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Energy Minister Daryl Vaz.
December 17, 2025 by Corey Robinson

Post-Melissa electricity grid restoration at 84%

The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has restored service to 84 per cent of its customers seven weeks after the passage of Hurricane Melissa and with the Government’s sign-off on a US$150-million loan to…
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December 17, 2025 by Adrian Frater

‘It was not a shoot-out’

WESTERN BUREAU: Some residents of Rose Heights, St James, have rejected the police’s account of an incident in which three men were shot and killed and two firearms allegedly seized in the community…
Roshea Masters, public relations manager at Bellevue Hospital, walks through the hospital’s garden, which was decorated for Christmas.
December 17, 2025 by Sashana Small

Home for the holidays

With Christmas lights twinkling and the season of goodwill in full swing, Bellevue Hospital Chief Executive Officer Suzette Buchanan is making a heartfelt appeal to families: take your loved ones home…
From left: Richard Forward, team lead for Global Medic; Orane Gardner, regional physical activity specialist for the Western Regional Health Authority; Pan Caribbean CEO Hanqiao Su; Rosa Young, Wavz Beach owner; Kimberly Grey, Pan-Caribbean legal consultan
December 17, 2025 by Mickalia Kington

Water-filtration system brings clean water to Frome

WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Frome, Westmoreland, yesterday began accessing clean, drinkable water again with the installation of a community water filtration system at the Pan-Caribbean Sugar Company…
Mazola wa Mwashighadi
December 17, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

In memory of Mazola

Great Huts Eco Resort, an Afrocentric, eco-friendly hotel perched on the cliffs above Boston Bay in Portland, is filled with art – most notably the work of the late Mazola wa Mwashighadi, known simply…
Spanish-Jamaican Kiran Moleon Lopez
December 17, 2025 by Adrian Frater

Spanish-Jamaican teen raises over $2m for Cornwall Regional Hospital

Western Bureau: Responding to the devastation left behind in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa, 17-year-old Spanish-Jamaican Kiran Moleon Lopez, a student at the American School of Madrid in Spain, has…
State Minister for Health and Wellness, Krystal Lee, greets members of the medical team that recently provided care to St Ann residents.
December 17, 2025

US–Canada medical team aids St Ann residents

A team of volunteer doctors and nurses from the United States and Canada recently delivered much-needed medical care to residents of St Ann still reeling from Hurricane Melissa. Mission is Possible, a…
Aldczar Aurelio, a weather bureau forecaster, gesturing during a broadcast as typhoon Koppu approached the Philippines a decade ago.
December 17, 2025
Carlos Alcaraz reacts after winning the first set against Joao Fonseca during the Miami Tennis Invitational tournament on December 8, 2025, in Miami, United States.
December 17, 2025

Tennis star Carlos Alcaraz ends 7-year partnership with coach Ferrero

Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz is parting ways with his longtime coach, Juan Carlos Ferrero, the man who guided him to the pinnacle of men’s tennis during a fruitful seven-year partnership. Alcaraz…