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Wayne Wheatley, displaced by Storm Gustav, stands proudly outside his home in West Albion, St Thomas.
December 9, 2025 by Corey Robinson

Gustav survivors adjust to life in West Albion

In West Albion – where several Hope River survivors were resettled after Hurricane Gustav – residents say they are no longer sitting ducks on the riverbank, but the relocation has brought its own set…
Frame of a house being rebuilt in Moore Town, Portland, after Hurricane Melissa destroyed the previous structure on October 28, 2025.
December 9, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

Maroons abroad leading Portland’s Rio Grande Valley recovery efforts

Hurricane Melissa ripped through western Jamaica, devastating Cornwall county and parts of Manchester and St Elizabeth. Other parishes, too, felt the wrath of the Category 5 storm. In the east,…
Veterinary surgeon Dr Stephen Bryan.
December 9, 2025 by Adrian Frater

Dog healthcare took a battering from Melissa

WESTERN BUREAU: Veterinary surgeon Dr Stephen Bryan said, when he established Bryan’s Veterinary Clinic on Coke Avenue in Brandon Hill, Montego Bay, a decade and a half ago, it was not only about…
Leader of the Opposition Mark Golding. - File photo
December 9, 2025

PNP congratulates St Vincent’s New Democratic Party and Dr Godwin Friday on election win

The People’s National Party (PNP) has extended congratulations to the New Democratic Party and Prime Minister-designate Dr Godwin Friday on their victory in the general elections in St Vincent and the…
Managing Director, Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ), Dr David Lowe, addressing a press briefing at Jamaica House on November 26
December 9, 2025

DBJ launches $10 billion business recovery programme

The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) has launched a $10-billion M5 Business Recovery Programme to support businesses that have been disrupted by the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Managing Director,…
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Floyd Green (left), uses one of the newly acquired walk behind tractors to plough land during a handover ceremony of walk behind tractors and earth augers on November 26, 2025 at the Amity Hall Agro Park in St
December 9, 2025

Agriculture Ministry delivers $10 million in equipment to support farmers on arable and challenging lands

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, through the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), has handed over $10 million worth of walk-behind tractors and earth augers to support…
British Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood speaks in the No. 9 Downing Street Media Briefing Room, in Westminster, London, May 14, 2025. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)
December 9, 2025

UK government welcomes sharp fall in net migration but says more needs to be done

LONDON (AP) — The British government welcomed the news Thursday that net migration in the United Kingdom, the difference between those moving to the country long-term and those leaving, fell by more…
The authorities said it is encouraging the public to maintain confidence in the quality of their drinking water and to stay informed through official communication channels.
December 9, 2025

Belize gov’t assures public of safe drinking water

BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – The Ministry of Health and Wellness in Belize on Thursday sought to assure the public that the water supply in the country is safe for drinking, even as it acknowledged recent…
Old sign for the UK Border and Immigration Agency (now Border Agency) at the entrance to Home Office, Lunar House, Croydon. Image shot 2007. Exact date unknown.
December 9, 2025

Parents disappointed after UK Home Office reportedly rejects visa for 8-y-o daughter impacted by Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica

The UK Guardian is reporting that a Jamaican woman and her British husband have been left disappointed after the Home Office rejected a visa application for their eight-year-old daughter. They had…