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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Cedricka Williams broke the nearly 50-year-old University of Tennessee women’s discus throw record on Friday, after she won the event at the Tennessee Invite with a season’s best 60.57m, second best in the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCAA) so far. Williams, the former Holmwood Technical and Barton County College stand- out, broke the previous mark of 60.56m set by Jane Haist 49 years ago in 1977. Williams got...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw’s hat-trick led Jamaica to a 4-0 win over Antigua and Barbuda in their Concacaf W Championship qualifiers Group B game played at the National Stadium on Friday. Shaw, who took her tally to 66 goals, and a second half penalty from Deneisha Blackwood, ensured Jamaica stay in the lead in the group with maximum nine points and needs only a draw against Guyana next week...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Executive Director of the National Healthcare Enhancement Foundation (NHEF), Courtney Cephas, is encouraging members of the Jamaican Diaspora to channel all donations to the public health sector through the entity to ensure efficiency and accountability. He made the appeal while addressing a virtual forum hosted by Jamaica’s Consul General to Miami, Oliver Mair, on April 8. Cephas explained that the Foundation is the agency of the Ministry...

KINGSTON, Jamaica  — Chantelle Swaby will make her 50th appearance for Jamaica’s Reggae Girlz after she was named in the starting team to face Antigua and Barbuda in their Concacaf World Cup Qualifier at the National Stadium on Friday. The Jamaican coaches have made five changes to the team that edged Nicaragua 3-2 in Managua in March with central defender Tianna Harris making her home debut. Olufolasade Adamalekun, Kalyssa Van Zanten,...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The People’s National Party Youth Organisation (PNPYO) is condemning what it describes as a troubling pattern of selective enforcement by Parliament’s Ethics Committee, following reports that a member of parliament is to be summoned on a matter already concluded by the House. According to a release, General Secretary of the PNPYO, Peta-Gay Ferguson, said the decision raises serious concerns about whether the Ethics Committee is being applied...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Friday, April 10, ended trading at $159.20 up by 2 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s daily exchange trading summary. Meanwhile, the Canadian dollar ended trading at $116.31 up from $115.04 and the British pound at $213.87 up from $213.69.

KINGSTON, Jamaica—The body of a Mexican man who is suspected to have drowned while swimming at the Blue Hole attraction St Ann has been found. He has been identified as 46-year-old Javier Santos Solano. Commanding Officer of the St Ann Police Division Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Carlos Russell told Observer Online that Solano's body was found on Wednesday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica —  A new virtual payment solution aimed at expanding access to digital finance has been launched in Jamaica, allowing users to make online and in-store payments without needing a traditional bank account or physical card. The announcement was made recently at the Half-Way-Tree Transport Centre in Kingston, according to a release, where Product Lead Lloydon Bramwell introduced the Lynk virtual card as a tool to help more Jamaicans participate...