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People offer flowers and pray for the victims near the site of a deadly fire at Wang Fuk Court, a residential estate in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong’s New Territories.
December 9, 2025

Death toll in apartment complex blaze rises to 146 as the city mourns

HONG KONG (AP): The death toll in Hong Kong’s apartment complex blaze rose to 146 on Sunday as investigators discovered more bodies in the burned-out buildings. A steady stream of people placed…
Rescuers carry the body of a flood victim in Agam, West Sumatra, Indonesia.
December 9, 2025

Residents hunt for food and water after deadly floods

MEDANC (AP): Some residents of the flood-hit Indonesian island of Sumatra have resorted to stealing food and water to survive, authorities said Sunday, while Sri Lankan officials said deaths from…
Letters
December 9, 2025

Melissa has exposed political flaws

THE EDITOR, Madam:
A light pole which was washed away during the passage of Hurricane Melissa sits on the side of a road in Pennants, Clarendon.
December 9, 2025

Ronald Thwaites | When yu han’ in lion mout’…

This is not a time to spar with the major supplier and monopoly distributor of electric power. The company says they need at least US$350 million to fast-track restoration. That’s double what the…
Anthony Minott/Freelance Photographer CALIFORNIA CROWN, ridden by Robert Halledeen, wins the Kaz Hosay Trophy ahead of ZULU WARRIOR (Raddesh Roman) over five-and-a-half furlongs at Caymanas Park yesterday.
December 9, 2025 by Ainsley Walters

California Crown holds true to form

CALIFORNIA CROWN, last year’s 2000 Guineas winner, yesterday blasted United States invader, FORTUNA BELLE, with speed in the Kaz Hoshay Trophy, leaving fellow local-breds, ZULU WARRIOR and COOKIE DAY…
Photo by CWI Media Dominic Drakes (second right) celebrates one of his four wickets against the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force during the final of the CG United Super50 cricket competition at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy yesterday.
December 9, 2025

Mayers, Boucher power Pride to Super50 title

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): SKIPPER KYLE Mayers and Leniko Boucher blasted half-centuries as Barbados Pride romped to a dominant nine-wicket victory over Trinidad and Tobago Red Force in a lopsided…
File Glenmuir head coach Andrew Peart.
December 9, 2025 by Raymond Graham

Favourites Glenmuir head to quarters after win over Clarendon

GLENMUIR BOOKED their quarter-final spot in the ISSA daCosta Cup football competition after scoring a 2-1 win over home team Clarendon College in Group Three action yesterday. The victory pushed…
Ashley Anguin/Photographer Cornwall College’s Carlondo Morris (right) evades the challenge of William Knibb Memorial’s Gawen Marley during their round-of-16 ISSA daCosta Cup game at the Drax Hall Sports Complex in St Ann yesterday.
December 9, 2025 by Ashley Anguin

Cornwall give themselves a chance

A BRACE from Carlondo Morris and a powerful strike from Shakeem Gibson made all the difference as Cornwall College eased by William Knibb 4–0 to strengthen their push for an ISSA daCosta Cup…
Jamaica’s bobsleigh team gets ready for one of their runs at the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation North American Cup in Whistler, Canada.
December 9, 2025 by Livingston Scott

Ja’s sprinting culture influences bobsleigh

JAMAICA’S BOBSLEIGH team turned heads at the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) North American Championships earlier this week in Whistler, Canada, with a gold medal performance in…