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Representational photo of school children in a class.
01 Dec, 2025 0

Collaboration necessary to improve literacy in schools

THE EDITOR, Madam: As an educator for over 35 years this is my wish that every child in Jamaican schools will be able to light their fire that will spark their success in their career choices.…
Letters
01 Dec, 2025 0

Environment preservation needs to be central to all development

THE EDITOR, Madam: Hurricane Melissa should be a wake-up call to all Jamaicans – and especially to the Government – that climate change can erase generations of progress overnight. Protection of…
Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe scores a penalty kick during a Spanish La Liga match between Girona and Real Madrid, in Girona, Spain, yesterday.
30 Nov, 2025 0

Mbappé scores, but Real Madrid frustrated by Girona

MADRID (AP): Real Madrid failed to return to the top of the Spanish league yesterday after being held 1-1 at relegation-threatened Girona. Kylian Mbappé converted a 67th-minute penalty after Azzedine…
Dorothy Pine McLarty
30 Nov, 2025 0

Dorothy Pine-McLarty, esteemed attorney and electoral leader, dies

Jamaica is mourning the passing of Dorothy Pine-McLarty, a transformative figure in the development of Jamaica’s modern electoral system. Pine-McLarty, who was widely regarded as one of Jamaica’s…
Joel Garner
30 Nov, 2025 0

Garner receives Barbados’ Order of Freedom

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): In a fitting tribute to a colossal figure in the world of cricket, legendary West Indies fast-bowler Joel Garner was yesterday conferred with the Order of Freedom of…
Orel Miller (right) of Glenmuir High powers past Garvey Maceo High’s  Tyreek McKenley during a first-round bottom-of-the-table daCosta Cup clash at Garvey Maceo on Tuesday, September 30. Glenmuir won 4-0.
30 Nov, 2025 0

Clarendon showdown! Glenmuir host champions Garvey Maceo in daCosta Cup tomorrow

EXPECT fireworks when Glenmuir High host defending champions Garvey Maceo High in their Group Three top-of-the-table, round-of-16 daCosta Cup football clash tomorrow at 3 p.m. Following 1-0 and 2-1…
Protesters shout slogans during anti-corruption protest in Manila, Philippines on Sunday, November 30, 2025.
30 Nov, 2025 0

Thousands in Philippines protest corruption and demand return of stolen funds from flood projects

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators including from the Roman Catholic church clergy protested in the Philippines on Sunday, calling for the swift prosecution of top legislators and…
British-born Bailey Cadamarteri (right) in action for the Reggae Boyz against Curacao during a Concacaf World Cup qualifier at the National Stadium on Tuesday, November 18.
30 Nov, 2025 0

Time to end the English experiment

Jamaica’s failure to secure automatic qualification to the 2026 World Cup should mark a turning point in its football. It should define the end of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) experiment to…