News
December 9, 2025
by Bryan Miller
Burglars hit former Hanover custos’ house
WESTERN BUREAU: The former home of Dr David Stair, late custos of Hanover, located in the Pondpiece area of Hopewell, has been burglarise,and one of three motor vehicles parked in the garage was…
December 9, 2025
by Janet Silvera
Home Depot’s Orange Heart beats for Jamaica
WESTERN BUREAU: When Hurricane Melissa ripped across Jamaica, tearing apart communities and leaving families desperate for relief, help came from a place many Jamaicans never expected, the world’s…
December 9, 2025
by Tanesha Mundle
ECONOMY IN SHAMBLES
From roadside eateries to boutique beachfront guesthouses and attractions, small business operators across St Elizabeth are counting millions in losses following the passage of Hurricane Melissa…
December 9, 2025
by Adrian Frater
THE FINAL FRONTIER
WESTERN BUREAU: With full access to Cambridge by road now restored, the last frontier in the unprecedented destruction heaped on the people of St James is now fully exposed – the widespread…
December 9, 2025
by Livern Barrett
BATTERED, WIPED OUT
With Hurricane Melissa bearing down on Jamaica, Debbie-Ann Dixon devised a plan to save over 500 pounds of “fit” plantains on her sizeable farm in Elderslie, a community located in northwestern St…
December 9, 2025
by Andre Williams
‘Mi seven youth broke mi heart’
Two seniors who once had thriving culinary establishments at separate locations in the Hurricane Melissa-ravaged parish of St Elizabeth ponder their next move, living a reality that is as…
December 9, 2025
by Erica Virtue
Patterson: Vulnerable countries must demand climate justice
Former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson says small island states like Jamaica, which are highly vulnerable to climate change despite contributing little to global emissions, must use every international…
December 9, 2025
by Mickalia Kington
DEADLY RISK
WESTERN BUREAU: Days before a leptospirosis outbreak was officially declared across several Jamaican parishes, including Westmoreland, public health officials were already warning residents in…
December 9, 2025
Number of children abducted in Nigerian school attack raised to more than 300
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during an attack on St Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state, the…