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December 9, 2025

Influenza vaccination programme launched

GEORGETOWN (CMC) The Ministry of Health on Friday launched the 2025 Influenza Vaccine. According to the ministry, a total of 15,000 doses are available – with pregnant women, children, the elderly,…
Haitian soldiers attend a closing ceremony at the end of their military training provided by the Mexican Army, in San Miguel de los Jagüeyes, Mexico.
December 9, 2025

143 Haitian soldiers trained as the nation ramps up fight against gangs

SAN MIGUEL DE LOS JAGÜEYES (AP) A group of 143 Haitian soldiers on Friday finished military training by the Mexican army as part of a bilateral agreement as Haiti looks to revive its armed forces…
Roadtown, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
December 9, 2025

Trademarks secured affirming position as the world’s sailing capital

TORTOLA (CMC): The British Virgin Islands has officially secured three new trademarks under the Territory of the Virgin Islands Trade Marks Act, 2013, further cementing its reputation as a premier…
Sterling Henderson
December 9, 2025

Tributes pour in for journalist Sterling Henderson

PORT OF SPAIN (CMC) The media fraternity in Trinidad and Tobago is mourning the sudden death of veteran journalist and presenter Sterling Henderson . His death was announced by interim president of…
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro points at a map of the Americas during a press conference in Caracas.
December 9, 2025

President Maduro’s YouTube account offline as tensions with US escalate

BOGOTA (AP) The YouTube account of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was offline Saturday, with Venezuelan state-run channel Telesur claiming in a message on X that it was “eliminated” late the…
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Prycee (left) celerates her 17th World Championship medal, a silver in the women's 4x100 metres, by taking a selfie with her teammates from left: Tina Clayton, Tia Clayton, and Jonielle Smih.
December 9, 2025 by Keith McGhie

Fraser-Pryce mines 17th medal in final World Championships

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce made a wet, yet wonderful exit from big-time international athletics with a lead-off leg which spurred her colleagues onto a memorable silver medal in the women’s 4x100-metre…
(From left): Igal Scott, Nickoy Binnie, Aaliyah Innis, Emeka Maxwell and Troy Cardwell pose for a photo after the beach clean-up exercise at Coral Gardens Citizen Association Beach in St James.
December 9, 2025

FWCF joins International Coastal Cleanup for cleaner seas

The Fi We Children Foundation (FWCF) hosted the sixth annual International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) Day activity at the Coral Gardens Citizen Association Beach, joining millions of volunteers across the…
December 9, 2025 by Samuel Cornell Brooke Nickel and Sean Docking

A booming longevity industry wants to sell us ‘immortality’

If you could, would you pay to live forever? Some Silicon Valley billionaires aren’t just making tech products, they’ve set their sights on immortality. Social media is flooded with influencers…
Jamaica's 4x400-metre women, from left: Dejanea Oakley, Nickisha Pryce, Stacey-Ann Williams, and Andrenette Knight celebrate the silver medal they won at the World Athletics Championships. The Jamaicans clocked 3:19.25.
December 9, 2025 by Keith McGhie

Jamaica's 400m women mine silver

Jamaica splashed their way to another silver medal in horribly wet conditions in Tokyo at the World Athletics Championships inside the Japan National Sadium. Like their male counterparts, the island’s…