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A National Police officer directs traffic due to a power outage in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, December 3, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Massive power outage hits Cuba’s western region after transmission line fails

HAVANA (AP) — A blackout hit Havana and the rest of the western half of Cuba on Wednesday, leaving millions of people without power on an island struggling with chronic outages blamed on a crumbling…
Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie and a team are joins by residents during a visit to the Petersfield High School shelter in Westmoreland on Tuesday.
December 9, 2025 by Mickalia Kington

Shelter residents given until end of year to vacate Petersfield High ahead of new school term

Residents taking refuge at Petersfield High School were told yesterday that they must prepare to relocate by the end of December, as the institution begins its clean-up ahead of the January school…
The elf elixir — with amaretto liqueur and pineapple juice in its composition — was crafted by mixologist Duval Rowe.
December 9, 2025 by Omar Tomlinson

Pegasus serves new holiday sips for Christmas

‘Tis the season for Yuletide sips, and The Jamaica Pegasus hotel is serving both hot and cold tidings. Between the property’s 24/7 Café and Blend Bar, holiday beverage lovers can enjoy festive…
Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management, Commander Alvin Gayle. - File photo.
December 9, 2025

60,000 NWC customers in western Jamaica still without water

Some 60,000 customers of the National Water Commission (NWC) in western Jamaica are still without piped water more than a month after the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Director General of the Office…
December 9, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

Man wins 10-year battle to inherit family estate after appeal court ruling

A St Andrew man who was shut out of his uncle’s estate is now back in line to inherit after the Court of Appeal ruled that the will excluding him was a forgery, ending a legal battle that lasted over…
Mona High School’s Savi-k Morton (right) controls a ball ahead of Jamaica College’s Dontae Logan during their ISSA/WATA Manning Cup round-of-16 football match at the Stadium East field yesterday. The game ended 2-2.
December 9, 2025 by Livingston Scott

Eltham, JC through, favourites Mona out

ELTHAM HIGH are through to the quarter-finals of the ISSA/WATA Manning Cup after a hard-fought 3-2 win over Spanish Town rivals St Jago in Group 4 of the round of 16 at the Drewsland Stadium…
Pastor Everett Brown (left), president of the Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (JAMU), gives an address to the media as Wenford Henry (centre), country director for the Adventist Development and Relief Agency Jamaica, and Adlai Blythe, tr
December 9, 2025 by Andre Williams

Rebuked

The Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (JAMU) has moved to dismiss claims being circulated on social media that it has received funding from the Government or acted on its behalf to…
Dalton Fowles, country manager for Mastercard in Jamaica.
December 9, 2025 by Sashana Small

Mastercard signals intention to support SMEs

MIAMI, Florida: Mastercard has signalled its intention to support Jamaica’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in the wake of Hurricane Melissa, which devastated much of the sector and caused…
Hurricane Melissa devastation in Westmoreland.
December 9, 2025

Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility to launch micro insurance in Jamaica amid Hurricane Melissa

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) on Wednesday said that it will launch a new initiative in Jamaica this week in the wake of the disaster…