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West Indies captain Roston Chase goes through his paces in the nets during a training session ahead of today’s first Test against India yesterday.
December 9, 2025

‘We have nothing to lose’

ADMEDABAD, India (CMC): WEST INDIES Test captain Roston Chase believes that heading into their two-match Test series against India as underdogs ‘with nothing to lose’ will make them very dangerous.…
Janet Richards (centre), founder of the Janet Richards Foundation charity organisation, presents a certificate of appreciation to Samuel Afonso Diaz (second left), country manager for the Hospiten medical facility in Montego Bay, St James, during the launc
December 9, 2025 by Christopher Thomas

Janet Richards Foundation targeting 100 women for breast cancer screening

WESTERN BUREAU: The Janet Richards Foundation, renowned for its charitable work in western Jamaica, on Wednesday launched its annual breast cancer education and screening programme for women at the…
From left: Frederick Williams, VM Group’s chief financial officer; Byjeon Thomas, head coach, Harbour View FC; Paul Elliott, CEO, VM Building Society; Clover Moore, assistant vice president, group corporate affairs & communications; Latoya Williams, assi
December 9, 2025 by Livingston Scott

VMBS-Harbour View partnership shows trust in JPL – Hill

CEO OF the Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL) Owen Hill says the reaffirming of Victoria Mutual Building Society’s (VMBS) partnership with the Jamaica Premier League(JPL), as well as the…
Retired educator Rhona Campbell (left), Dr Dawn Lemonius (second right) and retired Assistant Commissioner of Police Denver Frater (right) were all smiles as they handed over goodies to staff and students at the Ulster Spring Primary and Infant School.
December 9, 2025 by Adrian Frater

Grateful alumni come good for Ulster Spring Primary and Infant School

Western Bureau: When a group of former Ulster Spring Primary and Infant School students met up at the funeral of their former schoolmate, Dr Paul Robinson, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in…
Andrea Richards, principal of the Greenwich Primary School.
December 9, 2025

School principals decry overpowering stench from sewage plant near Spanish Town Road

The principals of two Corporate Area schools are raising concern about the persistent stench from a decades-old sewage treatment plant operated by the National Water Commission (NWC) off Spanish Town…
Rats carry the disease, leptospirosis.
December 9, 2025 by Mickalia Kington

Health officials in Westmoreland raise leptospirosis concerns after flood rains

Western Bureau: With sections of Westmoreland swamped by floodwaters over the weekend, the health authorities in the parish are once again warning residents to take precautions against leptospirosis,…
Minister of Tourism for Barbados and Chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Ian Gooding-Edghill (right), and Andrea Franklin, chairman of the board of directors of the CTO, at the opening ceremony of the SOTIC 2025 now on at the Hilton Barba
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Tourism bubble

Bridgetown, Barbados: Barbados’ Minister of Tourism Ian Gooding-Edghill yesterday told attendees at the opening of the 2025 State of the Tourism Industry Conference (SOTIC), in Bridgetown, that the…
Judge Ruth Lawrence in 2008.
December 9, 2025 by Adrian Frater

Judicial anguish

Western Bureau: As members of the legal fraternity grieved the shocking death of Trelawny Parish Judge Ruth Lawrence, police yesterday outlined how her spouse’s detailing of the 14 hours leading up…
Taura Cammock, chief executive officer of Eyes by Taura, is plum perfection in a curve-hugging bodysuit.
December 9, 2025

Something Extra | Friday

Beer & Blaze made its debut last weekend at Mignott Estate in Clarendon, transforming the venue into a bonfire escape. The inaugural staging of Coastal Ember Escapes’ Bonfire Escape series treated…