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December 9, 2025

Banana and plantain farmers to benefit from insurance payments

One hundred and sixteen banana and plantain farmers registered for the Catastrophe Insurance Fund are to receive payouts from the Banana Board. Banana Board General Manager, Janet Conie, speaking in…
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone crosses the finish line to win the women’s 4X400-metre relay at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on September 21.
December 9, 2025

McLaughlin-Levrone, Duplantis win World Athlete of the Year titles

MONACO (AP): SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN-LEVRONE and Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis have won the World Athlete of the Year titles for 2025. The international governing body for track and field announced the winners…
Donna-Lee Donaldson, who was last seen on July 11, 2022.
December 9, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

Maitland says Donaldson left apartment after row

Constable Noel Maitland told the police that Donna-Lee Donaldson walked out of his Chelsea Manor apartment in July 2022 after an argument about a photo of his child’s mother on the wall and his threat…
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December 9, 2025

PEP prep under threat as Hague Primary waits for infirmary relocation

Dameian Elvin, principal of Hague Primary and Infant School in Trelawny, says his hands are tied regarding the resumption of classes at the institution, confirming that a post-Hurricane Melissa…
Michael McPherson (right) speaks with mentors and mentees at Calabar High School.
December 9, 2025

David ‘Wagga’ Hunt Foundation expands mentorship programme

THE PRESTIGIOUS David ‘Wagga’ Hunt (DWH) Foundation recently expanded its initiatives by launching a mentorship programme for its 24 scholars, split equally between Kingston College (KC) and Calabar…
Park Lane, off Red Hills Road in St Andrew, was the scene of another murder on Sunday.
December 9, 2025 by Andre Williams

Park Lane on edge after 50-y-o woman gunned down

Fifty-year-old Janet Baker was shot and killed in a drive-by attack on Park Lane, off Red Hills Road in St Andrew, late Sunday, sending fresh shock waves through a community long battle-scarred by…
Jayden Smith.
December 9, 2025

Search for missing schoolboy Jayden Smith remains active, says Manchester police head

Head of the Manchester Police Division, Superintendent Carey Duncan, says the police remain vigilant and active in their search for missing schoolboy Jayden Smith. Contacted by The Gleaner for an…
Barbados Pride bowler Dominic Drakes bowls under the watchful eyes of his captain Kyle Mayers during the final of the CGI Super50 against the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Couva on Saturday.
December 9, 2025

Drakes puts Pride’s Super50 Cup success down to work ethic

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): HEAD COACH of the Barbados Pride, Vasbert Drakes, has lauded his team’s work ethic after they captured the CG United Super50 Cup title in Trinidad on Saturday. The Pride…
Jamaica’s Jabulani Newby (right) goes up for this lay-up in their match against the Dominican Republic at the FIBA 3x3 AmeriCup over the weekend.
December 9, 2025

Jamaica, T&T fail to medal at AmeriCup qualifiers

LEON, Mexico (CMC): JAMAICA AND Trinidad and Tobago finished ninth and 10th, respectively, when the 2025 FIBA 3×3 AmeriCup concluded in Mexico over the weekend. Jamaica’s quartet of Nicholai Brown,…