said that ‘Privacy’ lifted a line from 1997 dancehall track ‘Tight Up Skirt’, which was recorded by Red Rat. Greensleeves, which was acquired by VP Records in...