Cocaine washes up on Jamaica Beach as authorities say more could be coming

Galveston The Jamaica Beach Police Department, which serves part of Galveston Island south of Houston, is asking residents to reach out if they see any packages on the beach.   City of Jamaica Beach via Facebook A package of cocaine was found washed up on …

Jamaica take gold, silver in Under-17 boys’ long jump at Carifta Games

File photo of Amani Phillps competing in the long jump event at the 2025 ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys' and Girls' Athletics Championships. (Photo: Garfield Robinson) KINGSTON, Jamaica — Amani Phillips completed a brilliant Under-17 boys’ triple/ …

Excelerate Sees Up To $101 Million EBITDA In Q1, Launches $700 Million Notes Offering To Fund Jamaica Deal

Excelerate Energy Inc. EE shares are trading lower on Monday. The company disclosed preliminary results for the first quarter of 2025 and senior notes offering. Preliminary Results: The company projects income before taxes expected of $52 million-$59 …

Three dead in Jamaica Estates fire

FDNY officials are saying conditions in a Jamaica Estates house where three men died on the morning of Easter Sunday hindered both residents trying to escape and firefighters trying to fight their way inside to rescue them. Speaking at a press conference …

Netball Jamaica pulls closer to staging overdue AGM

Netball Jamaica (NJ) says it has received a draft audited financial report, which could clear the way for the organisation to schedule its long-overdue annual general meeting (AGM). The NJ elections were last held in 2021. All NJ positions, including the …

Jamaica win three of four sprint relays at Carifta to end second day on high

Jamaica ended the second and penultimate day of the 52nd Carifta Track and Field Championships on a high after winning three of the four 4x100m relays gold medals as they continued to dominate the regional competition. The Jamaicans won both of the girls …

3 dead after fire sweeps through crowded home in Jamaica Estates on Easter

Three people died and a fourth was critically injured early Easter Sunday when a fire tore through an overcrowded home in Queens, that had no evidence of a working smoke detector and had blocked stairs and exits, fire officials said. Makeshift walls had …

Lampart smashes shot put record as Jamaica fight back in field events

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (CMC) – Jamaican Marla-Kay Lampart produced the performance of the 52nd CARIFTA Games so far when she obliterated the Under-20 girls’ shot put record on day two here at the Hasely Crawford Stadium. On her third attempt, Lampart …

Go! Jamaica Travel tops Ocean hotels’ travel agents awards

WESTERN BUREAU: Local travel agency Go! Jamaica Travel emerged as the overall winner at this year’s Ocean Coral Spring and Ocean Eden Bay Annual Travel Agents Awards, staged last week under the theme ‘Feel the Ocean: Under the Sea’. The agency, led by Dave …

Jamaica's Toni-Ann Singh crowned Miss World 2019