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St Elizabeth Parish Court is among the buildings on High Street, Black River, that were damaged by Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Jovan Johnson

The past in ruins

The savage winds of Hurricane Melissa did not just strip roofs and flatten homes; they obliterated or damaged about 40 heritage structures that anchor Jamaican identity, memory and national spirit. …
An American Eagle plane moves past the FAA Air Traffic Control tower at LaGuardia Airport (LGA) in the Queens borough of New York, Sunday, November 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
December 9, 2025

FAA takes first steps to restore US flights after shutdown strain, but some limits remain

The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday halved the number of flights that US airlines must cut from their schedules at 40 airports as the country’s aviation system recovers from a shortage of…
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth, and Information, Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon, addressing a press briefing at Jamaica House on November 13, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Education Ministry to engage multilateral partners to develop building standards for school

The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information is engaging multilateral partners to craft robust standards that will guide the development of more climate-resilient schools in the country. …
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December 9, 2025

Containers with condemned food go missing

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is urging members of the public – particularly residents of Montego Bay and nearby communities – to avoid purchasing or consuming food items from unverified or…
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December 9, 2025

Containers with compromised food tampered with or go missing in St James, Health Ministry warns public

The public is being advised that four containers that were being stored at Porto Bello in Montego Bay, St James, which were found with compromised foods, have been discovered to be tampered with…
Pakistan’s Babar Azam celebrates after his century during the second One-Day International cricket match against Sri Lanka, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan yesterday.
December 9, 2025

Babar ends two-year wait for 20th ODI century

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP): BABAR AZAM’S first international century in more than two years anchored Pakistan’s comfortable chase of 289 against scratchy Sri Lanka in their series-clinching One-Day…
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December 9, 2025

Teen boy among two killed in separate motorcycle crashes in St Thomas

A 16-year-old boy was one of two persons who died from injuries received in separate vehicular crashes in St Thomas last night. Dead is Devaughn Henry, a student of Ginger Hall in Bath in the parish.…
Former West Indies cricketers Kieron Pollard (right) and Dwayne Bravo.
December 9, 2025

Bravo, Pollard appointed national sports ambassadors

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): IN A formal ceremony held on November 12, Trinidad and Tobago’s cricket icons Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard were officially appointed as national sports ambassadors.…
Assistant Commissioner Christopher Phillips (centre), general manager, Police National Netball Team, is joined by (from left) Andrea Roberts, Nichole Lord (team nurse), Keneisha Beckett, and Coletta Leslie ahead of the team’s departure from Jamaica.
December 9, 2025 by Ainsley Walters

Jamaican teams take aim at Florida United title

JAMAICA’s POLICE National Netball Team (PNNT) and their Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) counterparts are among 11 teams entered in the all-female division of this weekend’s inaugural Florida United…