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Hurricane relief supplies were recently distributed by the Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) to residents of eastern Hanover – with a tent being donated to the Jericho Primary School. In photo from left: Andria Dehaney-Grant, councillor and
December 22, 2025

Eastern Hanover welcomes BGLC hurricane relief

Residents of Eastern Hanover in the communities of Jericho, Retrieve, and Morris have welcomed recent hurricane supplies of tarpaulins, tents, mattresses, and household packages by the Betting Gaming…
Robertha Carter (left), pharmacy technician, National Health Fund, presents to Dorrett Burton her free prescription drugs after seeing the doctor at the Hurricane Recovery Health Clinic in Thornton, St Elizabeth.
December 22, 2025

Melissa, a blessing?

In the wake of Hurricane Melissa’s devastation, Andrews Memorial Hospital Limited, Allkare Wellness Foundation, and the Andrews Memorial Seventh-day Adventist Church staged its Hurricane Recovery…
Professor Elsa Leo-Rhynie (left), former chair of the Dudley Grant Memorial Trust, has the captive attention of (from second left) Professor Zoyah Kinkead-Clark, Early Childhood Care and Education, The University of the West Indies (UWI); Alma Jean Panton,
December 22, 2025

Dudley Grant: Visionary architect of early childhood education

Despite all its ongoing challenges, the current early childhood sector is a far cry from what it was prior to the revolutionary intervention and impact of Dudley Grant. For more than a century, early…
Alisha Distant paused from her work at her desk for a quick photo op.
December 22, 2025

Turning hardship into hope

Some stories show how strength, humility, and joy can exist in the same person. The journey of Alisha Distant, Red Stripe’s 2024 Employee of the Year, does exactly that. Her life is not only a record…
Some of the relief supplies distributed by the Seprod Foundation, in partnership with Brunswick and Facey Commodity.
December 22, 2025

Brunswick partners with Seprod Foundation for ongoing Hurricane Melissa relief

In the wake of Hurricane Melissa, communities across St Elizabeth, Westmoreland, Crawford, Seaford Town, and surrounding parishes continue to face challenges related to food security. In response, the…
The waterlogged Westmoreland Parish Court.
December 22, 2025

Court Administration Division reassures public that court records remain fully intact after Hurricane Melissa

The Court Administration Division (CAD) is reassuring the public that court records remain fully intact following the recent passage of Hurricane Melissa. Director of Client Services, Communications…
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December 22, 2025

Water trucking for sections of western Jamaica this week

The National Water Commission (NWC) will undertake the trucking of water in sections of western Jamaica this week to bridge the gap in piped water supply amid ongoing restoration works following…
In this photo released by the Semarang Search and Rescue Office, rescuers tend to a victim of a deadly bus crash on a toll road in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia, Monday, December 22, 2025. (Semarang SAR Office via AP)
December 22, 2025

Passenger bus crash in Indonesia kills at least 16 people, official says

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A passenger bus crash killed at least 16 people on Indonesia’s main island of Java just after midnight Monday, officials said. The bus carrying 34 people lost control on a…
December 22, 2025

Jamaican man in Canada charged for murder of woman

A Jamaican man has been charged by the London, Ontario police in Canada with second-degree murder in the death of a woman last Friday. Alton Farquharson, 56, originally from Manchester, is expected…