A strong performer on the world stage, two-time World Championship bronze medalist Rushell Clayton is just making her Olympic début. But having her fastest season yet, she hopes to join the likes of Deon Hemmings McCatty, Melaine Walker and Kaliese...
Rojé Stona’s Olympic début will be unforgettable, and the most historic for Jamaica in an Olympics where the field has taken centre stage. Stona claimed Jamaica’s first major global men’s discus title, in an Olympic record performance of 70.00m to...
Western Bureau: Yesterday, track and field coach Rodrick Myles, who is the current coach at William Knibb High School, the alma mater of sprint legend Usain Bolt, was on ‘cloud nine’ as he watched Rojé Stona break the Olympic discus record, and, in...
A father has been laden with guilt over the death of his 14 year-old son, who was killed along with eight other relatives in a car accident in Palm Beach County, Florida in the United States (US) on Monday. District Constable Michael Hall said he...
WESTERN BUREAU: “She was the life of the party” said Ann Marie White as she described her daughter, entertainment coordinator Judy Levy, one of four persons who perished in a horrific motor vehicle crash along the Braco main road in Trelawny this...
The Crofts Hill community in Northern Clarendon came alive on August 6 with the 13th staging of the annual Donkey Carnival. In addition to having the beasts of burden racing down a 100m track, there was the added attraction of a donkey fashion...
A Medal of Honour for Gallantry awarded posthumously to Constable Ricardo Fairclough has come as a “pleasant surprise” to the slain policeman’s family members who say the last four months have been heavy with grief. Constable Fairclough was shot...
Patrons were not left disappointed by this year’s one-day Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show, which took place in Clarendon on Tuesday. Normally a three-day event, the 70th staging of the agricultural show – which was held under the...
PARIS, France: Wayne Pinnock ended Jamaica’s near-three-decade wait for another Olympic medal in the men’s long jump on Tuesday, earning a silver to increase the island’s medal tally at the Paris Games to four. Pinnock’s leap of 8.36 metres in the...
Several members of the overseas Jamaican communities were named in this year’s list to receive Jamaican national honours and awards. Heading the list is Jamaica’s Ambassador to Washington, Audrey Marks, who has been awarded membership in the Order...
It’s still surreal that Jamaica’s most successful women’s sprint hurdler is only now making it to the Olympics. But two-time world champion Danielle Williams will finally have a chance to perform on the biggest stage, chasing Jamaica’s first...
The St Catherine South Police Division says Sunday’s early morning raid in Tryall Heights culminated a month of success against criminal operatives in the parish. The operation, in which the division joined forces with their Special Operation...
Local franchise holder of the United States (US)-based BirdShack Fried Chicken is hoping to forge relationships with the residents of the communities near the newly opened fast-food restaurant on Red Hills Road in St Andrew. Last Friday, Arya...
Olympic champion Hansle Parchment and veteran dancehall entertainers Moses ‘Beenie Man’ Davis and Rodney ‘Bounty Killer’ Price are among 150 Jamaicans being bestowed with national awards as Jamaica celebrates its 62nd anniversary of Independence....
Ralford Mullings is the latest Jamaican to emerge in the men’s discus, making the event the most competitive it has been for the country. The Oklahoma University student has had a surreal season, highlighted by a personal best throw of 69.67...
The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, has reversed a deficit of $1.7 billion last year to a surplus of $350 million year-to-date. This was disclosed by Professor Densil Williams, principal of The UWI, during a forum last week at the...
In a dramatic turn of events on Monday afternoon, a surprise visit by Police Commissioner Dr Kevin Blake and his team led to the apprehension of two men at premises in Tryall Heights, St Catherine. The site had become a hotbed of criminal activity...
Paris, France: In a landmark moment for Jamaican field events, three men will vie for the Olympic discus title as national champion Traves Smikle, Ralford Mullings and Roje Stona advanced to tomorrow’s final after strong qualifying performances as...
Whenever Kareen Melbourne, a resident of Comfort Hall in Manchester, needs to charge her phone or any other electronic device, she has to travel to the neighbouring community of Oxford or to the town of Balaclava in St Elizabeth to do so. The cost...
Western Bureau: At 11 years old, Desandra Clarke, who was the highest-ranked Primary Exit Profile (PEP) student in western Jamaica for the 2023-2024 academic year, is full of big dreams and lofty ambitions. The self-assured youngster, who wants to...
The Mitchell Town community centre was abuzz with excitement as the ear-piercing sounds of vuvuzelas and the rhythmic banging of pot covers filled the air during an RJRGLEANER watch party held in honour of Olympic 100m finalist and eventual silver...
Though visibly disheartened by her son’s eighth-place finish in the finals of the men’s 100m in Paris on Sunday, Juliet Seville, mother of Jamaican sprinter Oblique Seville, said she is not giving up on her son’s dream of Olympic glory. “It’s a...
Paris, France: Jamaica’s eight-year men’s 100m major global title drought appeared to have ended under the lights in Paris, France, yesterday. But when the dust settled, by the barest of margins, American Noah Lyles claimed the ultimate prize....
Andrew Hudson’s second consecutive major championship team translates to his first Olympic team, as he continues his chapter in the Jamaican colours. United States-born Hudson made the switch to represent Jamaica in 2022, winning the national 200m...
Whizz-kid Malik Wynter is elated that at 19 years old, unlike the average youth his age, he has already conquered university life and is now the holder of a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology from the University of the Commonwealth...
