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Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe scores a penalty kick during a Spanish La Liga match between Girona and Real Madrid, in Girona, Spain, yesterday.
December 9, 2025

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
December 9, 2025

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
December 9, 2025

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.
December 9, 2025 by Raymond Graham

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.
December 9, 2025

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.
December 9, 2025

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…
Jamaican basketballer Kofi Cockburn
December 9, 2025 by Livingston Scott

Jamaica target Puerto Rico sweep

National senior men’s basketball coach, Rick Turner, said winning consecutive games against Puerto Rico in Puerto Rico would be an amazing feat as Jamaica prepare to face the hosts for the second…
The deployment known as “Operation Jade” targeted members of several illegal groups
December 9, 2025

Two men charged over shooting at wake in St Mary

The St Mary police have charged two men in relation to a shooting at a wake along Gully Road in Mason Hall. Charged with possession of a prohibited weapon, unauthorized possession of ammunition,…
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett (centre) is flkanked by (from left) senior executives of the S Hotel Montego Bay, Radu Mot, Romie Morris, Ann-Marie Goffe-Pryce and Andres Cope. In the back is Christopher Jarrett, president of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

MoBay gears up for winter season’s start in days

WESTERN BUREAU: With the winter tourist season set to open on December 15, Montego Bay’s major resorts and attractions are accelerating their final recovery efforts following Hurricane Melissa. Among…