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Executive Chairman of Supreme Ventures Limited, Gary Peart.
December 9, 2025

SVL delivers for Q3 but wary of Melissa effects

Supreme Ventures Limited, SVL, posted strong third-quarter results, but the gaming and lottery company remains cautious about the lingering effects of Hurricane Melissa, which disrupted operations in…
Edward David Marston, farmer of Baillieston, Clarendon, clears a section of his 15-acre farm which was damaged during the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

Agricultural losses from Melissa reach $20 billion and counting

Preliminary estimates of the losses across the agriculture and fisheries sector following Hurricane Melissa have totalled over $20 billion so far. Technocrats within the Ministry of Agriculture,…
Commander Alvin Gayle, newly appointed director general of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management, addresses yesterday’s special press briefing on Hurricane Melissa at Jamaica House in St Andrew.
December 9, 2025 by Edmond Campbell

‘Not a good move’

A leading disaster-mitigation specialist and a social-development specialist have both cautioned against placing the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) under the…
India’s Shubman Gill bats during yesterday’s T20 cricket international between India and Australia in Carrara, Australia.
December 9, 2025

India lead T20 series 2-1 after Australia crash against spin

GOLD COAST, Australia (AP): Washington Sundar took three wickets in five deliveries as India beat Australia by 48 runs in the fourth Twenty20 on Thursday. India spinners claimed six wickets in all to…
A driver crosses the flooded roadway in Content, Williamsfield, Manchester, where rising underground water has flooded several houses and the roadway making it impassable.
December 9, 2025

35 roads remain impassable in 12 parishes - NWA

The National Works Agency (NWA) says it has reopened nearly 90 per cent of roads impacted by the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Manager, Communication and Customer Services at NWA, Stephen Shaw,…
Manchester City’s Phil Foden celebrates scoring the opening goal during the Champions League opening phase match against Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday, November 5, 2025 in Manchester, England.
December 9, 2025

Man City, Liverpool set for big EPL showdown on Sunday

MANCHESTER, England, (AP): The stage is set for the latest showdown between the English Premier League’s (EPL’s) most dominant teams in recent years when Manchester City host Liverpool on Sunday. Both…
Jofra Archer (left) and Jacob Bethell (right) have been awarded two-year contracts to play for England.
December 9, 2025

Bethell, Archer awarded two-year contracts by England

LONDON, England (CMC): Barbadians Jacob Bethell and Jofra Archer are among 14 players who have been handed two-year contracts by the English and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). The 22-year-old Bethell has…
A section of The Estuary in St James was seen flooded a day after the passage of the Category 5 Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

Trapped and terrified

For Aneita Williams, the night Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica will forever haunt her. Trapped inside her flooded home in The Estuary, a housing scheme in Friendship, St James, she came face to…
World Aquatics Executive Director, Brent Nowicki.
December 9, 2025

GASA in danger of being suspended by World Aquatics

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) is facing a possible suspension by sport’s global governing body, World Aquatics, for failing to formally adopt its revised…