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Prime Minister of the Bahamas, Phillip Davis.
December 9, 2025

Bahamas gov't defends decision to use dormant accounts to fund disaster emergencies

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – The Bahamas government is defending its decision to table legislation aimed at transferring funds from dormant accounts to the country’s Disaster Emergency Fund, saying that…
Australia’s Ashleigh Gardner (right) celebrates scoring a century as teammate Annabel Sutherland applauds during the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup match against England at Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore, India, yesterday.
December 9, 2025

Gardner, Sutherland push Australia past England

INDORE, India (AP): DEFENDING CHAMPIONS Australia remained unbeaten as Ashleigh Gardner and Annabel Sutherland shared an unbroken 180-run partnership in a six-wicket win over England at the Women’s…
Jamaica Olympic Association President Christopher Samuda.
December 9, 2025 by Gregory Bryce

JOA boss signals support for 2031 World Cup bid

JAMAICA OLYMPIC Association (JOA) President Christopher Samuda has signalled his full support for Jamaica’s involvement in a four-nation bid to host the 2031 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The Jamaica…
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December 9, 2025

Gas prices down $3.06, diesel down $3.06

Motorists will pay less for gas on Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to move down by $3.06 to sell for $151.36 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 will also go down by…
Margaret Bridge, a problematic culvert which overflows during heavy rainfall.
December 9, 2025 by Mickalia Kington

Dalling Street, McNeil Land plagued by clogged drains and rising flood water

Western Bureau: For residents of Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, the rain hasn’t stopped, and neither have the floods. In Dalling Street, McNeil Land, and surrounding areas, clogged drains and rising…
Resident of Dalling Street, Carl Nunes, says he hopes the cleaning of the drain will lessen the anticipated flooding.
December 9, 2025

Anxiety mounting in Little London as Melissa edges closer to Jamaica

Western Bureau: As the weather system Melissa edges closer to Jamaica, residents in western Westmoreland are already feeling the impact of heavy rainfall and flooding, days before the storm’s…
From left: Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC) honorees Veda Bruno Victor, Don Anderson, Catherine Ford, Steve Stoute and President of CANOC Keith Joseph at the organisation’s 23rd General Assembly in Guyana.
December 9, 2025

Caribbean Olympic body honours Don Anderson

FORMER JAMAICA Olympic Association (JOA) Vice-President Don Anderson was recognised and honoured by the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC) at its 23rd General Assembly, held…
Former Education Minister Ruel Reid (left) and former Caribbean Maritime University President Professor Fritz Pinnock.
December 9, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

Judge slaps down Wildman’s appeal for pause of Reid, Pinnock fraud trial

Defence lawyer Hugh Wildman yesterday urged Senior Parish Judge Sanchia Burrel to voluntarily pause the multimillion-dollar fraud trial involving former Education Minister Ruel Reid and others in the…
Left: Fishermen in Port Maria bringing their vessel to shore.
December 9, 2025 by Gareth Davis Sr

Port Maria businesses, residents on edge as Melissa nears

Residents and business operators in Port Maria are bracing for possible flooding as Tropical Storm Melissa threatens to dump heavy rainfall across Jamaica, raising fears of a repeat of past disasters…