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December 9, 2025

Oran Hall | The implications of low inflation

Low and stable inflation contributes to economic stability and economic growth and is good for the general economy, businesses and individuals. Low inflation fosters confidence and optimism.…
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December 9, 2025

Boat with migrants sinks off Libya killing at least 50

CAIRO (AP): A boat carrying Sudanese refugees caught fire and sank over the weekend off Libya’s coast, killing at least 50 people as it headed toward Greece, the International Organization for…
Jeremy Forbes (left) of Tivoli High shields the ball from Denham Town High’s Roger Morgan during a Manning Cup match at St Andrew Technical High School on Wednesday, September 10. Tivoli won 7-0.
December 9, 2025 by Robert Bailey

Manning Cup: Focused Norman Manley hunt third win

Former champions Norman Manley High will be aiming for their third consecutive win in this year’s ISSA/WATA Manning Cup competition when they host Eltham High at Maxfield Park today at 3:30 p.m.…
West Indies coach Daren Sammy.
December 9, 2025

Sammy: Door not closed for Brathwaite, Roach or Holder

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): West Indies head coach Daren Sammy has given the assurance that Cricket West Indies (CWI) has not called time on the careers of out of favour opener Kraigg Brathwaite,…
A court date is being finalised.
December 9, 2025

15-y-o Manchester boy charged with murder of 61-y-o farmer

A 15-year-old Mandeville, Manchester boy has been charged with the murder of 61-year-old farmer Roy Pearson. Reports from the Mandeville police are that about 1:00 p.m., on Sunday, September 14, …
A car left disabled near Grants Pen, St Thomas, after it crashed in the barrier after skidding in gravel left along the roadway by trucks transporting aggregate.
December 9, 2025

Overloaded trucks blamed for accidents on South Coast Highway, police vow to prosecute offenders

An alarm has been raised about the issue of overloaded trucks spilling gravel, sand, and other sediments on the South Coast Highway in St Thomas, with calls being made for truckers to face stricter…
National Guards patrol the streets in Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico, Oct. 14, 2024.
December 9, 2025

US Treasury sanctions Sinaloa cartel faction Los Mayos in Mexico

MEXICO CITY (AP): The US Treasury Department on Thursday sanctioned members of a Sinaloa cartel faction known as Los Mayos, one of the groups that has tormented Sinaloa’s capital in an ongoing war…
People displaced by gang violence live at the Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Communications office converted into a shelter in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
December 9, 2025

UN: Thousands forced out of their homes

UNITED NATIONS (CMC): The United Nations Thursday said that last week’s deadly attack in the commune of Cabaret, in the West Department, has forced thousands of people to flee their home in the…
Principal of the Manchester-based Bethabara Primary School, Cecil Hamilton (centre), along with Vice Principal Ritta Evans Lowe (left), and teacher, Dionne Salkey Francis, display trophies won by the school for its high-quality greenhouse crops and value
December 9, 2025

Bethabara Primary looking to brand, market greenhouse crops

THE BETHABARA Primary School in Newport, Manchester, is looking to brand and market the high-quality crops and value-added products from its greenhouse farm. Principal of the institution, Cecil…