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Deal or no deal - Public-sector teachers to decide on Government’s adjusted wage offer

August 17, 2026 | News
The government has made an improved offer on key components of the 28-point claim from the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), which will be placed before delegates for a decision early this week. Mark Malabver, president of the JTA, told The Gleaner that the government has responded to what he termed “some deal breakers”, and the delegates will decide on them at the association’s 62nd annual conference, which begins in Kingston today.
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SCIENCE WEIGHS IN

Professor of Sport Science and Biochemistry Dr Rachael Irving is calling for a more scientific and holistic approach to the preparation and management of Jamaica’s young athletes. Irving’s comments come amid debate surrounding the decision to have young quarter-miler Jabari Matheson compete in four 400-metre races over two days at the recent World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Eugene, Oregon. She said decisions regarding an athlete’s workload, particularly one returning from injury, should involve a team of professionals, along with the coach and the athlete.
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Sterner test awaits fast-starting U14s

After a comfortable 4-0 win over St Kitts and Nevis in their opening Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Boys’ U14 Challenger Series Group C, Tier I game, in the Dominican Republic, Jamaica coach Vassell Reynolds believes they will be up for a sterner test against Aruba, at 9 a.m. today. The young Reggae Boyz, with a brace from Tai-Sean Headley (36th and 47th) and a goal each from Kylon Gayle (eighth) and Basil Trail (52nd), eased their way past the Kittitians, to lead the group ahead of Curaçao and Aruba, who drew 1-1.
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Rutherford, Motie keep Tridents perfect

GROS ISLET, Saint Lucia (CMC): Sherfane Rutherford’s player-of-the-match performance propelled the Barbados Tridents to a nine-run victory over the St Lucia Kings in their rain-affected Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League contest on Sunday. In a match reduced to 18 overs per side after persistent showers delayed the start by more than an hour, Rutherford’s explosive 61 off 31 balls revived the Tridents’ innings in the closing stages and helped them post a formidable 177 for five at the Daren Sammy National Stadium.

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Tents erected amid the rubble of demolished houses in Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny, last week.
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COOPER’S PEN LAWSUIT

Nine men from Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny, who claim that they were rounded up by the police and kept in custody for hours during last week’s controversial demolition exercise in the community, have filed a lawsuit against the Government for breaches of their constitutional rights. The lawsuit, which was filed in the Supreme Court yesterday by the law firm Donnovan Collins & Company, seeks damages for false imprisonment and assault.

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Jabari Matheson after winning a en’s 400-metre heat at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
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SCIENCE WEIGHS IN

Professor of Sport Science and Biochemistry Dr Rachael Irving is calling for a more scientific and holistic approach to the preparation and management of Jamaica’s young athletes. Irving’s comments come amid debate surrounding the decision to have young quarter-miler Jabari Matheson compete in four 400-metre races over two days at the recent World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Eugene, Oregon. She said decisions regarding an athlete’s workload, particularly one returning from injury, should involve a team of professionals, along with the coach and the athlete.

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Marcus Mosiah Garvey.
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Singer Fred Locks talks ‘Black Star Liner’

Burning Spear, Bob Marley, Fred Locks, Culture, Freddie McGregor and Mutabaruka are among the reggae and roots reggae artistes who have paid tribute in song to Jamaica’s first National Hero, Marcus Mosiah Garvey. Today, August 17, is the 139th anniversary of the birth of the political activist, publisher, and entrepreneur. Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL), Black Star Line steamship company and the Negro Factories Corporation, to foster global black economic autonomy.

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August 16, 2026

Salada reaping from efficiencies and market moves

Salada Foods Jamaica Ltd reported an improvement in third-quarter earnings, benefiting from stronger sales, wider margins, and the payoff from efficiency measures. The coffee and beverage manufacturer reported net profit of $68.3 million for the three months ended June 30, more than double the $31 million earned in the corresponding quarter of 2025, representing a 120 per cent increase. Revenue climbed 16.1 per cent to $443.4 million from $381.9 million a year earlier as the company continued to expand its presence in domestic and export markets.

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Shawn Officer has Kasi Simon under arrest for love. The two joined hands in holy matrimony on June 13.
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Island Wedding | Kasi Simon gets cuffed by Officer’s love

From the tender age of eight, Kasi Simon had already planned her dream wedding. She imagined her Prince Charming coming to save her, much like Rapunzel in her tower. Years later, her wish came true when her knight in shining armour, Shawn Officer, came into the picture. She had sworn off dating at the time, but was soon cuffed by this Officer’s love. Not long after, the couple joined hands in holy matrimony at Trident Castle in Portland.

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Justice Winston Anderson, president of the Caribbean Court of Justice.
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Editorial | CCJ: evening the keel

Justice Winston Anderson has, at least in the short term, effectively defanged fellow judges of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), who were scathing about his leadership of the court. By ruling that, going forward, all sittings of the court will be en banc, Justice Anderson, the court’s president, removed any basis for the most devastating of the accusations against him: that he sought to set judges’ panels for predetermined outcomes in cases.

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