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Jordan Scott on his way to fifth place in the final of the men's triple jump at the World Athletics Championships inside the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo earlier today.
December 9, 2025 by Keith McGhie

Scott ends World Champs campaign in fifth

Jamaica's Jordan Scott continued to show he was now one of the world's elite triple jumpers, finishing fifth at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, earlier today with a best…
This album cover image released by Atlantic Records shows ‘Am I the Drama?’ by Cardi B.
December 9, 2025

Cardi B drops sophomore album ‘Am I the Drama?’

LOS ANGELES (AP): Seven years after her landmark debut Invasion of Privacy, Cardi B has returned — and, in typical fashion, she’s doing it with added drama. The Grammy winner’s long-awaited sophomore…
Bryan Levell is all smiles after mining bronze in the men's 200 metres at the World Athletics Championships inside the Japan National Stadium earlier today.
December 9, 2025 by Keith McGhie

Levell's bronze a big statement

Bryan Levell beamed a huge smile of satisfaction when the big screen showed that he had won a photo finish for the bronze medal in a 200-metre World Championship won by the United States' Noah…
Shericka Jackson celebrates the bronze medal she won in the women's 200 metres at the World Athletics Championships inside the Japan National Stadium earlier.
December 9, 2025 by Keith McGhie

Jackson earns bronze in first global event since injury

Shericka Jackson was forced to settle for the bronze medal in the women’s 200 metres at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, as Melissa Jefferson-Wooden claimed the event inside the Japan…
Shiann Salmon leaves the blocks for the 400-metre hurdles final at the World Athletics Championships inside the Japan National Stadium earlier today.
December 9, 2025 by Keith McGhie

Salmon falls victim to pace of 400mh final

Jamaica’s Shiann Salmon faded to eighth place in the women’s 400m hurdles final as the Netherlands’ Femke Bol lived up to her billing as pre-race favourite to land the World Championship title in…
From left: Rhoda Moy Crawford, Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert and Abka Fitz-Henley.
December 9, 2025

Rhoda Moy Crawford and Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert and Abka Fitz-Henley among new state ministers

Member of Parliament for Manchester Central Rhoda Moy Crawford, former House Speaker Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert and Senator Abka Fitz-Henley are among the new state ministers named by Prime Minister…
Jamaica's Natoya Goule-Toppin (centre) finds herself mid-pack down the final 100 metres of her 800-metre semi-final at the World Athletics Championships inside the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo.
December 9, 2025

Goul-Toppin misses 800 final

Keith McGhie/Contributor Natoya Goule-Toppin’s hopes of making it to her third World Championship 800-metre final evaporated down the home straight of her semi-final at the National Stadium in Tokyo.…
This file photo shows shoppers in downtown Kingston.
December 9, 2025

It’s about the cost of living

THE EDITOR, Madam: While it is good on the surface to increase the minimum wage, it is equally important for the government to never recant from the goal of reducing the cost of living. The more…
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December 9, 2025

True love is more than romance

THE EDITOR, Madam: A love between a man and a woman has to be more than a romantic attraction. For true love is all-encompassing. It is the antidote for good mental and physical well-being – which…