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We are more than caregivers, says Nurse of the Year, Fione Collins
May 16, 2026
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There was a quiet authority in the way Fione Collins addressed the room — less a ceremonial overview, more a reflection shaped by lived experience at the frontlines of care. As the 2025-2026 LASCO/Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ) Nurse of the Year, Collins used the International Nurses Day press briefing, held on Tuesday at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, not just to look back, but to challenge how Jamaica — and the wider world — understands and supports its nurses.
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Middlesbrough want Southampton expelled from Championship playoff final for spying
MIDDLESBROUGH, England (AP):
Middlesbrough want Southampton expelled from the Championship playoff final as the English Football League prepares to hold a hearing into allegations of spying.
Middlesbrough want Southampton expelled from the Championship playoff final as the English Football League prepares to hold a hearing into allegations of spying.
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Harpy Eagles and Red Force ready for Championship showdown
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC):
The stage is set. The 2026 West Indies Championship final will be a battle between the tournament’s two most formidable sides. Only one will lift the trophy.
The Guyana Harpy Eagles, having secured their final berth by finishing atop the standings, delivered a thunderous warning to their rivals with an emphatic innings-and-21-run demolition of the West Indies Academy.
The stage is set. The 2026 West Indies Championship final will be a battle between the tournament’s two most formidable sides. Only one will lift the trophy.
The Guyana Harpy Eagles, having secured their final berth by finishing atop the standings, delivered a thunderous warning to their rivals with an emphatic innings-and-21-run demolition of the West Indies Academy.
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Aston Villa overrun Liverpool to secure Champions League place
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP):
Ollie Watkins scored two and had another disallowed as Aston Villa set themselves up nicely for next week’s Europa League final with a stylish 4-2 win at home against Liverpool yesterday.
Victory also guaranteed Villa a place in next year’s Champions League.
Ollie Watkins scored two and had another disallowed as Aston Villa set themselves up nicely for next week’s Europa League final with a stylish 4-2 win at home against Liverpool yesterday.
Victory also guaranteed Villa a place in next year’s Champions League.
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‘We have the money’ - Cops foil $10m daylight robbery, but not before elderly bearer killed by thugs
A vicious daylight attempted robbery in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew, on Friday afternoon left an elderly man dead and triggered major traffic congestion across sections of the Corporate Area as police launched a probe into the brazen attack.
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Jamaica set to attract 5,000 diaspora fans for CPL
Jamaica expects to attract some 5,000 diaspora fans for the upcoming Caribbean Premier League (CPL) season, says Director of Tourism Donovan White.
The regional cricket event, which returns to the island after a seven-year break, will run from August 7 to September 20, 2026, across six iconic Caribbean venues.
The regional cricket event, which returns to the island after a seven-year break, will run from August 7 to September 20, 2026, across six iconic Caribbean venues.
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Waterhouse to conduct comprehensive review of 2025-26 JPL season
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JWPL semis: Champs Frazsiers Whip face ambitious Real Mona
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5 Questions With … Shaggy
wo-time Grammy winner and diamond-selling reggae-dancehall artiste Shaggy can easily spin his recording studio into a make-believe casino, and when he does, the stakes are high. But he is confident that he has a winning hand and, for him, the sky’s the limit when it comes to placing a bet on Lottery.
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Iran war and Jamaica hurricane cost TUI €61m in half-year results
Europe's largest tour operator, TUI Group, absorbed €61 million (J$11.2 billion) in combined one-off losses from the Iran war and Hurricane Melissa's devastation of Jamaica during the first half of its financial year, forcing the German travel giant to pare back its full-year earnings guidance even as underlying demand held firm.
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UTech advances plans to slash light bill in half with new solar power installations
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Century flags US$10m cost headwind as Jamalco bauxite quality slips
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17-y-o Antonio Wallace impresses in bodybuilding debut
At just 17 years old, Antonio Wallace stepped boldly onto the bodybuilding stage for the very first time and made an impressive debut. The Ardenne High School grade-11 student, who resides in Portmore, emerged as the youngest competitor in this year’s Jamaica Bodybuilding and Fitness Association (JABBFA) Novice and Junior Championships, held on April 25 at the Courtleigh Auditorium.
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Something Extra | Wednesday
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Editorial | The burden of salt
Jamaica’s growing crisis with non-communicable diseases has a direct correlation with what people are eating every day. High salt consumption is one of the key factors driving hypertension, heart disease, stroke and kidney failure.
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