Thompson, Seville, Blake cruise into men’s 100m semifinals

TOKYO – Jamaica’s trio of Kishane Thompson, Oblique Seville and Ackeem Blake easily advanced to the semifinals of the men’s 100 metres at the World Athletic Championships in Japan on Saturday (September 13). Competing in heat two, Thompson, the fastest man in the world over the distance this year, strolled to victory in 9.95 seconds, […]

Green, de Kock help Royals send Knight Riders to third consecutive loss

BRIDGETOWN – The Barbados Royals ended their miserable home stand in the 2025 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League campaign in winning fashion by upstaging the Trinbago Knight Riders by seven wickets in Barbados on Friday. Playing their final match of the season at Kensington Oval, off-spinner Chris Green mesmerised the Knight Riders’ batters on his […]

Fire damages dormitory room at Princes Town centre

A section of the National Care and Empowerment Centre in Princes Town was partially damaged by fire on Friday afternoon. Police said around 4.30 pm an alarm was raised by security officers after smoke was seen coming from the roof of room one in the male dormitory. Security officer Fortune of Amalgamated Security Services used […]

Taxi driver robbed of car in Sangre Grande

A 57-year-old taxi driver was robbed of his vehicle in Sangre Grande on Thursday night. Police said around 8.10 pm, Kelvin Ramoutar of Nariva Road No. 3, Manzanilla, was operating his silver Nissan Y11, registration PBY 6259, for hire near Top of the Line Meat Mart on the Eastern Main Road. He was approached by […]

One dead, two injured in San Juan shooting

Gunmen opened fire outside a bar in San Juan on Friday evening, killing one man and injuring two others, including a soldier. The deceased as been identified as 32-year-old Mozik Cobham.  Police said around 5.20 pm a black SUV, heavily tinted and of unknown make and registration, stopped near a bar known as Flats at the […]