Month: November 2024

Jamaica Scorpions will battle Barbados Pride in the CG United Super50 Cup final after they defeated Leeward Islands Hurricanes by 104 runs in semi-final two at Brian Lara Cricket Centre in Trinidad. An unbeaten century of 114 not out from Scorpions’ Javelle Glenn, together with Jeavor Royal’s 73 for an exciting seventh-wicket partnership of 124 runs, carried Jamaica to 352/9, batting first. The Leeward Islands, in reply, had solid contributions […]

Trinidad and Tobago cyclist Nicholas Paul finished the first leg of the UCI Track Champions League in third place on the men’s sprint overall standings after competing in two events at the Velodrome National de Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines in France over the weekend. Paul finished third in the sprint and fifth in the keirin events in the opening round of the 2024 series. England’s three-time Paris Olympic medalist Matthew Richardson was […]

New Soca Warriors coach Dwight Yorke will take his team to compete for the first time in March 2025 when they face Cuba on a home-and-away basis in a Gold Cup preliminary matchup. The winner will qualify for the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup. Concacaf confirmed the seven Gold Cup preliminary matchups on Nov. 20. The matches will feature the four 2024/25 Concacaf Nations League quarter-final losers, the third and fourth-placed […]

The heads of government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) met at the 21st meeting of the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on Cricket at the CARICOM Secretariat in Turkeyen, Guyana. One day after they met with Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the CARICOM leaders were set to brainstorm on the ongoing challenges confronting West Indies cricket. Chaired by Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Keith Rowley, the meeting mainly examined key issues […]

Researched work carried out by the National Drug Prevalence Study in conjunction with the Centre for Leadership and Governance at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona, Jamaica and the  Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission of the Organization of American States (OAS) found that Jamaicans’ absorption of alcohol, cannabis, and tobacco since the last seven years is still in high usage. The study, released at the Media launch of […]

Bronxites lined up Saturday in Soundview to fill their grocery carts with turkeys, Halal chickens, and canned and fresh produce at a holiday food distribution event hosted by the nonprofit Caribbean Equality Project and City Council Majority Leader Amanda Farias. Caribbean Equality Project, a community organization that supports and advocates for LGBTQ+ Caribbean immigrants in NYC, has hosted the event with Farias for four years. Over 140 volunteers filled the […]