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December 9, 2025
New date for Debra Ehrhardt’s ‘Look What Fell Out De Mango Tree’
Two performances of Look What Fell Out De Mango Tree, actress and playwright Debra Ehrhardt’s newest play, have been rescheduled for January 17 and 18, 2026 at the University of Technology on Old Hope…
December 9, 2025
Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil tankers off Black Sea coast condemned
ISTANBUL (AP): The Turkish government has condemned Ukrainian drone attacks on two Russian “shadow fleet” oil tankers in the Black Sea. Foreign Ministry spokesman Oncu Keceli said the attacks on the…
December 9, 2025
Netanyahu submits request for a pardon during his ongoing corruption trial
TEL AVIV (AP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday asked the country’s president to grant him a pardon from corruption charges – seeking to end a long-running trial that has bitterly…
December 9, 2025
Death toll in apartment complex blaze rises to 146 as the city mourns
HONG KONG (AP): The death toll in Hong Kong’s apartment complex blaze rose to 146 on Sunday as investigators discovered more bodies in the burned-out buildings. A steady stream of people placed…
December 9, 2025
Residents hunt for food and water after deadly floods
MEDANC (AP): Some residents of the flood-hit Indonesian island of Sumatra have resorted to stealing food and water to survive, authorities said Sunday, while Sri Lankan officials said deaths from…
December 9, 2025
Melissa has exposed political flaws
THE EDITOR, Madam:
December 9, 2025
Ronald Thwaites | When yu han’ in lion mout’…
This is not a time to spar with the major supplier and monopoly distributor of electric power. The company says they need at least US$350 million to fast-track restoration. That’s double what the…
December 9, 2025
by Ainsley Walters
California Crown holds true to form
CALIFORNIA CROWN, last year’s 2000 Guineas winner, yesterday blasted United States invader, FORTUNA BELLE, with speed in the Kaz Hoshay Trophy, leaving fellow local-breds, ZULU WARRIOR and COOKIE DAY…
December 9, 2025
Mayers, Boucher power Pride to Super50 title
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): SKIPPER KYLE Mayers and Leniko Boucher blasted half-centuries as Barbados Pride romped to a dominant nine-wicket victory over Trinidad and Tobago Red Force in a lopsided…