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Transport Minister Daryl Vaz
December 9, 2025

Airports stay open today, Sunday operations uncertain amid approaching storm Melissa - Vaz

Both of Jamaica’s international airports will remain open today to accommodate scheduled flights, Transport Minister Daryl Vaz has announced. “After a 7 a.m. meeting this morning with both airport…
Devon Osbourne battens down a section of his house in Compound, Alligator Pond, Manchester, as he prepared for the arrival of Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Sashana Small

Déjà vu

Haunted by the devastation left by Hurricane Beryl last year – which flattened homes and ripped off roofs – residents of Compound Alligator Pond in Manchester have spent the last few days securing…
Opposition People's National Party Spokesman on Energy Phillip Paulwell.
December 9, 2025

PNP presses JPS to publish storm billing data

The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) is demanding that the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) publish key billing data to ensure transparency for customers affected by Tropical Storm…
 The cone from the United States' National Hurricane Center contains the probable path of the centre of Tropical Storm Melissa at 7 a.m. on October 25, 2025. It  does not show the size of the storm. Hazardous conditions can occur outside of the cone.
December 9, 2025

Storm Melissa to 'rapidly intensify' today, Jamaica to start feeling effects in hours - Met Office

Rapid intensification of Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to begin today, with the system forecast to become a hurricane within hours and strengthen into a major hurricane by Sunday, according to…
One of the entrances to Munro College in Malvern, St Elizabeth.
December 9, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

Scarred by Beryl, strengthened by its lessons

WESTERN BUREAU: As Jamaica braces for Hurricane Melissa, Munro College – one of the nation’s oldest boarding institutions – says it is far better prepared this time, drawing on hard-earned lessons…
This combination photo shows former prime ministers of Jamaica P.J. Patterson (left) and Bruce Golding.
December 9, 2025

Editorial | Former leaders right

Their intervention is unlikely to alter Donald Trump’s increasingly militaristic posture in the area. However, last week’s insistence by 10 former CARICOM leaders that the Caribbean be respected as a…
Christopher Burgess
December 9, 2025

Christopher Burgess | Why Melissa matters: Balancing debt with development

People in Jamaica have been preparing and bracing for Hurricane Melissa’s impact since last Monday. Trust stare us in the face; underdevelopment remains our national vulnerability.
A section of a yard in Parottee, St Elizabeth, belonging to residents who have been still struggling to rebuild after last year’s onslaught from Hurricane Beryl.
December 9, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

Storm-weary St Bess faces Melissa still reeling from Beryl

WESTERN BUREAU: More than a year after Hurricane Beryl ravaged Jamaica’s southern corridor, the residents of St Elizabeth remain locked in a prolonged struggle for recovery. Now, with Tropical Storm…
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December 9, 2025

Jamaica upgraded from hurricane watch to hurricane warning

The Met office has moved Jamaica from a hurricane watch to a hurricane warning, as Tropical Storm Melissa is expected to rapidly strengthen while moving closer to the island. A hurricane warning…