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December 9, 2025

Netball World Youth Cup: Young Sunshine Girls bow out in quarterfinals

Jamaica’s young Sunshine Girls crashed out of the Netball World Youth Cup in Gibraltar yesterday after they were brushed aside 85-33 by Australia in the quarter-finals of the competition. Needing a…
Secretary of the Board of Supervision, Treka Lewis.
December 9, 2025

National Homeless Survey slated for October

The Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, through the Board of Supervision, will conduct the third National Homeless Survey from October 6 to 10 across all parishes. The survey is a…
Bulla is defined as “a small, round, flat cake from Jamaica, made with flour, molasses, brown sugar, and various spices and flavourings such as ginger, nutmeg, coconut, and pineapple”.
December 9, 2025

From ‘bulla’ to ‘carry-go-bring-come’

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP): The Caribbean has elbowed its way into the Oxford English Dictionary with 12 new words commonly used in the region that officials publicly recognised on Wednesday. The…
Ryan-Oniel Francis (left) of Tivoli High and  Marlon Anderson of Haile Selassie High battle for possession during yesterday’s ISSA Manning Cup match at Tivoli. The game ended in a 2-2 draw.
December 9, 2025 by Robert Bailey

Fortis goal feast: KC put 14 past Tarrant

Defending champions Kingston College (KC) went on a goal spree yesterday when they demolished Tarrant High 14-0 in their ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup Zone B clash at the Stadium East Field. KC, unbeaten…
Donna-Lee Donaldson, who was last seen on July 11, 2022.
December 9, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

Court hears Maitland paid deposit to clean sofa at car wash

A former supervisor at a Kingston car wash testified on Thursday that Constable Noel Maitland paid her a $2,000 deposit at the business in July 2022 after bringing in a sofa for cleaning.
Gavin James buys a packet of flour from shopkeeper Ann Marie Cawley in St Elizabeth, Jamaica, May 17, 2021.
December 9, 2025

Bulla, carry-go-bring-come and broughtupsy among new additions to Oxford English Dictionary

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Caribbean has elbowed its way into the Oxford English Dictionary with 12 new words commonly used in the region, including Jamaican Creole, bulla, and broughtupsy, that…
Sports
December 9, 2025 by Robert Bailey

All set for fourth staging of YFL’s Junior Cup U11

The Youth Football League (YFL) officially launched the fourth staging of its Junior Cup under-11 competition yesterday, with managing director Paula Pinnock highlighting the tournament’s role in…
Business
December 9, 2025

R.A. Williams positioned to reverse contraction of profits, says CEO

R.A. Williams Distributors Limited expects that the investments made as groundwork for growth will soon start paying off in the form of returns and market share, in an assurance to shareholders that…