Latest News

Businessman Carl Palmer reflects on his losses.
06 Dec, 2025 0

Two Palmers, two painful Melissa experiences

Western Bureau: While scores of residents were converging on the Duanvale Community Centre, in Trelawny, on Friday to collect care packages and other supplies courtesy of Pepsi, which had partnered…
Meris Palmer, the administrator at the Frazerville Methodist Church in Duanvale, Trelawny.
06 Dec, 2025 0

‘It was God’s wrath’

WESTERN BUREAU:
Minister of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie (second left) tours a section of the Savanna-La-Mar Market in Westmoreland last Wednesday to assess the damage caused by the recent passage of Hurricane Melissa. Joining him are (from
06 Dec, 2025 0

Market meltdown

Savanna-la-Mar’s storm-ravaged market has once again become the centre of public frustration and political attention as residents and vendors plead for urgent repairs and clarity on its future. The…
A fire truck at a building located at the corner of Williams Street and Young Street in Spanish Town, St Catherine that was damaged by a blaze on December 6, 2025.
06 Dec, 2025 0

Fire guts building in Spanish Town, worker escapes through second-floor window

A law office and a residential premises located on a three-storey building in Spanish Town, St Catherine have been destroyed by a fire. A furniture store on the ground floor of the property, which…
File photo
06 Dec, 2025 0

Canadians among several arrested in St Elizabeth cocaine bust

A quantity of cocaine has been seized and several persons, including two Canadians, have been arrested in a major operation now under way in St Elizabeth, sources have disclosed. The amount of…
Houses in the Brompton Manor development destroyed by Hurricane Melissa.
06 Dec, 2025 0

Christopher Burgess | Rebuild housing in western Jamaica

Almost six weeks ago, Hurricane Melissa devastated western Jamaica and exposed long-standing inequalities. It damaged 190,000 homes and hit the most vulnerable — families in board houses on leased and…
CWI President Dr Kishore Shallow
06 Dec, 2025 0

Editorial | Kishore Shallow must go

Kishore Shallow, the president of Cricket West Indies, clearly doesn’t get it.
Don Anderson
06 Dec, 2025 0

Don Anderson | WI batters show value of applying themselves

Current West Indies cricket captain Roston Chase was recently quoted as saying, after a series of poor batting performances by the WI test team, that the real challenge for the team was the weaknesses…
Comments
06 Dec, 2025 0

Orville Taylor | Delicate balances

Sometimes the lines between competing positions can become so blurred, that one wonders if the ultimate objective can be accomplished. Two persons jumped to the front of the news last week. Member of…