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December 9, 2025
Shepherd hopeful Windies can rebound after tough loss
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (CMC): After suffering a heartbreaking three-run defeat to New Zealand in the second T20I here on Thursday, West Indies all-rounder Romario Shepherd believes the team can regroup…
December 9, 2025
New Zealand edge WI in thriller to even series
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (CMC): Mark Chapman bludgeoned a half-century while captain Mitchell Santer and Ish Sodhi came good with the ball as New Zealand recorded a nail-biting three-run win over the…
December 9, 2025
Timeframe extended for exemption of import duty, GCT on hurricane relief supplies
The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) is advising that the Government has extended the timeframe, to December 31, for the suspension of import duty and general consumption tax (GCT) on relief items…
December 9, 2025
CCRIF to make another multimillion-dollar payment to Jamaica following Hurricane Melissa
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – The Cayman Islands-based Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility Segregated Portfolio Company (CCRIF SPC) on Thursday announced that it is making a second…
December 9, 2025
Man's body found with head wounds along Salt Pond Road
Police in Portmore, St Catherine, are trying to ascertain the identity of a man whose body was discovered along the Salt Pond roadway in the parish on Wednesday. Reports are that about 11:30 a.m.…
December 9, 2025
by Janet Silvera
Container homes proposed as quick fix for hurricane homelessness
WESTERN BUREAU: Architectural designer and construction project manager Curtis Hylton believes that it is time for Jamaica to embrace a housing model once dismissed as “unconventional” - retrofitted…
December 9, 2025
Jamaica thanks hemispheric partners for post-Hurricane Melissa support
Jamaica has indicated its gratitude for the outpouring of solidarity and assistance from Organization of American States (OAS) member countries since Hurricane Melissa struck the island last week.…
December 9, 2025
Classes resume on Monday for most UTech students
In-person and online classes will resume on Monday for University of Technology (UTech), Jamaica, students at its Papine, Slipe Pen Road and Arthur Wint Drive campuses. The university says MBA Level…
December 9, 2025
by Karen Madden
Cops to probe reports of sexual assaults at shelters
The Police High Command is to investigate reports that women have been sexually assaulted in shelters established following the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Responding to questions posed by The…