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Some of Jimmy Chambers Cliff’s children, son Romeo Cliff and daughters Kadijah Cliff (left) and Odessa Chambers, take part in the music legend’s official funeral held yesterday at the National Indoors Sports Centre in Kingston.
December 18, 2025 by Yasmine Peru

Jimmy Cliff: A celebration of life

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness and Minister of Culture Olivia Grange led Jamaicans in a fulsome celebration of the life of Jimmy Chambers Cliff, Grammy Award-winning singer, actor, Hall of Fame…
Weest Indies Under-19 captain Joshua Dorne.
December 18, 2025

Dorne to lead West Indies Under-19s at ICC World Cup

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): After leading the West Indies Under-19s to series wins over Sri Lanka and England, Joshua Dorne will captain the side at next year’s ICC Cricket World Cup. Cricket West…
Mount Pleasant Football Academy club captain, Daniel Green, is awarded the Golden Ball after the Concacaf Caribbean Cup final against Universidad O&M at the National Stadium on December 2.
December 18, 2025

Mount Pleasant dominate Caribbean Cup’s Best XI

MIAMI, Florida (CMC): The curtains have closed on a thrilling 2025 Concacaf Caribbean Cup, concluding with Jamaica’s Mount Pleasant FA hoisting their maiden trophy. While the champions etched their…
Venice Edwards looks at the gifting tree while shopping in Azan SuperCentre in Cross Roads, St Andrew.
December 18, 2025 by Sashana Small

Gifting tree at Azan’s spreads Christmas cheer

Azan Supercentre in Cross Roads, St Andrew, is helping to bring back the magic of Christmas for hundreds of children impacted by Hurricane Melissa through its gifting tree programme. Through this…
Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Floyd Green (second left), flanked by (from left) HI‑Pro Vice-President Jaimie Ogilvie, farm store manager Sherrae Wong‑Black, Michael Pryce, chairman of the Ministry of Agriculture’s Hurricane Melissa Recovery Task
December 18, 2025 by Ruddy Mathison

Hi-Pro donates supplies to help livestock, crop farmers

Hi-Pro has moved to assist livestock and vegetable farmers badly affected by Hurricane Melissa with a donation of baby chicks, fertilisers, vegetable seeds, agricultural chemicals and feed for goats,…
President of the Jamaica Coffee Growers Association, Donald Salmon (left), shares a handshake with Dr Norman Grant (second right), president of the Jamaica Coffee Exporters Association, while Wayne Hunter (right), acting director general for the Jamaica Ag
December 18, 2025 by Edmond Campbell

Coffee farmers cry for more assistance

Hit with losses estimated at $1 billion from the devastating effects of Hurricane Melissa, the local coffee industry yesterday received 5,000 bags of fertiliser and other key agricultural inputs…
Jared Kushner son-in-law of US President Donald Trump.
December 18, 2025

Trump’s son-in-law pulls out of Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery

A private equity firm owned by President Donald Trump’s son in law, Jared Kushner, is no longer backing Paramount’s hostile acquisition bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, the firm confirmed on Tuesday.…
FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks during the match schedule reveal for the 2026 football World Cup in Washington on Saturday, December 6.
December 18, 2025

World Cup winners to get record US$50 million

MANCHESTER, England (AP): The winners of the 2026 World Cup will receive a record jackpot of US$50 million, FIFA said yesterday. That figure is up from US$42 million in 2022 and US$38 million in 2018.…
Valerenga’s Mawa Sesay (left) and Paris FC’s Celina Ould Hocine challenge for the ball during the Women’s Champions League football match in Oslo, Norway on December 10.
December 18, 2025

Women’s Club World Cup dates confirmed

DOHA, Qatar (AP): The inaugural Women’s Club World Cup will be staged in January 2028, FIFA said yesterday. No host nation has been confirmed, but the January 5-30 tournament will likely be staged in…