‘It is a big setback’
Reggae Boyz coach Rudolph Speid said the team failed to execute its game plan in Monday’s 1-0 loss to 10-man Honduras in their Concacaf Nations League A Group B match at the National Stadium. Keyrol Figueroa’s 14th-minute strike proved decisive, handing the visitors all three points and their first victory over the Reggae Boyz in nine meetings spanning the past 13 years. It was a disjointed performance from the Jamaicans, who suffered an early setback when Renaldo Cephas was forced off with a leg injury after just 10 minutes and replaced by Tyrese Campbell.
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Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton said the ministry is on high alert for any potential disruptions to the healthcare system by doctors. “To the extent that it disrupts the health system, we have to put contingency in place, and I’ve advised the team to begin to put that preparation in place,” Tufton told The Gleaner yesterday.
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‘It is a big setback’
Reggae Boyz coach Rudolph Speid said the team failed to execute its game plan in Monday’s 1-0 loss to 10-man Honduras in their Concacaf Nations League A Group B match at the National Stadium. Keyrol Figueroa’s 14th-minute strike proved decisive, handing the visitors all three points and their first victory over the Reggae Boyz in nine meetings spanning the past 13 years. It was a disjointed performance from the Jamaicans, who suffered an early setback when Renaldo Cephas was forced off with a leg injury after just 10 minutes and replaced by Tyrese Campbell.
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Pearl Harbor survivors watch a vintage WWII airplane fly over Pearl Harbor at the ceremony commemorating the 72nd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, in 2013, in Honolulu.
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Members and volunteers of the Ananda Marga pose for a photograph as they prepare to head out to distribute relief supplies to people affected by Hurricane Melissa in western Jamaica.
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West Indies’ Shimron Hetmyer celebrates scoring a half century during the T20 World Cup cricket match against Zimbabwe on Monday.
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Glenmuir High School players in a celebratory mood.