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Christopher Taylor of Jamaica moments after competing in heat four of the men’s 200-metre qualification round at the World Athletics Championships inside the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo yesterday. Taylor finished third, qualifying with a personal be
December 9, 2025 by Keith McGhie

Christopher Taylor’s mission accomplished

CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR described his experience in the 200-metre heats at the World Athletics Championships inside the Japan National Stadium as “mind blowing”, after overcoming all but two to progress…
Akeal Hosein
December 9, 2025

Hosein to lead West Indies for Nepal T20 series

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): IN A strategic move focusing on the future, Cricket West Indies (CWI) has named a 15-man squad sans many of its senior players for the landmark three-match T20 International…
PNP Chairman, Dr Angela Brown Burke. - File photo.
December 9, 2025

No confidence: PNP against Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert and Juliet Holness for House Speaker

The People’s National Party (PNP) says it will not support the reappointment of either Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert or Juliet Holness to the position of Speaker of the House, citing issues with their…
Trinbago Knight Riders’ Alex Hales (left) and Nicholas Pooran (second left) walk off the filed with players of the Antigua and Barbuda Falcons at the end of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League Eliminator at Guyana National Stadium in Providence, G
December 9, 2025

Knight Riders soar past Falcons to march on in CPL

PROVIDENCE, Guyana (CMC): THE TRINBAGO Knight Riders are still in the hunt for their first Caribbean Premier League title since 2020, this after they advanced to the next round with a commanding…
Jimmy Kimmel poses in the press room with the award for host for a game show for "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" during night two of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sunday, September 7, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwe
December 9, 2025

ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely over his remarks about Charlie Kirk’s death

NEW YORK (AP) — ABC has suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely following comments he made about Charlie Kirk’s killing. The network’s decision Wednesday came after Nexstar announced…
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December 9, 2025

Man fatally struck by car while riding bicycle in Old Harbour

The police in Old Harbour, St Catherine are investigating the death of a man on a bicycle who was hit by a car along the Gutters main road on Tuesday. Dead is 24-year-old labourer Shellyidon Carta of…
December 9, 2025 by Gregory Bryce

‘I tried my best’

A SORE hamstring could not prevent Jamaica’s Tajay Gayle from a strong performance in the final of the men’s long jump, as he took the silver medal at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships on day…
Cuban Ambassador Fermín Quiñones pins Errald Miller, husband of former Pime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, with the Cuban Medal of Friendship, one of Cuba’s highest honours for foreign leaders who have supported the country.
December 9, 2025 by Erica Virtue

Cuba awards Medal of Friendship to Simpson Miller

By Presidential Decree No. 1039 on July 10, 2025, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez awarded Jamaica’s former Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller the Medal of Friendship, one of Cuba’s…
Former Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller.
December 9, 2025 by Erica Virtue

Portia’s quiet strength

For years, it has been whispered in political and other circles – both within and outside of the People’s National Party (PNP), the political movement she once led as its first female president – that…