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No World Cup for Reggae Boyz as DR Congo books spot
20+ hour, 55+ min ago (557+ words) Jamaica loses to Democratic Republic of Congo, 1-0, in their intercontinental play-off final at Estadio AKRON in Mexico on Tuesday. GUADALA'JARA " The long wait is over. For the first time in 52 years, the De'mo'c'ra't'ic Re'pub'lic of Con'go will grace the World…...
Culture Ministry reports $16.1M spent on Flava Village
21+ hour, 6+ min ago (249+ words) The Min'istry of Cul'ture and Com'mu'ni'ty De'vel'op'ment has re'vealed that a to'tal of $16.1 mil'lion was spent to es'tab'lish and op'er'ate the Fla'va Vil'lage ini'tia'tive dur'ing Car'ni'val 2026. Fla'va Vil'lage was an ad'mis'sion-free cul'tur'al and culi'nary event held at the Queen's Park…...
CAL urgently needs a viable business plan
20+ hour, 6+ min ago (460+ words) The peren'ni'al is'sue of the fi'nan'cial vi'a'bil'i'ty of Caribbean Air'lines (CAL) is again fig'ur'ing in na'tion'al dis'course, os'ten'si'bly cen'tred around mak'ing the air'line prof'itable again. CAL is al'so seek'ing fur'ther sup'port from the State, which sources say could come in…...
T&T swimmers aim to end 16-year Carifta title drought
21+ hour, 8+ min ago (566+ words) Last year, host at the Na'tion'al Aquat'ic Cen'tre in Bal'main, Cou'va, the Ba'hamas won their sev'enth straight ti'tle with 979 points, with Ja'maica a dis'tant sec'ond with 795.5 and T&T third with 735, while the Cay'man Is'lands (477.5) and Aru'ba (469) com'plet'ed the top…...
Flava Village costs 16 million dollars for Carnival 2026
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (165+ words) Ministry of Culture and Community Development The Min'is'ter of Cul'ture and Com'mu'ni'ty De'vel'op'ment has re'vealed that the to'tal cost to es'tab'lish and op'er'ate the Fla'va Vil'lage ini'tia'tive dur'ing the Car'ni'val 2026 pe'ri'od amount'ed to $16,164,663.75. The ex'pen'di'ture, de'tailed in a writ'ten re'sponse…...
Briggs: I’m trying to block out the noise
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (569+ words) FILE: T&T's Kamika Rodriguez (No 15), left, Talia Martin (No 19), second from left, Asha James (No 10), second from right, and Tori Paul (No 9) celebrate the winning goal against Aruba, with teammates, goal-scorer Shaunalee Govia (in the background on the ground)…...
Serrette eyes improved medal haul at Carifta Games
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (379+ words) Carifta 2026 bound Makiah Williams in flight as she took part in the Triple'Jump at Carifta Prep'Meet last Saturday at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo. The 53rd Carifta Games will be hot'at the irai James National Stadium in Grenada on Easter Weekend…...
First South Central scouts camp instils life skills in youngsters
2+ day, 10+ min ago (157+ words) More than 120 cubs and scouts from across the South Cen'tral Dis'trict took part in the first an'nu'al dis'trict camp over the week'end, as the scout move'ment con'tin'ues to in'stil in young peo'ple life skills, dis'ci'pline and team'work. He said the…...
Saffie captures 15th consecutive Gulfstream trainers’ title
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (360+ words) HAL'LAN'DALE BEACH " Saffie Joseph Jr put the fin'ish'ing touch'es on his 15th con'sec'u'tive lead'ing train'er ti'tle at Gulf'stream Park as the 2025-2026 Cham'pi'onship Meet con'clud'ed its pres'ti'gious 72-day win'ter stand in Flori'da on Sun'day. It was the fifth straight Cham'pi'onship Meet ti'tle…...
CAL needs more than a Govt bailout; it needs serious reform
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (228+ words) Caribbean Air'lines (CAL) is back in a tough spot. Near'ly two decades af'ter BWIA was re'placed, CAL con'tin'ues to face the same prob'lems. It strug'gles with chron'ic loss'es, po'lit'i'cal de'mands and a dif'fi'cult re'gion'al mar'ket. In 2018 and 2019, CAL re'port'ed mod'est…...