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Former NBA basketball player and coach Lenny Wilkens smiles before his statue unveiling event outside Climate Pledge Arena, June 28, 2025, in Seattle.
December 9, 2025

Legendary NBA coach Wilkens passes

SEATTLE (AP): LENNY WILKENS, a three-time inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame who was enshrined as both a player and a coach, has died, his family said on Sunday. He was 88. The family said…
JTA president, Mark Malabver.
December 9, 2025

JTA allocates $35 million to assist hurricane-affected teachers

The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) has announced the allocation of an initial $35 million to support teachers severely impacted by Hurricane Melissa. JTA says this initial sum was approved at a…
Atlético Madrid’s Marcos Llorente celebrates scoring his side’s third goal during a Champions League opening phase football match against Union Saint-Gilloise in Madrid, Spain last Tuesday.
December 9, 2025

US football invasion hits Atlético Madrid

MADRID (AP): ATLÉTICO MADRID are about to come under American ownership. Apollo Sports Capital, an asset management company, will become the Spanish club’s majority shareholder early next year,…
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December 9, 2025

May Pen, St Ann’s Bay and Santa Cruz tax offices reopen

The Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is reporting that its May Pen, St Ann’s Bay, and Santa Cruz tax offices have now joined other locations that have been reopened following the passage of Hurricane…
Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain arrives at the Interlagos race track ahead of the Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix in Sao Paulo on Sunday.
December 9, 2025

Ferrari boss says Hamilton, Leclerc need to ‘focus on driving and talk less’

MILAN (AP): LEWIS HAMILTON and Charles Leclerc need to “focus on driving and talk less”, Ferrari executive chairman John Elkann warned yesterday after both of the team’s drivers failed to finish the…
US President Donald Trump (centre) gestures to the crowd alongside Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth (left) and Washington Commanders owner Josh Harris, as they attend an NFL football game between the Commanders and the Detroit Lions at Northwest Stadium in L
December 9, 2025

Trump booed at regular-season NFL game

LANDOVER, Maryland (AP): DONALD TRUMP became the first sitting president in nearly a half-century at a regular-season NFL game, attending the Washington Commanders’ 44-22 loss to the visiting Detroit…
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December 9, 2025

Arrangement put in place to apply for free access to toll roads for hurricane relief missions

The Ministry of Transport is reporting that an arrangement has been put in place to allow persons and entities doing relief missions to apply for permission to access toll roads for free. Many…
Trivante Stewart celebrates scoring a goal for Israeli club Maccabi Haifa.
December 9, 2025 by Gregory Bryce

‘These players in the squad are proven’

WITH SEVERAL fan favourites omitted from his 26-man squad, Reggae Boyz head coach Steve McClaren has defended his selections ahead of the final games in the Concacaf World Cup Qualifiers. Jamaica will…
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December 9, 2025

Emergency dental services now available across western parishes

The Western Regional Health Authority is advising the public that emergency dental services are now available at designated facilities across the western region. Operations began on Monday, November…