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Damion Crawford addresses an October 14 sitting of Parliament.
December 9, 2025 by Ruddy Mathison

Crawford urges parliamentary debate on Patterson Report

Opposition Spokesman on Education Damion Crawford is urging the Government to debate the Orlando Patterson-led Jamaica Education Transformation Commission (JETC) Report in Parliament, arguing that the…
President of the St James Arise Basketball League Nyame Frater (left) and main sponsor Ryan Gardner (second left) of SoSo Water stand alongside members of the defending champions Montego Bay Boys’ Club Warriors team during the launch of the competition o
December 9, 2025 by Adrian Frater

Sophomore Arise Basketball League a winner-take-all affair

Western Bureau: THE SECOND staging of the St James Arise Basketball league officially got going at the Montego Bay Cricket Club courts in St James on Saturday night with a press launch and an…
National Security Minister Wayne Munroe
December 9, 2025

Bahamians urged to avoid fast speed boats leaving Venezuela

NASSAU (CMC): National Security Minister Wayne Munroe is advising Bahamians to “stay out of go-fast boats leaving Venezuela” as the United States continues its military build up as part of its fight…
December 9, 2025

St Thomas taxi operator allegedly held with imitation gun charged

Twenty-eight-year-old St Thomas taxi operator Rushawn Bryan has been charged over the alleged seizure of an imitation gun in his vehicle. Reports from the Morant Bay police are that about 1:15 p.m.…
Trucks transport tanks east from Valencia, on August 27, 2025, after the government announced a military mobilization following the US deployment of warships off Venezuela.
December 9, 2025

CARICOM leaders meet to discuss US request to Grenada

BRIDGETOWN (CMC): Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders met on Wednesday and Thursday last week, including a caucus on the United States request to Grenada to allow Washington to install radar…
JLP office on Belmont Road, Kingston.
December 9, 2025

Editorial | JLP, Cemex must explain

The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the global cement manufacturer, Cemex, are obliged to say why the company reported a more than US$200,000 payment to the ruling party then expunged the expenditure…
Letters
December 9, 2025

Honouring our heroes

THE EDITOR, Madam: Heroes Day has come and gone. The Heroes will soon be forgotten as the world turns its attention to war and mental health challenges and more. To honour our National Heroes we…
Pollution Prevention Branch Coordinator, National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Shannon Douse.
December 9, 2025

NEPA revises national guideline for testing underground petroleum storage tanks and pipelines

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), through its Pollution Prevention Branch, has revised the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA) Guideline for Determining the Frequency of…
The Maddens could never have imagined that a visit to an auto parts store in 2020 would lead them down the aisle five years later.
December 9, 2025

The Maddens’ journey to ‘I do’

Samantha Smith and Delroy Madden would have never thought that a simple visit to an auto parts store in 2020 would, five years later, lead them to unlocking a journey of a lifetime. Tying the knot at…