Cavalier Soccer Club has acquired Turner’s Oval in Clarendon, becoming the first Jamaican football club to own its home ground. Club leadership describes the purchase as the foundation for a wider commercial complex and a turning point for local-club economics in a league where rented grounds remain the norm.
In the courts, five women who spent nearly a decade waiting for a verdict on a multimillion-dollar fraud case alleged at Tax Administration Jamaica were exonerated on Tuesday. The trial collapsed under the weight of nearly three dozen adjournments and an abandoned proceeding. The outcome raises familiar questions about case-management capacity and the human cost of slow justice.
Speaker of the House Juliet Holness used the start of Tuesday’s sitting to deliver a statement of more than fifteen minutes upbraiding members of the Opposition. The episode adds to ongoing tensions over chamber decorum that have surfaced repeatedly since the start of the parliamentary year.
In utilities, the Jamaica Public Service Company reports 1,343 customers remain without electricity since outages tied to recent Hurricane Melissa damage. Crews continue restoration work in the most-affected parishes.
In primary schools, more than 30,000 grade-six students completed the 2026 Primary Exit Profile this week. The two-day examination is the gateway to secondary placement; results determine which high schools students enter in September.
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