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December 9, 2025

Immigration Corner | What should I do with my application?

Dear Mrs Walker-Huntington, A Jamaican-born father is married and lives in the USA with his wife who is a US citizen. However, the father’s adult children who currently live in Jamaica, do not know…
Letters
December 9, 2025

Letter of the Day | Cancer survivors are real heroes

THE EDITOR, Madam: As Jamaica celebrated National Heroes Day on October 20, we paused to honour the great men and women whose courage and sacrifice shaped our nation’s destiny. Yet, even as we…
Mark Golding
December 9, 2025

Mark Golding: Choose empathy over anger, unity over division, hope over despair

On National Heroes' Day we celebrate and express gratitude to our six national heroes and heroine who transformed struggle into triumph and dreams into nationhood. Through their courage and…
Dr Andrew Holness, prime minister of Jamaica.
December 9, 2025

Dr Andrew Holness: Let's honour the living heroes among us

My fellow Jamaicans, on this Heroes’ Day, we stand as one people - proud and free - to celebrate the spirit that built our great nation. Ours is a story written in courage and conviction, a heritage…
Miles Bascombe, director of cricket, Cricket West Indies.
December 9, 2025

CG United Super50 Cup revamped for 2025

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): The 2025 CG United Super50 Cup is set for a major overhaul, with Cricket West Indies (CWI) announcing a streamlined, high-stakes tournament to be hosted in Trinidad from…
DOTHARAKI (right), ridden by Robert Halledeen, wins the ninth race ahead of DIGITAL ONE (Dane Dawkins)  at Caymanas Park yesterday.
December 9, 2025 by Ainsley Walters

Newcomer Dothraki dismisses rivals at Caymanas Park

UNITED States-bred DOTHRAKI served notice on grade-one sprinters with an eye-catching debut victory at Caymanas Park yesterday, dismissing fellow American INCREDIBLE JO coming off the home turn,…
Sports
December 9, 2025 by Raymond Graham

Glenmuir vs Garvey Maceo, Part 3 coming up

The fierce Glenmuir High-Garvey Maceo High rivalry in schoolboy football is set to continue, as the Clarendon powerhouses will face each other for the third time this season when they clash in the…
A homeless person on the street in Kingston.
December 9, 2025 by Kimone Francis

Stuck in poverty

Nearly 79,000 Jamaicans, or 2.8 per cent of the population, remain trapped in multidimensional poverty, the newly released 2025 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) report has indicated. The…
Adrian Reid (left) of  Cavalier dribbles clear of Diamond Clarke of Spanish Town Police FC during their Jamaica Premier League match at the Waterhouse Mini Stadium yesterday.
December 9, 2025 by Livingston Scott

Reid’s brace puts Cavalier back on winning trail

Cavalier rebounded from their defeat to Portmore last week with an effortless 3-0 win over bottom-of-the-table Spanish Town Police, thanks to an Adrian Reid Jr brace (48th and 79th) in the Jamaica…