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July 8, 2026
by Gregory Bryce
Hillel Manning Cup season to feature young team
As Hillel Academy prepares for their second-ever season in the ISSA Manning Cup, head coach Sean Fraser said the school would field a young squad as a number of last year’s players will not return for…
July 8, 2026
Senior debut on the cards for young Lawes
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC):
Teenage wrist spinner Vitel Lawes could, possibly, make his debut for the West Indies senior men’s team after being included in a 15-member squad for the opening three…
July 8, 2026
Louis Vuitton court victory against Chinese tea chain stirs debate over copyrights
A debate over ownership of traditional Chinese symbols has cropped up after a court ordered a local tea chain to pay French luxury brand Louis Vuitton (LV) US$1.5 million over trademark infringement…
July 8, 2026
Former city official sentenced to death in China for taking US$325m in bribes for decades
A former economic development official in the eastern China city of Nanjing was sentenced to death on Monday for taking bribes worth US$325 million over three decades.
Yang Youlin was also convicted…
July 8, 2026
Microsoft cutting 4,800 jobs
Microsoft is cutting 4,800 jobs, about 2.1 per cent of its global workforce, including a large number of workers at its Xbox video game business.
The lay-offs included 1,600 Xbox workers, with more…
July 8, 2026
Canada looks to build pipeline to reduce reliance on USA
Alberta and Ontario proposed a pipeline on Monday to carry western Canadian oil east, seeking to reduce Canada’s reliance on US infrastructure and open new export markets, reviving an idea that was…
July 8, 2026
It’s Time to Change the Narrative and Renew Public-Private Partnership for the “BPO” Sector
The global services (GS) sector in Jamaica, otherwise known as the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector, employs 50,000 people and generates U$1 billion in forex for the economy. It is the…
July 8, 2026
US firm wins J$1.87 billion sole-source contract to upgrade Jamaica’s tax system
Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) has awarded a $1.87-billion single-source contract to a United States technology company to upgrade the revenue administration information system that underpins the…
July 8, 2026
by Neville Graham
Walker divests connection to $23b WIPT shares in taking Petrojam’s top job
Danville Walker has divested his interest in an entity holding $23 billion worth of shares in West Indies Petroleum Terminal (WIPT), in taking up the top job at Jamaica’s state-led refinery,…