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From left: Dr Carey Wallace, executive director of the Tourism Enhancement Fund, and retired Sister Susan Frazer, RSM, joined director Garreth M. Daley at the private screening of the documentary ‘Journey’.
December 9, 2025 by Yasmine Peru

Garreth Daley talks passion project ‘Journey’ about Alpha School of Music

Tuesday marked the soft launch of Journey, a documentary about the Alpha School of Music, which follows members of the institution’s first graduating class. The journey of the four final-year students…
West Indies’ players celebrate the dismissal of India’s captain Shubman Gill on the second day of the first Test at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, India, yesterday.
December 9, 2025

Windies face huge task to avoid defeat in first Test

AHMEDABAD, India (CMC): Centuries by Dhruv Jurel, Ravendra Jadeja and KL Rahul, have left West Indies with a herculean task if they are to avoid a heavy defeat against India in the opening Test match…
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December 9, 2025

Man fatally shot by police in St Catherine

A man who the police say was a suspect in a murder case was this morning fatally shot by cops in St Catherine. Dead is Danville Powell, otherwise called 'Alex' and 'Cool Face', of…

Rachel Scott, founder and creative director of Diotima and newly minted creative director of Proenza Schouler.
December 9, 2025

Lifestyle Round-up

From Negril’s sands to runways in Paris, Jamaica is everywhere, whether it’s The Business of Fashion spotlighting Rachel Scott, Wales Bonner redefining sneakers, or Sweet Like JAM making its Negril…

Homer Davis
December 9, 2025

Gordon Robinson | Pack your bags and go!

If you didn’t know that Jamaican governance is fatally flawed, last week’s spat between former and current MPs in St James Southern ensured you know now.
Rescuers carry the body of a victim of a collapsed building at an Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia yesterday.
December 9, 2025

Crews pull more bodies from rubble of collapsed school as death toll rises

SIDOARJO(AP): Recovery crews on Friday pulled multiple bodies from beneath the rubble of a school that collapsed in Indonesia, with dozens of students still unaccounted for and the death toll expected…
Stevie Duncan.
December 9, 2025

Man found dead following fire at his home in Portland

The police in Portland are investigating the death of a man whose charred remains were found following a fire at his home in Drapers Heights on Friday morning. He has been identified as 39-year-old…
CB Food team members enjoying the vibes at the launch of the Jamaica Food and Drink Festival are (from left); Dejaughn Trowers, marketing assistant, Nicole Hall, senior manager, commercial marketing, Lisanne Bewry, assistant trade marketing manager, Samant
December 9, 2025

CB Foods at the heart of JFDF 2025

For more than a decade, the Jamaica Food and Drink Festival (JFDF) has been serving up bold flavours and unforgettable experiences. Now in its 11th year, the festival has grown into one of the…

Fort Charles at Port Royal.
December 9, 2025

Dennis Minott | Pulverising romance of Port Royal and plunder

There is an unsettling ease with which Jamaica is now being asked to clap for pirates. Port Royal has gained the glitter of UNESCO inscription and, in the heady rush to monetise heritage, marketers…