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This NOAA image shows Tropical Storm Melissa's projected path through the Central Caribbean Sea. (NOAA via AP)
21 Oct, 2025 0

Update | Tropical storm watch now in effect for Jamaica as TS Melissa forms

A Tropical Storm watch is now in effect for Jamaica, the Meteorological Service has announced. The watch was issued as Tropical Storm (TS) Melissa formed in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday amid…
British-Jamaican designer Grace Wales Bonner walks the blue carpet at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala on May 5, 2025.
21 Oct, 2025 0

Deeply honoured – Grace Wales Bonner

British-Jamaican designer Grace Wales Bonner said she is feeling "deeply honoured" following the announcement of her appointment as new creative director for Hermès men's ready-to-wear…
From left: Morgan ‘Marz’ Marson, Jody-Ann ‘Drummy-Jo’ Brown, Justice McKenzie and Erica-Louise ‘Rica G’ Richards, some of the women involved with Well Ample Productions at the recent Kingston Creative’s ‘Demo Day’.
21 Oct, 2025 0

Well Ample Productions giving female creatives a safe space to prosper

“Our first event, ‘Our Love’, was held in February 2022, and that really marked the beginning of our journey. We officially registered Well Ample Productions in 2023, after realising how much impact…
The system is expected to produce heavy rainfall and strong, gusty winds locally, primarily over eastern and southern parishes late Wednesday and Thursday.
21 Oct, 2025 0

Severe Weather Alert issued for Jamaica

The Meteorological Service has issued a Severe Weather Alert for Jamaica, effective until 6 a.m. Wednesday, while warning that tropical storm conditions could pose a possible threat to the island…
Family members (from left) Anita Watson, Naomi Barrett-Davis, Andrene Montague, Macrena Brandford, Marlene Bremmer, Lorna McDonald, Leslie-Ann Brandford and Cynthia Watson gather following a successful staging of the Cedar Valley Community Health Fair in
21 Oct, 2025 0

Cedar Valley Community benefits from health fair

RESIDENTS OF Cedar Valley in Sligoville, St Catherine, recently benefited from a community health fair that included health screening, wellness workshops and giveaways, courtesy of the event sponsors.…
21 Oct, 2025 0

Three men killed, two cops injured in alleged St Catherine shootout

A dramatic late-night gunbattle between police and gunmen along the Linstead Bypass in St Catherine has left three men dead and two members of the police force injured. Reports are that about 10:30…
Dr Ana Cecilia Botero, radiation oncologist, Baptist Health Miami Center.
21 Oct, 2025 0

The role of screening and treatment in beating breast cancer

BREAST CANCER remains the most common cancer among women worldwide as well as in Jamaica, where it is the number one cause of cancer-related deaths. In 2022, an estimated 2.3 million women were…
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21 Oct, 2025 0

Elizabeth Morgan | Reasons for increasing concern about developments in this hemisphere

IN THIS column on August 27, concern was raised about the US military build-up in the Caribbean Sea. The US, we have been told, has declared war on cartels supplying drugs, as it had declared war on…
SUPERNATURAL POWER, ridden by Dick Cardenas, wins the Viceroy Trophy over a mile at Caymanas Park yesterday.
20 Oct, 2025 0

Supernatural Power eyes Mouttet Mile after Viceroy win

UNITED STATES-BRED SUPERNATURAL POWER yesterday climbed a further $764,000 up the Mouttet Mile qualification ladder with victory over fellow American, TIZ TOK, in yesterday’s Viceroy Trophy at a mile.…