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America’s coach Manuel Lapuente gestures during a Mexican soccer league match against Necaxa in Mexico City, Mexico, Sunday, August 29, 2010.
December 9, 2025

Lapuente, Mexico’s coach at 1998 World Cup, dies at age 81

MEXICO CITY (AP): Manuel Lapuente, one of the most successful coaches in Mexican football history, has died. He was 81. The Mexican Soccer Federation (MSF) made the announcement on its social media…
Matthew Samuda (second left), minister of water, environment and climate change; and Daryl Vaz (third right), minister of science, energy, telecommunications and transport; speak with from left Stephen Shaw, communications specialist, at the NWA; Hugh Gran
December 9, 2025 by Andre Williams

Vandalism alert

From stealing fuel to the vandalism of cable wires by unscrupulous persons, for trade in the unregulated copper industry, the leading utilities companies agree that weather conditions arising from the…
Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe reacts after scoring during a La Liga match between Real Madrid and Barcelona in Madrid, Spain, yesterday.
December 9, 2025

Mbappé, Bellingham score in tense clasico as Real Madrid clip Barcelona

MADRID (AP): Real Madrid finally ended their recent struggles against Barcelona in a tense clasico which saw players confronting each other after the final whistle. Kylian Mbappé and Jude Bellingham…
Arsenal’s Eberechi Eze (centre) celebrates with his teammates after scoring his side’s winning goal during the English Premier League match between Arsenal and Crystal Palace in London yesterday.
December 9, 2025

Arsenal open up 4-point lead in EPL

LONDON, England (AP): Erling Haaland’s 12-game scoring streak ended yesterday in Manchester City’s first loss in nearly two months, allowing Arsenal to extend their lead to four points in the English…
Trinidad And Tobago's Nicholas Paul
December 9, 2025

T&T’s Paul misses out on a medal at Cycling World Championships

SANTIAGO, Chile (CMC): The high hopes of a nation were dashed on Sunday as Trinidad and Tobago’s (T&T) cycling sensation Nicholas Paul suffered a gut-wrenching defeat, finishing just outside the…
Blanca Guerrero (left) and Gloria Sanabria, both 67 (right) ride in a limousine to a quinceañera celebration for women who never had a traditional 15th birthday party, organised by the Suenos Hechos Foundation in Bogotá, Colombia.
December 9, 2025

Grandmothers get quinceañera they never had

BOGOTÁ (AP): At age 72, Rosalba Casas finally celebrated her 15th birthday, donning a flowing pink dress and a tiara for the quinceañera she dreamed of as a teenager. “This is the happiest day…
Taneisha Gayle
December 9, 2025 by Raymond Graham

Tearful farewell for Edwin Allen’s Taneisha Gayle

It was a sad occasion for members of the Edwin Allen High School fraternity last Saturday as they paid their final respects to former student-athlete Taneisha Gayle, who was laid to rest in Mount…
The shipment, which is expected to arrive by Thursday, includes solar lamps, hygiene kits, bedding, air mattresses, indoor tents, shelter repair kits, ropes, tarpaulins, and generators.
December 9, 2025

International Organization for Migration prepares aid for Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa approaches

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is sending a shipment of relief items from its Caribbean Logistics Hub in Barbados to Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa approaches. It said the items…
A section of the Accident and Emergency Department at the Spanish Town Hospital in St Catherine on October 26, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Last-minute preparations for Hurricane Melissa under way in Spanish Town

A patient at Spanish Town General Hospital left her bed Sunday to make room for emergency cases as Hurricane Melissa approaches Jamaica. It highlighted the growing preparations and strain on…