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Paul Norman
December 9, 2025 by Carl Gilchrist

Tourism stalwart starts own business

Armed with nearly four decades of exceptional service in the tourist industry, Tourism Excellence Award winner, Paul Norman, has taken the bold and sensible step to start his own business in Jamaica’s…
Navasky Anderson scored a massive personal best.
December 9, 2025

Navasky Anderson scores massive national record in historic 800m final

Although he finished adrift of the podium finishes in the men’s 800-metre final at the Tokyo Athletics Championships, Jamaica’s Navasky Anderson scored a massive personal best, lowering the national…
Jamaica’s Tia Clayton (centre) hands the baton over to Tina Clayton during a 4x100-metre heat at the World Athletics Championships inside the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo.
December 9, 2025 by Keith McGhie

No hiccups for 4x100m women

After the drama of the men’s failure to get the baton round, Jamaica’s women’s quartet of Jodean Williams, Tia Clayton, Tina Clayton, and Jonielle Smith executed smoothly from start to finish to win…
World Championships silver medallist Kishane Thompson (left) and teammate Ryiem Forde walk to the finish line, dejected men, after dropping the baton in the men's 4x100-metre heats.
December 9, 2025 by Keith McGhie

Jamaica's fast men face 4x100m disaster

Disaster struck the Jamaican quartet of Ackeem Blake, Oblique Seville, Ryiem Forde, and Kishane Thompson at the World Athletics Championships as they failed in their attempt to make the men’s…
From left: Jamaica's 4x400-metre women, Dejanea Oakley, Nickisha Pryce, Stacey-Ann Williams, and Roneisha McGregor paint a relaxed picture after winning their World Athletics Championships heat in Tokyo, Japan today.
December 9, 2025 by Keith McGhie

Jamaican women impress in 4x400 heats

The Jamaican quartet of Dejanea Oakley, Stacey-Ann Williams, Roniesha McGregor, and Nickisha Pryce stormed into the final of the women’s 4x400-metre Relay at the World Athletics Championships in…
A cargo ship traverses the Agua Clara Locks of the Panama Canal in Colon, Panama.
December 9, 2025

David Cox | Case for tariff reform in the Commonwealth Caribbean

Ever since the US Government announced that it would raise tariffs on imports earlier this year, a global debate was reignited on the role tariffs play in a country’s economic policy. If nothing else,…
Jamaica's Delano Kennedy looks up at the clock after his leg of a men's 4x400-metre relay heat put his team in contention to qualify for the World Athletics Championship final at the Japan National Stadium.
December 9, 2025 by Keith McGhie

Tenacious Kennedy puts Jamaica into 4x400 final

A tenacious last leg by Delano Kennedy was good enough to earn Jamaica a place in the final of the men’s 4x400 metres at the World Athletics Championships as they were fourth in their heat in a…
Ambassador Byron Blake
December 9, 2025

Byron Blake | The United States armada and climate change

Unprovoked military actions and the unrelenting consequences of global climate change present immediate, existential challenges to the member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
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December 9, 2025

Orville Taylor | Champions and hope for the future

It is neither science nor ‘sciance’. Yet, my predictions were close, both in regard to the general election and of course the World Athletics Championships. It ends today, and I am sticking my neck…