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December 9, 2025
Firearm and ammunition seized at St Andrew bar, one man arrested
The police seized an illegal firearm and ammunition inside a bar along Whitehall Avenue in St Andrew on Saturday morning. A 19-year-old man of a Cassia Park Road address was arrested and charged.…
December 9, 2025
Influenza vaccination programme launched
GEORGETOWN (CMC) The Ministry of Health on Friday launched the 2025 Influenza Vaccine. According to the ministry, a total of 15,000 doses are available – with pregnant women, children, the elderly,…
December 9, 2025
143 Haitian soldiers trained as the nation ramps up fight against gangs
SAN MIGUEL DE LOS JAGÜEYES (AP) A group of 143 Haitian soldiers on Friday finished military training by the Mexican army as part of a bilateral agreement as Haiti looks to revive its armed forces…
December 9, 2025
Trademarks secured affirming position as the world’s sailing capital
TORTOLA (CMC): The British Virgin Islands has officially secured three new trademarks under the Territory of the Virgin Islands Trade Marks Act, 2013, further cementing its reputation as a premier…
December 9, 2025
Tributes pour in for journalist Sterling Henderson
PORT OF SPAIN (CMC) The media fraternity in Trinidad and Tobago is mourning the sudden death of veteran journalist and presenter Sterling Henderson . His death was announced by interim president of…
December 9, 2025
President Maduro’s YouTube account offline as tensions with US escalate
BOGOTA (AP) The YouTube account of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was offline Saturday, with Venezuelan state-run channel Telesur claiming in a message on X that it was “eliminated” late the…
December 9, 2025
by Keith McGhie
Fraser-Pryce mines 17th medal in final World Championships
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce made a wet, yet wonderful exit from big-time international athletics with a lead-off leg which spurred her colleagues onto a memorable silver medal in the women’s 4x100-metre…
December 9, 2025
FWCF joins International Coastal Cleanup for cleaner seas
The Fi We Children Foundation (FWCF) hosted the sixth annual International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) Day activity at the Coral Gardens Citizen Association Beach, joining millions of volunteers across the…
December 9, 2025
by Samuel Cornell
Brooke Nickel and Sean Docking
A booming longevity industry wants to sell us ‘immortality’
If you could, would you pay to live forever? Some Silicon Valley billionaires aren’t just making tech products, they’ve set their sights on immortality. Social media is flooded with influencers…