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In this September 2025 photo, members of parliament are seen at a sitting in Gordon House.
December 9, 2025

Ronald Thwaites | Wasting time?

The aspiration for rapid economic growth has been the theme of post-election speeches. This follows a well-worn pattern. Compare what was said the time before and the time before that if you need…
Anthony Minott/Freelance Photographer RIDEALLDAY, ridden by veteran jockey Ian Spence, wins its sixth race in seven starts ahead of MONEY MARKET (Dane Dawkins) over five-and-a-half furlongs at Caymanas Park yesterday.
December 9, 2025 by Ainsley Walters

Hand ride enough for impressive Rideallday

IAN SPENCE literally applauded, not reminded, United States-bred RIDEALLDAY with two taps of the whip after collaring MONEY MARKET a half-furlong out for a fifth straight win, the grey colt’s sixth…
St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) skipper, Deandre Barnett (left), moves away from Munro College’s Silence Manyaka during their ISSA daCosta Cup Zone E game at the STETHS Sports Complex in September.
December 9, 2025 by Ashley Anguin

STETHS strike early to claim St Elizabeth derby

BEN FRANCIS Cup champions St Elizabeth Technical High (STETHS) blanked rivals Munro College 2-0 in their ISSA daCosta Cup Zone E clash at the STETHS Sports Complex in St Elizabeth yesterday. The St…
Orah Teller-Miszrahi
December 9, 2025

Update | American woman returns home after being reported missing

The police say 21-one-year-old American Orah Teller-Miszrahi who was reported missing on Friday has returned home. The police say she is said to be in good health. The May Pen police had stated…
Ian Allen/Photographer Jamaica College’s (JC) Dwayne Burgher (centre) tries to get between Camperdown’s Roberto Menzie (left) and Nathaniel Grappie during their ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup football match at the Alpha Boys playing field yesterday. JC won 2-0
December 9, 2025 by Robert Bailey

JC workmanlike against Camperdown

FORMER CHAMPIONS Jamaica College (JC) carved out a hard-fought 2-0 victory over a very plucky Camperdown in their ISSA/WATA Manning Cup Zone C encounter at Alpha Boys yesterday. JC, who were recording…
Courtesy of CPL Trinbago Knight Riders batsman Nicholas Pooran plays a cut shot on his way to an even 50 during the final Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League eliminator cricket match against the St Lucia Kings at the Providence Stadium in Guyana on Fri
December 9, 2025

Knight Riders dump defending champs from CPL

PROVIDENCE, Guyana (CMC): THE TRINBAGO Knight Riders are through to yet another Caribbean Premier League (CPL) final after crushing defending champions St Lucia Kings by 56 runs in the second…
Gladstone Taylor/Multimedia Photo Editor From left: Chef Richardo Boreland, Her Excellency Shorna-Kay Richards, Jamaican ambassador to Japan, and team manager Ian Forbes at the embassy’s welcome party at the Embassy of Jamaica, Minato,Tokyo, Japan on Th
December 9, 2025 by Gregory Bryce

Forbes praises team effort at World Champs

WITH JUST today’s final day of competition left at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships in the Japan National Stadium, Ian Forbes, team manager, has hailed Jamaica’s performance and believes they…
The traffic police are investigating both incidents.
December 9, 2025

Two men killed in separate road crashes

Forty-five-year-old Marlon Bell has succumbed to injuries he sustained in a vehicular crash along Highway 2000 in St Catherine on Friday. Bell, who hailed from Greater Portmore, St Catherine, was…
Gladstone Taylor/ Multimedia Photo Editor Jamaica’s Bovel McPherson pushes from the blocks on the first leg of the men’s 4x400-metre relay heats at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan yesterday. Jamaica advanced after finishing fourth in
December 9, 2025 by Gregory Bryce

Mixed bag for J’can relay teams

THERE WAS stark contrast in results for Jamaica at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships in the women’s and men’s 4x100-metre teams yesterday. The women booked their spot in the final in dominant…