NEW YORK (AP):Essence has named four actresses as its annual 'Black Women in Hollywood' honourees. They are Regina Hall and Amandla Stenberg, who both starred in The Hate U Give, Kiki Layne of If Beale Street Could Talk, and Jenifer Lewis of Black-...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP):When a police truck carrying men in uniform pulled into an impoverished neighbourhood in the Haitian capital on November 13, 2018, residents thought it was an official operation.Maybe police were finally trying to head off a war...
RIYADH (AP):If Mike Pompeo was surprised, he didn't show it. But the secretary of state had woken up in the capital of Saudi Arabia on Monday to find that President Donald Trump had tweeted a threat to NATO ally Turkey, warning of economic harm...
BEIJING (AP):A Chinese court sentenced a Canadian man to death yesterday in a drug-smuggling case as tensions heightened between the two countries over Canada's arrest last month of a top Chinese technology executive.In a sudden retrial, a Chinese...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP):If this was it for Andy Murray, if this truly was it, he gave himself and an appreciative, raucous crowd that included his mother and brother quite a gutsy goodbye, the type of never-give-in performance he is famous for....
MANCHESTER, England (AP):Gabriel Jesus kept up his scoring spree for Manchester City with two goals in a 3-0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers in the English Premier League (EPL) yesterday, moving the champions back to within four points of Liverpool...
THE EDITOR, Sir:I find Lisa Hanna's outrage against the Government's stance against the Maduro regime laughable and foolhardy. The fact is that Nicolas Maduro has turned Venezuela into a failed state.Venezuela, a former oil rich country, boasting...
Recipient of the Jamaica Diaspora Agriculture Task Force's (JDAT) initial Investor Circle micro grants, Patricia Parchment plans to venture into commercial bee farming.Parchment, who is currently involved in the harvesting and bottling of honey as...
THE EDITOR, Sir:There is a huge silence regarding the teaching of Spanish in Jamaica. We tend not to value its importance. There are schools today where the language is not even being taught.More emphasis needs to be placed on the importance of...
THE EDITOR, Sir:The residents of Golden Spring, West Rural St Andrew, particularly Stockfarm and its environs, wish to say a guarded thank you to both the minister and staff of the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development for sending a...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (CMC):West Indies Twenty20 star Kieron Pollard lashed a now rare half-century to end a poor run of form, as his Dhaka Dynamites edged Chris Gayle's Rangpur Riders by two runs in a last-over thriller in the Bangladesh Premier League...
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ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, - The Antigua and Barbuda government has rubbished reports that it intends to place restrictions on the importation of used and reconditioned vehicles over 10 years into the country.Prime Minister Gaston Browne, speaking on a...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (CMC):West Indies star Nicholas Pooran slammed an unbeaten half-century to extend his run of excellent recent run of form, as Sylhet Sixers edged Chittagong Vikings in the Bangladesh Premier League here yesterday.Opting to bat...
OAKLAND, California (AP):Steve Kerr reminded his Warriors that with everything they have gone through already, Golden State reached the season's halfway point with 27 wins so right on pace for 54. Klay Thompson is aiming higher."Who cares? We know...
KINGSTON:President of the Jamaica Paralympic Association Christopher Samuda, has made a call for Paralympian Alphanso Cunningham to be honoured with a statue at the National Stadium."The enviable record of Alphanso 'The Ambassador' Cunningham in...
The Ministry of Education yesterday endorsed the move by the Wycliffe Caribbean Bible Translators to translate the Old Testament into Jamaican Patois.Marlon Morgan, senior technical coordinator at the ministry, shared that Caribbean Creole languages...
MANCHESTER, England (AP)Gabriel Jesus scored four goals in Manchester City's 9-0 win over third-tier Burton Albion yesterday in the first leg of an English League Cup semi-final that proved even more of a mismatch than anticipated.Kevin De Bruyne,...
ST JOHN'S, Antigua ( CMC):A plethora of Test hopefuls will have their chance to impress selectors when they line up in two two-day matches for Cricket West Indies President's XI against touring England starting next week.The first match runs from...
"I am very disappointed with the manner in which the market is being managed by the relevant authorities. The newly refurbished market seems to be a free-for-all, to do whatsoever they choose to do. Something has to be done to fix the many...
