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Andre Bailey
December 9, 2025 by Lennox Aldred

Scorpions rookies look to make Super 50 mark

A WAVE of fresh pace-bowling talent is set to inject new energy into the Jamaica Scorpions in Trinidad for the upcoming CG United Super 50 Cup from November 19-29. Fast-bowling all-rounder Andre…
Glenmuir High School’s Orel Miller (left) outpaces Garvey Maceo’s Tyreek McKenley during their Zone I ISSA daCosta Cup  match at Glenmuir on October 8. Garvey Maceo came from two goals down to win 3-2.
December 9, 2025 by Raymond Graham

Defending champs in race against time

SCHOOLBOY FOOTBALL is set to resume next weekend after the disruption caused by Hurricane Melissa, with Manning Cup action returning in the Corporate Area on Friday and the daCosta Cup for rural…
From left: Inter-American Development Bank President Ilan Goldfajn, Grenada's Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell, Guyana's President Irfaan Ali, Antigua and Barbuda's Prime Minister Gaston Browne, Jamaica's Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness, and Barbados' Prim
December 9, 2025

CARICOM leaders rally around Jamaica amid ‘unprecendented’ destruction

WESTERN BUREAU: Nearly one million Jamaicans have been affected and more than 150,000 homes damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Melissa, prompting a major regional response led by Guyana, which has…
Jamaica's Reggae Boyz go through their drills during a training session on  Monday just ahead of today's World Cup Qualifier against Curacao.
December 9, 2025 by Audley Boyd

STRIKING DISTANCE

Twenty-eight years and two days to the day, Jamaica’s senior men’s football team secured historic qualification to FIFA’s World Cup Finals – France ‘98 – with a goalless draw against Mexico at…
Miguel Coley
December 9, 2025 by Robert Bailey

Coley urges Reggae Boyz to find a way

FORMER REGGAE Boyz assistant coach Miguel Coley is urging Jamaica’s senior men’s team to seize a golden opportunity and create history when they face Curacao today at the National Stadium in their…
December 9, 2025 by Lester Hinds

Barrel shortage

NEW YORK: As relief efforts intensify following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, shippers in the United States say they are now grappling with a shortage of barrels needed to send supplies…
The dormitories where gunmen kidnapped school children is seen in Kebbi, Nigeria, Monday, November 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Deeni Jibo)
December 9, 2025

Gunmen abduct 25 girls from high school in Nigeria

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen attacked a high school in northwestern Nigeria before dawn on Monday, taking 25 schoolgirls and killing at least one staffer, authorities said of the latest abduction of…
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December 9, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

Court rejects claims of nullity in Reid-CMU fraud case; trial to proceed

Senior Parish Judge Sanchia Burrell yesterday cleared the way for the continuation of the long-running multimillion-dollar fraud trial involving former Education Minister Ruel Reid and his co-accused,…
New York Attorney General Letitia James.
December 9, 2025 by Kimone Francis

Melissa’s fury sparks demand for temporary protection for J’cans in US

New York Attorney General Letitia James has called on the Trump administration to extend its Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Jamaicans in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa.…