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People are seen in Petersfield High School, Westmoreland which was converted as a hurricane shelter.
December 9, 2025 by Kimone Francis

Melissa leaves disabled struggling for survival

Behind the visible destruction left by Hurricane Melissa lies another unfolding tragedy for Jamaica’s disabled, as residents in the hardest-hit areas struggle with limited medical care and basic…
Mayor of Port Maria, Councillor Fitzroy Wilson, addresses the monthly meeting of the St Mary Municipal Corporation on November 13. 
December 9, 2025

‘Christmas is on for St Mary’ - Port Maria Mayor

Although still in recovery mode, following the impact of Hurricane Melissa on October 28, residents of St Mary are being encouraged to partake in the planned activities for the upcoming Christmas…
Contributed Sharic Bowen (centre) goes through his paces.
December 9, 2025 by Ainsley Walters

Senior fighters hail late-bloomer Bowen

BASKING IN the joy of his first international gold medal, won in Brisbane, Australia at last month’s International Sports Kickboxing Association’s Amateur Members Association (ISKA AMA) World…
West Indies batting coach Floyd Reifer.
December 9, 2025

Reifer: We’ve improved leaps and bounds in our ODI batting

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (CMC): WEST INDIES batting coach Floyd Reifer is expecting his batters to come to the fore when the regional side takes on New Zealand in a three-match One-Day International…
The police had made a public appeal to Maine, a taxi operator, to report to the nearest police station.
December 9, 2025

Police confirm man found hanging from tree was cabbie being sought for St Catherine murders

The Manchester police have confirmed that the man who was found hanging from a mango tree in Tweedside district on Friday was the main suspect in the killing of a school teacher and her daughter in St…
File Trinidad & Tobago’s head coach Dwight Yorke.
December 9, 2025

‘It felt like a defeat’

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): TRINIDAD AND Tobago (T&T) head coach, Dwight Yorke, said he is disappointed after failing in his quest to qualify for the 2026 World Cup. T&T needed a win in…
Anthony Minott/Freelance Photographer ZULU WARRIOR, ridden by Tyreese Anderson, wins the United Racehorse Trainers Association of Jamaica Trophy over six-and-a-half furlongs at Caymanas Park yesterday.
December 9, 2025

Past The Finishing Post

Nov 15, 2025 Race Results Race 1 Purse $600,000 5YO&UP CLM($200,0 ONLY)/6YO&UP(NW2)&NB5YO(MDN) Barrington Bernard (2nd Vice PresidentT)-O&S Tack Room Off At: 12:23.33 PM Distance: 5…
United States Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, head of the Congressional Black Caucus and whose parents are Jamaicans.
December 9, 2025

Caribbean-American congresswoman leads legislative letter urging Trump to provide more recovery aid to Jamaica

WASHINGTON, CMC – Caribbean-American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D Clarke says along with New York Democratic Congressman Gregory Meeks she has led 56 of their colleagues in a letter to US…
December 9, 2025

Jamaican extradited to US facing charges for alleged lottery scam involvement

WASHINGTON, CMC -A Jamaican man extradited to the United States to face fraud charges has been ordered detained pending trial for allegedly orchestrating a multimillion-dollar lottery scam that…