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Mourners gather for the arrival of the body of Kenya's former Prime Minister Raila Odinga arrives in Nairobi, Kenya, a day after he died in India, Thursday, October 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Samson Otieno)
December 9, 2025

Police fire tear gas at thousands of mourners at former Kenyan PM Raila Odinga's public viewing

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya fired tear gas Thursday at thousands of mourners at a public viewing of the body of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, an influential politician who died a day…
Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness (left) and Leader of the Parliamentary Opposition Mark Golding at the 45th Annual National Leadership Prayer Breakfast.
December 9, 2025

Editorial | Serious Vale Royal Talks

Happily, it was all a misunderstanding. Everyone misapprehended Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ intention when he appeared to relegate Opposition Leader Mark Golding, negotiating first with the justice…
Kristen Gyles writes: Many women in today’s Jamaica suffer from ‘Superwoman Syndrome’.
December 9, 2025

Kristen Gyles | Prince charming and the damsel in financial distress

Recently, I had a conversation with a colleague that forced me to rethink the way I view gender roles especially within the context of a rapidly changing society. He asked me, “If you were married to…
Letters
December 9, 2025

Locals dreading party at Puerto Seco Beach

THE EDITOR, Madam: Entertainment centres are buzzing with events this weekend and it appears that Puerto Seco Beach in Discovery Bay is not to be left out. Despite the noise and traffic confusion at…
Letters
December 9, 2025

Schools need to embrace transformational leadership

THE EDITOR, Madam: It is important that more principals move away form traditional leadership of bureaucratic and autocratic styles to become transformational leaders if they are to improve their…
Ghana’s President John Mahama speaks to the media at the Jubilee House in Accra, Ghana, September 10, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Ghana rights group files lawsuit against government’s acceptance of US deportees

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — A group of 14 people have become the latest West Africans deported from the United States to Ghana under an accord between the countries, said a lawyer whose group filed a lawsuit…
Jayden Seales
December 9, 2025

Seales fined for throw at Jaiswal

DELHI, India (CMC): WEST INDIES fast bowler Jayden Seales has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee for breaching the ICC’s Code of Conduct in the second Test against India. Seales was found guilty…
West Indies’ John Campbell (right) celebrates after scoring a century as batting partner West Indies’ Shai Hope watches on the fourth day of the second Test match against India at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, India on October 13.
December 9, 2025

Hope, Campbell move up in Test batting rankings

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CMC): SHAI HOPE and John Campbell were the biggest jumpers for the West Indies in the most recent ICC Test batting rankings. Hope, who scored 103 in the second innings of…
Police Constable Arnold Wilson.
December 9, 2025

St Elizabeth police probing death of policeman found hanging in his yard, suicide suspected

The police in St Elizabeth are probing the death of a policeman whose body was found hanging from a tree in his yard in Williamsfield district on Wednesday afternoon. He has been identified as…