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Actress Jurnee Smollett turned heads in a daring Max Mara gown with bold side cutouts.
December 9, 2025

Something Extra | Saturday

Hollywood’s brightest gathered at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, in the United States on Thursday for the 2025 Women in Film (WIF) Honors. This year’s gala, presented by Max Mara,…
This photo shows household items piled in a mud-strewn section of Catherine Hall, Montego Bay, St James.
December 9, 2025

Gordon Robinson | We see you

The last thing Jamaica needs now is division among Jamaicans. Jamaica should have one goal; one purpose; one mindset. First and foremost, to deliver basic humanitarian relief like food, water,…
December 9, 2025

Oran Hall | Consequences of not making a will

There are several estate planning tools – trusts, joint ownership, living gifts, and wills – but a will is perhaps the most common and effective means of passing on one’s assets to named…
Judith Jarrett with her newborn and her mother Lee Patterson, both from Shrewsbury, Westmoreland, at the hurricane shelter at the Petersfield High School. The family was displaced by Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

‘Me work so hard’: Westmoreland mother of five heartbroken after Hurricane Melissa destroys dream home

A mother of five children from Fullerton Lane in Shrewsbury, Westmoreland, says she does not have the heart to go back and look at her home, which was taken away by Hurricane Melissa two days after it…
Dr Andrew Holness speaks during a briefing on Hurricane Melissa at Jamaica House in Kingston on November 6, 2025. The Office of the Prime Minister has now assumed responsibility for the country’s disaster response agency, ODPEM.
December 9, 2025

Cedric Stephens | Preparing for future catastrophes

Today’s article is a mixture of a piece I began writing when Melissa, then a tropical storm, first threatened Jamaica. The other parts are post-Hurricane Melissa news. Like many people, I did not know…
Shaggy (left) provides care packages to residents of St Elizabeth on Crane Road in the parish on Friday, October 31.
December 9, 2025

‘We’re very resilient people’

As Hurricane Melissa intensified to a Category 5 storm pointing right at Jamaica, Shaggy knew he had to help. He just wasn’t sure how. So he asked ChatGPT. “I don’t know anything about relief and how…
Annmarie Rose, owner of an auto parts store in Cave Valley, St Ann, cleaning her shop after Hurricane Melissa caused damage.
December 9, 2025

Editorial | Help MSMEs after Melissa

Each day reveals more of the damage left behind by Hurricane Melissa. The Category 5 hurricane battered Jamaica’s western parishes — St Elizabeth, Westmoreland, Hanover, St James, and parts of…
A backhoe driver and other volunteers clear fallen trees blocking the Clark's Town to Daniel Town main road in Trelawny.
December 9, 2025

Police urge drivers to exercise extreme caution in western Jamaica amid Melissa road conditions

The police are advising the public to exercise extreme caution when traversing roadways in western Jamaica amid damage caused by Hurricane Melissa. Drivers are being asked to avoid all non-essential…
Executive director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority, Audley Gordon (left), points out something to Mayor of Montego Bay Richard Vernon, during clean-up activities in the Catherine Hall area of Montego Bay, St James on Tuesday, November 4, 2
December 9, 2025

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