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World champion in the men’s 100m Oblique Seville (left) celebrates the win with teamate and silver medallist Kishane Thompson at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 at the Japan National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, September 14.
December 9, 2025 by Sharla Williams

Jamaicans miss out on Athlete of the Year Awards

DESPITE SEEING a sort of revival, especially in men’s sprinting, there is still no Jamaican among World Athletics shortlist for Athlete of the Year Awards. This is the second consecutive year that no…
Commanding Officer for the St Elizabeth Police Division, Superintendent Coleridge Minto, addressing the recent monthly meeting of the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation in Black River.
December 9, 2025

St Elizabeth police report 25-year low in homicides

The St Elizabeth police have reported that the parish has recorded its lowest murder count in 25 years, with only 12 homicides documented up to October 2025. “We’re at 12 murders compared to 27 last…
PSG’s Bradley Barcola (left) controls the ball ahead of Barcelona’s Pau Cubarsi during the Champions League opening phase match at the Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium in Barcelona, Spain, on Wednesday, October 1.
December 9, 2025

Champions League streaming deal to feature opening game for title holders

GENEVA (AP): THE CHAMPIONS League title holders will play a showcase opening home game as part of new commercial contracts for UEFA club competitions from the 2027-28 season that include a global…
Italy’s coach Gennaro Gattuso gestures during a training session ahead of today’s World Cup 2026, Group I qualifying match against Israel at the Bruseschi training centre in Udine, Italy, yesterday.
December 9, 2025

Italy-Israel qualifier expected to attract less people than nearby pro-Palestinian march

UDINE, Italy (AP): ISRAEL’S WORLD Cup qualifying match against Italy will still be played in a strange climate today despite a breakthrough ceasefire deal that has paused two years of war in Gaza.…
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December 9, 2025

First witness in Ruel Reid and co-accused fraud trial to take stand on Thursday

The first witness is to take the stand on Thursday in the multimillion-dollar fraud trial involving former Education Minister Ruel Reid and others, after the presiding judge granted the order for…
Jasean Anderson (left) and Aamir Witter, co-captains of El Instituto de Mandevilla, display the Youth Football League Junior Cup Under-11 Rural Competition trophy they won at the Kirkvine Sports Complex in Mandeville on Saturday.
December 9, 2025

El Instituto de Mandevilla defend Junior Cup U11 title

DESPITE THE threat of rain, the Youth Football League (YFL) Junior Cup Under-11 Rural Competition went ahead smoothly and concluded in fine style on Saturday at the Kirkvine Sports Complex. The event…
South Africa’s Senuran Muthusamy (left) celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan during the second day of the first Test match in Lahore, Pakistan, yesterday.
December 9, 2025

South Africa struggle against Pakistan spinners

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP): PAKISTAN LEFT-ARM spinner Noman Ali took 4-85 to to leave South Africa on 216-6 on day two of the first Test at Gaddafi Stadium yesterday. Pakistan were all out for 378 in the…
Rudy Campbell stands beside the trunk of the guinep tree that fell on his Castleton, St Mary home of more than 20 years, completely destroying two rooms and damaging the others.
December 9, 2025 by Sashana Small

Elderly farmer pleads for help to rebuild home destroyed by heavy rains

Rudy Campbell, from Castleton, St Mary, is living in a precarious condition. Just over a week ago, heavy rains and winds from a freak storm uprooted a guinep tree that landed on his four-bedroom…
Sabrina Dockery
December 9, 2025 by Robert Bailey

Adidas signing good for Dockery - former coach

LACOVIA HIGH School’s head coach, Kamille Ellis, has hailed Sabrina Dockery’s move into the professional ranks as a step in the right direction for the young sprinter, describing it as the reward for…