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Italy’s coach Gennaro Gattuso gestures during a training session ahead of today’s World Cup 2026, Group I qualifying  match against Israel at the Bruseschi training centre in Udine, Italy, yesterday.
December 9, 2025

Italy-Israel qualifier expected to attract less people than nearby pro-Palestinian march

UDINE, Italy (AP): ISRAEL’S WORLD Cup qualifying match against Italy will still be played in a strange climate today despite a breakthrough ceasefire deal that has paused two years of war in Gaza.…
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December 9, 2025

First witness in Ruel Reid and co-accused fraud trial to take stand on Thursday

The first witness is to take the stand on Thursday in the multimillion-dollar fraud trial involving former Education Minister Ruel Reid and others, after the presiding judge granted the order for…
Jasean Anderson (left) and Aamir Witter, co-captains of El Instituto de Mandevilla, display the Youth Football League Junior Cup Under-11 Rural Competition trophy they won at the Kirkvine Sports Complex in Mandeville on Saturday.
December 9, 2025

El Instituto de Mandevilla defend Junior Cup U11 title

DESPITE THE threat of rain, the Youth Football League (YFL) Junior Cup Under-11 Rural Competition went ahead smoothly and concluded in fine style on Saturday at the Kirkvine Sports Complex. The event…
South Africa’s Senuran Muthusamy (left) celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan during the second day of the first Test match in Lahore, Pakistan, yesterday.
December 9, 2025

South Africa struggle against Pakistan spinners

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP): PAKISTAN LEFT-ARM spinner Noman Ali took 4-85 to to leave South Africa on 216-6 on day two of the first Test at Gaddafi Stadium yesterday. Pakistan were all out for 378 in the…
Rudy Campbell stands beside the trunk of the guinep tree that fell on his Castleton, St Mary home of more than 20 years, completely destroying two rooms and damaging the others.
December 9, 2025 by Sashana Small

Elderly farmer pleads for help to rebuild home destroyed by heavy rains

Rudy Campbell, from Castleton, St Mary, is living in a precarious condition. Just over a week ago, heavy rains and winds from a freak storm uprooted a guinep tree that landed on his four-bedroom…
Sabrina Dockery
December 9, 2025 by Robert Bailey

Adidas signing good for Dockery - former coach

LACOVIA HIGH School’s head coach, Kamille Ellis, has hailed Sabrina Dockery’s move into the professional ranks as a step in the right direction for the young sprinter, describing it as the reward for…
Calabar High School’s newly appointed head coach of track and field, Julian Robinson.
December 9, 2025 by Raymond Graham

Robinson optimistic about navigating Calabar exodus

JULIAN ROBINSON will be stepping into his first stint as head coach of Calabar High School’s track and field programme, taking over from Corey Bennett, whose three-year contract ended in August and…
Health and Wellness Minister, Dr Christopher Tufton (centre), addressing a press briefing at S Hotel in Montego Bay, St James on October 9. He is joined by Clinical Coordinator at the Western Regional Authority, Dr Delroy Fray (left) and Regional Technical
December 9, 2025

Health Ministry moves ahead with plans to expand Montego Bay Comprehensive Health Centre

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is moving ahead with plans to expand and modernise the Type V Montego Bay Comprehensive Health Centre in St James, as part of the government’s commitment to enhance…
Former parliamentarian Karl Samuda.
December 9, 2025 by Edmond Campbell

No meeting of minds on committees stalemate

Karl Samuda, who was the leader of government business when then PM Bruce Golding handed the chairmanship of parliamentary oversight committees to the Opposition, has suggested that the experiment did…