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West Indies Test captain Roston Chase.
December 13, 2025

Chase ‘disappointed’ with WI batting display

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (CMC): West Indies Test captain, Roston Chase has expressed his displeasure with his side’s woeful batting performance after they slumped to a nine-wicket defeat against New…
Sunshine Girl Romelda Aiken-George (left) gets into position to grab a rebound during a netball match in the Horizon Netball Series against the England Roses at the National Indoor Sports Centre on November 26, 2024. Looking on at second right is Shanice B
December 13, 2025 by Robert Bailey

Upbeat Girls ready for Roses

Head coach of the national senior netball team, Sasher-Gaye Henry, says the Sunshine Girls are very upbeat and confident ahead of today’s opening match in the two-match Horizon Vitality Series in…
Jacob Duffy leads the team off the field after picking up his second five-wicket haul in Tests against the West Indies.
December 13, 2025

Duffy’s five-timer condemns WI to embarrassing defeat

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (CMC): Fast-bowler Jacob Duffy ripped through the West Indies’ fragile batting line-up with a second consecutive five-wicket haul to bowl New Zealand to a comprehensive…
Professor Michael Taylor (right), dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona, is greeted by Courtney Campbell, CEO of the VM Group, at the UWI MONA/VM GROUP Distinguished Lecture held on Thursday at the UW
December 13, 2025 by Karen Madden

Climate shock warning

One of the Caribbean’s leading experts on climate change and its devastating effects is sounding a warning that, if Jamaica does not increase its resilience it will continue to suffer economic and…
Scanlon’s greatest achievement to date is becoming the 2025 Helen Holm Scottish Women’s Open Champion.
December 13, 2025 by Krysta Anderson

GoodHeart | Int’l golfer Roisin Scanlon to host charity golf event in Ja

‘Tis the season for giving, now more than ever. Following the devastation of Hurricane Melissa, international golfer Roisin Scanlon is hosting a charity golf event on December 21 at the Constant…
Richard Vernon, mayor of Montego Bay.
December 13, 2025 by Christopher Thomas

Waste management needs a radical shift, says MoBay mayor

WESTERN BUREAU: Following recent complaints from residents over the lengthy delays in garbage collection in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon, who is also chairman…
A woman walks past the Junction Public Sanitary Convenience that remains closed to the public after it was opened by Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie in August.
December 13, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

Councillors, transport operators frustrated with continued closure of Junction’s new sanitary facility

WESTERN BUREAU: Councillors and public passenger vehicle (PPV) operators in St Elizabeth are experiencing growing frustration over the continued non-use of a newly built public sanitary convenience in…
December 13, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

St Elizabeth municipal services resume after Melissa

WESTERN BUREAU Richard Solomon, mayor of Black River and chairman of the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation, says essential municipal services have resumed from the Jeremy Palmer Building in Black…
December 13, 2025

Editorial | Delivering basic rights of children

There are ongoing concerns about the state of the world’s children, wherein one in five children in low- and middle-income countries are severely deprived in at least two areas crucial for their…