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Scoreboard of the second One Day International between West Indies Women and Ireland Women at Bready Cricket Club here on Sunday.

IRELAND WOMEN

Sarah Forbes c +Campbelle b Dottin 17

*Gaby Lewis c +Campbelle b Dottin 24

+Amy Hunter c Fletcher b Matthews 67

Orla Prendergast c Hector b Matthews 9

Rebecca Stokell c Taylor b Fletcher 57

Leah Paul c Claxton b Ramharack 32

Louise Little c Matthews n Alleyne 7

Alana Dalzell not out 17

Georgina Dempsey not out 3

Extras (lb1, nb1, w6) 8

TOTAL (seven wickets; 50 overs) 241

Did not bat: Aimee Maguire, Cara Murray.

Fall of wickets: 1-38, 2-44, 3-74, 4-180, 5-188, 6-206, 7-226.

Bowling: Glasgow 8-2-30-0, Hector 4-0-19-0, Dottin 5-0-15-2, Alleyne 5-0-22-1, Matthews 10-1-34-2, Fletcher 9-0-67-1, Ramharack 9-0-53-1.

WEST INDIES WOMEN

*Hayley Matthews c Murray b Little 100

Realeanna Grimmond c +Hunter b Prendergast 0

Stafanie Taylor not out 100

Deandra Dottin c Murray b Maguire 9

Jannillea Glasgow c Dempsey b Maguire 9

+Shemaine Campbelle not out 10

Extras (nb2, w12) 14

TOTAL (four wickets; 38.5 overs) 242

Did not bat: Jahzara Claxton, Aaliyah Alleyne, Afy Fletcher, Shawnisha Hector, Karishma Ramharack.

Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-159, 3-189, 4-199.

Bowling: Prendergast 7-0-39-1, Dalzell 6.5-0-62-0, Dempsey 7-1-27-0, Maguire 8-0-52-2, Murray 5-0-45-0, Little 5-0-17-1.

Toss: West Indies elected to field.

Result: West Indies Women won by six wickets to lead the three-match series 2-0.

Player-of-the-Match: Hayley Matthews.

Umpires: Claire Polosak, Gareth Morrison.

TV Umpire: Roly Black.

Reserve Umpire: Jareth McCready.

Match Referee: Phillip Thompson.

Jamaica’s population grew by a negligible 600 people in 2025 to 2,764,200, as outward migration continued, with the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom remaining the leading destinations for Jamaicans granted permanent residence or citizenship.

This is according to the 2025 edition of the Economic and Social Survey Jamaica, a publication of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ).

Migration to the United States increased by 7.3 per cent in 2025, with 18,347 Jamaicans entering its borders.

Accoridng to the survey, based on the figures, the US remained the primary destination for Jamaican migrants followed by Canada (2 980) and the UK (2 396).

‘A total of 2,980 migrants were granted permanent resident status in Canada in 2025, a 19.8 per cent decrease relative to 2024,’ the survey said.

It [noted that similar to previous years, the majority, 74.7 per cent (2 225) of Jamaicans was in the working age population (15-64 years). The 30-34 age group had the largest proportion of admissions of permanent residents, accounting for 13.1 per cent of emigrants.

Jamaicans from the 0-4, 55-59 and 60-64 age groups comprised a smaller proportion of emigrants (2.3 per cent, 2.5 per cent and 2.5 per cent, respectively).

The PIOJ said the largest proportion of permanent emigrants from Jamaica with a known occupation fell within the ‘professionals, senior officials and technicians’ category at 7.0 per cent, followed by ‘service sorkers and shop and market sales workers’ at 2.3 per cent.

The occupation of 85.8 per cent of permanent emigrants was classified as ‘unknown/other’. ‘In contrast, emigrants who obtained temporary work visas were predominantly employed in ‘elementary occupations’, accounting for 79.6 per cent,’ said the PIOJ.

In 2025, a total of 2 396 Jamaicans were granted British citizenship by naturalisation or registration, representing a 16.7 per cent decline compared with 2024.

West Indies Women defeated Ireland Women by six wickets in the second One Day International at Bready Cricket Club here on Sunday.

Scores

IRELAND WOMEN 241-7 in 50 overs (Amy Hunter 67, Rebecca Stokell 57, Leah Paul 32, Gaby Lewis 24, Sarah Forbes 17, Alana Dalzell 17 not out; Deandra Dottin 2-15, Hayley Matthews 2-34).

WEST INDIES WOMEN 242-4 in 38.5 overs (Stafanie Taylor 100 not out, Hayley Matthews 100, Shemaine Campbelle 10 not out; Aimee Maguire 2-52).

Scoreboard of the opening One Day International between West Indies and New Zealand at Providence Stadium here on Saturday.

NEW ZEALAND

Henry Nicholls c Pierre b Lawes 27

Will Young c and b Motie 49

Mark Chapman st +Hope b Lawes 27

Daryl Mitchell c Carty b A Joseph 65

+Tom Latham lbw b Pierre 25

Michael Bracewell c Jangoo b Lawes 29

*Mitchell Santner c Campbell b A Joseph 21

Nathan Smith lbw b A Joseph 5

Jacob Duffy b Motie 0

Matthew Fisher b A Joseph 1

Jayden Lennox not out 0

Extras (b4, lb8, nb1, w5) 18

TOTAL (all out; 49.5 overs) 267

Fall of wickets: 1-80, 2-96, 3-125, 4-169, 5-234, 6-243, 7-251, 8-256, 9-266, 10-267.

Bowling: Pierre 10-0-39-1, S Joseph 8-0-49-0, A Joseph 8.5-0-41-4, Motie 10-0-51-2, Lawes 10-0-54-3, Rutherford 3-0-21-0.

WEST INDIES

John Campbell c Smith b Duffy 11

Ackeem Auguste c +Latham b Lennox 38

Keacy Carty c Smith b Bracewell 95

*+Shai Hope not out 87

Sherfane Rutherford not out 22

Extras (b2. lb1, nb1, w11) 15

TOTAL (three wickets; 48.5 overs) 268

Did not bat: Amir Jangoo, Gudakesh Motie, Khary Pierre, Alzarri Joseph, Shamar Joseph, Vitel Lawes.

Fall of wickets: 1-28, 2-92, 3-223.

Bowling: Duffy 7-0-52-1, Smith 7-0-32-0, Lennox 10-0-55-1, Fisher 9.5-0-51-0, Santner 10-0-42-0, Bracewell 5-0-33-1.

Toss: West Indies elected to field.

Result: West Indies won by seven wickets to lead the five-match series 1-0.

Player-of-the-Match: Keacy Carty.

Umpires: Alex Wharf, Deighton Butler.

TV Umpire: Ahsan Raza.

Reserve Umpire: Zahid Bassarath.

Match Referee: Javagal Srinath.

Ireland Women reached 241 for seven in 50 overs after being sent in by West Indies Women in the second One Day International at Bready Cricket Club here on Sunday.

IRELAND WOMEN 241-7 in 50 overs (Amy Hunter 67, Rebecca Stokell 57, Leah Paul 32, Gaby Lewis 24, Sarah Forbes 17, Alana Dalzell 17 not out; Deandra Dottin 2-15, Hayley Matthews 2-34).

Members of the Barbados Defence Force (BDF) and Barbados Fire Service who were deployed to Venezuela following last month’s double earthquake have been awarded the Hero of Venezuela Medal.

The honour was presented by Acting President Delcy Rodríguez to members of the Urban Search and Rescue team, which was deployed to La Guaira which sustained extensive damage.

Barbados’ Ambassador to Venezuela, Commander Aquinas Clarke, announced the recognition as the team returned to Barbados on Thursday.

“I want to thank them for their outstanding representation of Barbados and the outstanding work they did while they were here in Venezuela,” Clarke said.

The ambassador also provided an update on Barbados’ humanitarian response, saying the BDF Field Medical Hospital being established in Guarenas was expected to become operational early next week.

He said 28 Barbadian personnel were already on the ground preparing the facility, which will serve communities affected by the disaster.

“At present, there are 28 persons from Barbados here setting up the hospital, and I suspect that by the end of today (July 10), the hospital will be set up. The services of electricity and water have been installed, and the Venezuelan authorities are currently constructing a field bathroom for use by the patients of the hospital,” Clarke said.

The hospital, under the command of Lieutenant Commander Anderson Goodridge, is expected to begin treating patients between Monday and Wednesday, once an additional contingent arrives from Barbados.

“We expect that there will be another 46 persons coming tomorrow on a flight out of Barbados, which will comprise the doctors and nurses, and other members of the support team for the hospital. So, by tomorrow night, we shall have a complement of 74 persons for the hospital here in Venezuela, out of Barbados,” the ambassador added.

Clarke said more than 5,000 people had been displaced in Guarenas, where schools, hospitals and other infrastructure sustained damage.

He thanked the BDF Chief of Staff and members of the Defence Force for their work in establishing the field hospital and appealed to healthcare professionals in Barbados to volunteer.

“You can deploy here for a period of two weeks. You can even deploy for a month if you have the time to assist at this critical juncture. Venezuela has always been a friend to Barbados, and I believe that this is an opportunity for us to give back,” Clarke said.

Attorneys representing two men being held under Preventive Detention Orders (PDOs) during Trinidad and Tobago’s State of Emergency (SoE) have written to Homeland Security Minister Roger Alexander, questioning the legal basis for their clients’ continued detention and urging greater transparency over the intelligence said to justify the measures.

According to the Trinidad Guardian, attorneys led by Criston Williams contend that the continued detention of Rajaee Ali and Earl Richards raises constitutional concerns and point to what they describe as failures to comply with statutory reporting requirements governing the country’s intelligence agencies.

In a letter dated July 8, the lawyers asked Alexander to explain why annual reports required under the Security Service Agency Act (SSAA) and the Interception of Communications Act (ICA) had not been laid in Parliament.

“The continued failure to lay the annual reports required under the Security Service Agency Act (SSAA) and the Interception of Communications Act (ICA), notwithstanding that intelligence gathering and the use of covert powers appear to have formed a central part of the justification advanced for the declaration of the State of Emergency and the continued detention, the absence of those reports prevents meaningful scrutiny of the intelligence framework relied upon by the State and raises legitimate concerns as to whether the statutory safeguards intended by Parliament to regulate the exercise of such powers have been observed,” the attorneys wrote.

The lawyers also requested confirmation on whether the reports had been prepared and, if so, the reasons they had not been presented to Parliament.

They further called on the minister to explain the legal basis for the continued detention of the two men, noting that they remain before the courts and have not been convicted.

Ali and Richards have been on remand since 2015 in connection with the murder of Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal.

According to the attorneys, the men were transferred from the Maximum Security Prison at Golden Grove to Teteron Barracks after the State of Emergency was declared on July 18 last year and were subsequently detained under Preventive Detention Orders issued under the Emergency Powers Regulations.

The lawyers argued that the transfer represented a significant departure from the normal custodial arrangements for remand prisoners and have challenged both the legality of the transfers and the conditions under which the men are being held.

he attorneys also referred to public statements by government officials alleging that their clients were associated with what was described as a “radical Islamic criminal gang.”

“Those allegations remain allegations only and have not been determined by any court of competent jurisdiction,” the attorneys said.

The legal team also argued that the subsequent designation of Teteron Barracks and Staubles Bay as prisons, with retrospective effect from July 18, 2025, did not resolve what they contend were legal deficiencies surrounding the original transfers.

While stressing they were not challenging the substance of the intelligence relied upon by the authorities, the lawyers argued that the statutory oversight mechanisms intended to ensure accountability had not functioned as required.

“The intelligence said to have justified the declaration of the State of Emergency, the transfer of our clients to Teteron Barracks and their continued preventive detention has never been capable of scrutiny through the statutory oversight mechanisms established by Parliament,” they wrote.

“The deprivation of liberty under a PDO constitutes one of the most significant exercises of executive power known to our constitutional framework. In those circumstances, transparency, accountability and faithful compliance with statutory safeguards are not optional considerations; they are indispensable constitutional requirements which serve to maintain public confidence in the rule of law.”

In the letter, the attorneys called on Alexander to outline the steps being taken to comply with the reporting requirements under the two laws and to reconsider the continued necessity and proportionality of the detention orders.

The cricket fraternity is mourning the loss of former national and West Indies youth cricketer Aaron Ragoonath, whose death was announced on Friday.

News of his passing quickly spread across social media, prompting an outpouring of tributes from former teammates, clubs, government officials and supporters, who remembered him not only for his achievements on the field but also for his dedication to the sport and his contribution to the development of cricket in Trinidad and Tobago.

Ragoonath represented Trinidad and Tobago and the West Indies at the youth level, where he played alongside Ravi Rampaul and Denesh Ramdin.

He also left his mark on the local cricketing landscape through his dedication to clubs, including Clico Preysal and Balmain United Cricket Club, reflecting not only his talent but also his commitment, discipline, and love for the sport.

Member of Parliament David Lee on Friday paid tribute to Ragoonath in a Facebook post on Friday.

“Rest in Peace, Aaron Ragoonath. Regrettably, we learnt of the passing of Aaron Ragoonath, former West Indies and national cricket player, who was a son of Preysal.

“Aaron made his presence and talent known at the club level, playing for clubs such as CLICO Preysal and Balmain United Club, before being elevated to play for Trinidad and Tobago and then the West Indies.

“We extend condolences to Aaron’s wife, children, wider family, loved ones, villagers and supporters in cricket. Thank you, Aaron, for making Preysal proud,” the post added.

A statement posted also on Friday on the Facebook page of local government councillor Anil Balliram read: “It is with deep sadness that I extend my heartfelt condolences on the passing of Aaron Ragoonath, a cherished son of the Polo Ground, Preysal community and a cricketer who made our community proud.

“As someone who called Polo Grounds, Preysal home, Aaron’s accomplishments were a source of pride and inspiration to many young people in our community. His legacy will continue to remind us of what can be achieved through hard work, perseverance, and passion.

“On behalf of my family and the residents of the electoral district, I extend my deepest sympathies to Aaron’s beloved wife, his children, the entire Ragoonath family, his friends, teammates, and all who had the privilege of knowing him. May you find comfort in the wonderful memories he leaves behind and strength in the love and support of those around you during this difficult time.”

Condolences poured in online, with many expressing condolences to his family, friends and former teammates, and describing his death as a significant loss to the sport.

Total arrests under Jamaica’s Crime Stop Programme increased by 38.2 per cent to 76 in 2025, while reward payments climbed to approximately J$10.3 million (US$65,176), as the country also recorded a sharp decline in murders and other major violent crimes.

The figures are contained in the Planning Institute of Jamaica’s (PIOJ) Economic and Social Survey Jamaica 2025, tabled in the House of Representatives on June 30.

According to the report, 76 arrests were made through the Crime Stop Programme in 2025, up from 55 the previous year. Reward payments also increased from J$7.5 million (US$47,458) in 2024.

“These outcomes reflected the continued use of the programme as a mechanism for citizen engagement and operational support to policing efforts,” the report stated.

It added that although reporting levels and enforcement outcomes fluctuated compared with the previous year, the programme continued to produce arrests, seizures and financial recoveries across multiple areas.

The survey also pointed to an overall decline in Category One crimes during the year, driven by significant reductions in several major offences.

“Murder fell by 41 per cent to 675 incidents, while shooting incidents decreased by 30.8 per cent to 696. Rape also declined by 26.3 per cent to 325 cases. In contrast, aggravated assault increased by 41.3 per cent to 465 cases, while robbery and break-ins rose by 8.5 per cent and 17 per cent, respectively,” the report said.

A total of 1,528 people were arrested for Category One crimes in 2025.

Murder accounted for the largest number of arrests at 481, followed by 395 for shooting offences, 231 for robbery and 172 for aggravated assault.

By parish, St Andrew recorded the highest number of arrests with 297, followed by St Catherine with 197 and Kingston with 175.

Julien Alfred produced a historic performance in the 200 metres to grab gold in the Monaco Diamond League here on Friday.

Competing at the Stade Louis II, the 25-year-old Saint Lucia Olympic sprint champion left challengers Adaejah Hodge and Gabrielle Thomas in her wake on her way to clocking 21.51 seconds, setting a new meet record and national record in the process.

Alfred and Thomas, the 200m gold medallist, were locked together heading into the final straight before she pulled clear over the closing metres, taking a full two-tenths off her previous best of 21.71.

Her time was also the fastest in the world this year and third fastest of all-time, behind only Florence Griffith-Joyner’s world record of 21.34 seconds and Shericka Jackson’s 21.41.

Hodge, who arrived in Monaco as the world leader after running 21.68 at last month’s NCAA Championships in Eugene, finished strongly to edge past Thomas for second in 21.76, while Thomas, placed third in 21.84.

“I have been preparing for this for such a long time, to finally see it pay off, I am just happy. I didn’t realise how fast it was till I crossed the line. I looked at the clock and saw my time and that’s why I was screaming like at the Olympics,” Alfred said after the race.

“There are no limits right now. Today, I was actually hoping to see 21.6, I got 21.5, so I am happy nonetheless.”