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JC breaks 39-year drought with SCQ victory over Westwood High

April 02, 2026 | News
Jamaica College captured the 2026 TVJ Schools’ Challenge Quiz (SCQ) title in a tense final on Thursday evening, securing its first championship since 1987. The St Andrew-based institution prevailed over Westwood High, a first-time finalist and the second all-girls' school to make the final since the competition started in 1969. The score ended 30-28. The 231-year-old JC lost to Titchfield High in the 2025 final.
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Man dies after falling from bridge in St Thomas

A man today died after falling from a bridge in Easington, St Thomas. Reports are that approximately 10:00 a.m., the man, who is yet to be identified, was attempting to cross the bridge when he fell through a gaping hole, reportedly created by heavy rains from Hurricane Melissa in October last year. He was taken to the Princess Margaret Hospital in the parish, where he was pronounced dead. Minister with responsibility for Works, Robert Nesta Morgan, has expressed deep sadness over the death.
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St Catherine man fined $70,000 for driving without licence and insurance

A St Catherine man has been fined a total of $70,000 or 14 days’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to driving without a licence and insurance. The accused, Deshaun Rhoden, was charged with driving without a driver’s licence and operating a motor vehicle without insurance coverage. When he appeared in the parish court on April 2, Parish Judge Geneta Smikle imposed a fine of $40,000 or seven days’ imprisonment for driving without a licence, and $30,000 or seven days’ imprisonment for having no insurance.
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5 Questions With Iwer George

A staple of Caribbean carnival energy, Iwer George is one of Trinidad and Tobago’s most prolific soca artistes, with a career spanning back to 1987 and a catalogue of enduring hits. From Come to Meh to Take Ah Bathe, his music remains a fixture on the soca circuit. A multiple Soca Monarch winner, he also won the Road March title in 2020 with Kes the Band on Stage Gone Bad, a track many will recognise from the line: " We come to mash it up, shell it down and turn it over!” He also shared the Road March title with calypsonian and soca artiste Superblue in 2000.

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Two St Mary men charged for allegedly using fake US currency to make purchase

Two men from St Mary have been charged after allegedly using counterfeit United States currency to make purchases at a business establishment in Oracabessa. Charged are 25-year-old shop operator Kevin Farquharson, otherwise called ‘Lewis’, of Clarks Town district, Retreat, and 29-year-old construction worker Robert Gray of Three Hill district, Retreat. Both men have been slapped with charges of possession of counterfeit notes, uttering counterfeit notes, and obtaining goods by false pretence following the incident on Monday, March 30.

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Reggae Boyz head coach Rudolph Speid.
April 2, 2026

SPEID SAYS NO

Rudolph Speid declared that he will not retake the role of Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) technical committee chairman, but remains open to staying on as head coach of the senior Reggae Boyz. Speid has received commendation and criticism in equal measure after the nation’s 2026 World Cup dream ended in Mexico on Tuesday with a defeat to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the FIFA Intercontinental Play-off final, while many critics are calling for him to step aside completely.

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Island Kings Deandre ‘Dre King’ Phillip, Adiel ‘King Diel’ Thomas and Carl ‘Lee King’ Scharschmidt.
April 1, 2026

Island Kings add new voice, drop ‘Sweet Like Sugar’

What started as friends just playing around because they had time on their hands due to the numerous lockdown sessions during the COVID-19 pandemic, led to the formation of a group whose harmonised vocals have garnered them much attention.

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Contributed Crews work during the St James blitz to restore hundreds of JPS customers.
April 2, 2026

JPS writes off J$3.5b in Hurricane Melissa damage as profit slides

The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) has written off US$22.3 million — about J$3.5 billion — in assets damaged by Hurricane Melissa last October. The electricity utility said in its audited financials, released on Wednesday, that the charge reflects damage to its property, plant and equipment, primarily within its transmission and distribution network.

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Brown demonstrates the hip thrust exercise, with shoulders on a bench and weight placed on the hips, lifting the hips upward in a controlled motion.
April 1, 2026

Six carnival road-ready exercises you should know

The mission to sculpt carnival-ready bodies has pushed a slate of personal fitness countdowns into full-throttle mode over the last three months. The Carnival in Jamaica Road March is serious business, and fitness trainer Andre ‘Supreme’ Brown understands why body image matters. Christened ‘The Booty Maker’ in the local gym realm for “training my clients, especially females in getting refined looking glutes”, Brown is among the most sought-after trainers at Express Fitness’ Constant Spring Golf Club branch.

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Dr Terrance Drew, prime minister of St Kitts and Nevis and current chair of CARICOM; and Kamla Persad-Bissessar, prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago.
April 2, 2026

Editorial | CARICOM’s new crisis

Dr Carla Barnett has not been the kind of secretary general of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) this newspaper had hoped for. She has not interpreted her mandate or fashioned her leadership as a transformative force — sometimes being ahead of heads of government, prodding, probing, and engaging the region’s citizens to get the community to do more, faster. To be that kind of secretary general, she would have needed an expansive and creative vision of her role, as established in the CARICOM treaty and set out in her job description.

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