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From left: Don Gittens, CEO, Manpower & Maintenance Services; Deanroy Bromfield, principal of Excelsior; David Riley, competitions director; Dr Audrey Hinchcliffe, chairman, Manpower & Maintenance Services; Desmond Shakespeare, chairman of the Local Organi
December 9, 2025 by Raymond Graham

Wesley Powell Memorial to make consideration for Hurricane Melissa-affected athletes

THE 22ND staging of the Wesley Powell Benjamin Track and Field Meet is set for Saturday, December 13 at Excelsior High School. The launch was held yesterday inside the school’s auditorium, with…
Jonathan van Lange
December 9, 2025

Van Lange comes good again as Windies edge past England

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC): JONATHAN VAN Lange struck his second consecutive half-century to propel West Indies Under-19s to an impressive six-wicket victory over England Under-19s via the…
West Indies Captain Shai Hope.
December 9, 2025

Hope ton in vain against Conway, Santner brutality

NAPIER, New Zealand (CMC): OPENER DEVIN Conway and skipper Mitchell Santner both starred with the bat for New Zealand to upstage Shai Hope’s explosive century and propel their team to a gripping…
PALMER
December 9, 2025 by Edmond Campbell

JPS requests licence extension to secure funding for Melissa recovery

Permanent secretary in the Ministry of Energy, Carol Palmer, has revealed that the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has asked the Government to extend its current licence, which expires in July 2027. The…
CHAMPION BUBBLER (left), ridden by Omar Walker, wins the seven-and-a-half furlong, four-year-old and upwards restricted allowance stakes seventh race ahead of a fast-finishing TEKAPUNT (Reyan Lewis) at Caymanas Park on Saturday, April 1, 2023.
December 9, 2025 by Ainsley Walters

Bulletproofcoffee, Champion Bubbler, too much for Aftercare Trophy fields

UNITED STATES-BRED BULLETPROOFCOFFEE and CHAMPION BUBBLER, both course-specialists and overnight-allowance winners, should prove hard to beat in their respective divisions of Saturday’s Racehorse…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness.
December 9, 2025 by Kimone Francis

Gov’t creates NARA to lead multibillion-dollar Melissa recovery

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has announced the establishment of the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NARA), assessing that a fragmented approach by ministries will not meet the…
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December 9, 2025 by Andre Williams

Cops kill 8 men in 100 hours

An operation targeting a suspected cop killer ended in the fatal shooting of three men during what investigators describe as an armed, daylight confrontation along the westbound lane of the Nelson…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness. - File photo.
December 9, 2025

National Reconstruction and Resilient Authority to be established for Melissa rebuilding and recovery efforts

The Jamaican Government has announced the establishment of a National Reconstruction Resilient Authority (NRRA) to lead the island’s rebuilding and recovery efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane…
Guyan Harpy Eagles’ Kevloy Anderson bats during a CG United Super50 game against the Jamaica Scorpions at the Queens Park Oval in Trinidad and Tobago yesterday. The game ended in a no-result.
December 9, 2025 by Lennox Aldred

Rain plays spoiler in Scorpions Super 50 opener

THE OPENING day of the CG United Super 50 Cup was severely hampered by inclement weather, with two of the opening fixtures ending in no results because of it. The Jamaica Scorpions, however, got some…