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Track and field coach Carl Page (left) helps one of his charges, Jhadon Burke, manage his starts during a training session at the Bridgeport High School in 2023.
December 9, 2025 by Raymond Graham

Page enjoys start to life at St Jago

NEW HEAD coach of the St Jago High School boys’ track and field programme, Carl Page, says he is enjoying his early days at the institution. A past student and former assistant coach with the school’s…
Waves splash in Kingston, Jamaica, as Hurricane Melissa approaches, Tuesday, October 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
December 9, 2025

Hurricane Melissa among the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on record

Hurricane Melissa is now among the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on record. The monster storm strengthened Tuesday before hitting Jamaica, bringing with it maximum sustained winds of 185 mph (295…
Portland fisherfolk who lost fish pots during Hurricane Beryl fear similar losses after Melissa’s rampage.
December 9, 2025 by Gareth Davis Sr

Hurricane Melissa reignites frustration among Portland’s fisherfolk

Having lost dozens of fish pots at sea during Hurricane Beryl last year without receiving support, fisherfolk in Portland fear they may once again be left on their own following the onslaught of…
A section of Duke Street in downtown Kingston was yesterday impassable as a result of a downed tree blocking the road.
December 9, 2025 by Corey Robinson

Kingston spared

Had Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Kingston, Jamaica’s capital and most populated city, the effects of the Category 5 disaster would have been far more cataclysmic, structural and environmental…
Flooding along a section of Caledonia Avenue in Mandeville, Manchester, in the vicinity of the Mandeville Regional Hospital, during the passage of Hurricane Melissa on October 28, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Hurricane Melissa weakens to Category 4 but continues to batter Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa has weakened slightly to a Category 4 system, but the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) says catastrophic winds, flash flooding, and storm surge remain ongoing across Jamaica. The…
St Jago High School’s Jordan Taylor (right) dribbles away from Mona High School’s Franklyn Mitcham during their ISSA/WATA Manning Cup encounter at the Jamaica College Ashenheim Stadium on October 22.
December 9, 2025 by Robert Bailey

Time for the ‘real quality’

PRESIDENT OF the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Keith Wellington says he is confident that the standard of play in the schoolboy football competitions will continue to rise as the…
Hurricane Melissa bearing down on the Black River Hospital in St Elizabeth on October 28, 2025.
December 9, 2025

At least four hospitals ‘significantly damaged’ by Hurricane Melissa - Tufton

Hurricane Melissa has caused “significant damage” to at least four major hospitals, Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, has confirmed. The hospitals are Noel Holmes in Hanover,…
Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, September 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
December 9, 2025

Venezuela suspends energy agreements with Trinidad after US warship arrives at island nation

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela on Monday suspended energy agreements with Trinidad and Tobago, over what officials have described as “hostile” actions by the island nation. Trinidad is now…
India’s Pratika Rawal bats during the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup cricket match against New Zealand in Navi Mumbai, India on Thursday, October 23.
December 9, 2025

India’s hopes hit as Pratika Rawal ruled out

NEW DELHI (AP): INDIA’S HOPES of winning a first Women’s Cricket World Cup title have been dented with the injury-enforced withdrawal of opening batter Pratika Rawal for the semi-final against…