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West Indies pacemen Jayden Seales (left) and Matthew Forde have a conversation during the team’s final training session ahead of today’s first T20 International against New Zealand in that country.
December 9, 2025

West Indies confident ahead of New Zealand series - Hope

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (CMC): WITH A win over Bangladesh in their last T20I series, West Indies white-ball captain, Shai Hope, says his troops are bursting with confidence ahead of their matchup with…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness. - File photo.
December 9, 2025

Six-month NHT mortgage moratorium, gov’t building support programme for parishes hit hard by Melissa

National Housing Trust (NHT) mortgagors in parishes hard-hit by Hurricane Melissa are to get a reprieve from mortgage payments. Speaking in the House of Representatives today, Prime Minister Dr…
Mount Pleasant winger Daniel Green takes on Defence Force FC’s Christian Bailey during their Concacaf Caribbean Cup first-leg semi-final football game inside the Hasely Crawford Stadium on Wednesday, October 22, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Mount Pleasant won’t rest on advantage

SPORTING DIRECTOR of Mount Pleasant Academy, Paul Christie, says his team will not be taking any chances despite holding a commanding 5-1 advantage over Trinidad and Tobago’s Defence Force heading…
Flow team members (from left) Adrian Stewart, Patrice Todd, and Katoya Mohalland pack essential supplies at Flow’s corporate offices in Kingston as they get ready to assist residents in St James who were impacted by Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | Flow Foundation extends helping hands to Hurricane Melissa survivors in St James

The Flow Foundation on Saturday brought much-needed relief and hope to several communities in Montego Bay following the devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa. With homes damaged, trees uprooted, and…
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December 9, 2025

Educators to be counselled on strategies for addressing hurricane trauma

In recognising how deeply traumatised many Jamaicans have been as a result of the ravages of Hurricane Melissa, the Pamella’s Sunrise Foundation, in collaboration with the Guidance Counselling Unit of…
Edmond Bartlett, minister of tourism. FILE
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Closed hotels set timelines for reopening after hurricane

Western Bureau: The powerful Category 5 Hurricane Melissa battered Hanover, Westmoreland, Trelawny, St Elizabeth, and sections of St James, forcing temporary hotel closures and displacing hundreds of…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness.
December 9, 2025

Holness not keen on imposing SOE in Hurricane Melissa’s wake

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says the Government may have to impose security measures such as curfews as the country’s recovery progresses, but noted that it is not yet at that point, as it does…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness. - File photo.
December 9, 2025

More than 116,000 buildings severely damaged by Hurricane Melissa

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness on Tuesday disclosed that about 116,000 structures were damaged during the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Holness told Parliament that the impact was “severe or…
This image released by A24 shows Adam Sandler in a scene from the 2019 film ‘Uncut Gems’.
December 9, 2025

Adam Sandler earns second AARP Movies for Grownups honour

LOS ANGELES (AP): Adam Sandler will be the next recipient of AARP’s Movies for Grownups career achievement award, the group said Tuesday. And maybe this time, the actor will wait for his signal. When…