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December 9, 2025
Pakistan-New Zealand washout pushes South Africa into semis
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP): PAKISTAN VERSUS New Zealand was the latest washout in Colombo in the Women’s Cricket World Cup yesterday. It was the second consecutive no result for both teams as rain…
December 9, 2025
La Liga players’ protests against game in Miami still censored
BARCELONA, Spain (AP): FOR A second straight day, protests by La Liga players against the league’s decision to stage a game in the United States were not broadcast for television audiences. Neither of…
December 9, 2025
Postecoglou sacked, Haaland scores brace, Arsenal win
AP: AROUND 20 minutes. That’s how long it took Nottingham Forest to fire manager Ange Postecoglou after losing to Chelsea 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday. As for Erling Haaland, he did his…
December 9, 2025
by Erica Virtue
SOS for special education
A call is growing louder for Jamaica’s teacher-training colleges to integrate special education modules – or even full majors – into their programmes to better equip educators to support…
December 9, 2025
Editorial | Management for growth
The question is no longer about the policy priorities for escaping Jamaica’s low-growth trap – from lowering energy costs, to establishing development corridors and transformational action in…
December 9, 2025
St Ann higgler charged with murder
A St Ann higgler has been charged with murder following the stabbing death of a man in his community on October 7. He is 37-year-old Junior Campbell, otherwise called ‘Alka’, or ‘Blacka’, of…
December 9, 2025
US will send survivors of strike on suspected drug vessel back to Ecuador and Colombia, Trump says
WASHINGTON (AP) — The two survivors of an American military strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean will be sent to Ecuador and Colombia, their home countries, President Donald…
December 9, 2025
by Sashana Small
SILENT SPREAD
When Ashley*, 53, started experiencing a sharp pain in her stomach and bleeding from the breast where she’d had a lump removed seven years earlier, she instinctively knew something was seriously…
December 9, 2025
by Livern Barrett
‘Innocent right through’
J.D. Brown* visited the Oracabessa Police Station in St Mary on the night of July 8, 2016, to deliver food for a relative in custody. He chatted with the cops on duty at the time and described them as…