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Merris Green from Westgreen/Catherine Hall in Montego Bay, St James, explains how floodwaters from Hurricane Melissa swept through her house destroying all her furnishings.
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

STRATEGIC SHIFT REQUIRED

WESTERN BUREAU: As three rivers and storm surge buried Catherine Hall and Westgreen under mud and debris, tempers flared this week as residents demanded urgent national intervention, saying repeated…
December 9, 2025

Sean Major-Campbell | Faith in faith or faith in God

AS I listen to many comments and questions about disasters, I am reminded that faith in faith is much more common than faith in God. Many religious leaders and their adherents believe that storms can…
The medicine room at the Black River field hospital set up at Black River High School.
December 9, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

Samaritan’s Purse establishes field hospital at Black River High School – Part I

Black River High School and Black River Hospital in St Elizabeth were not spared the wrath of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa on October 28, making operations at both institutions malfunction. But, while…
Leroy Blake, a round leaf yam and livestock farmer from Whitby district in Williamsfield, Manchester, uses his fork to dig a yam hill on November 6. He is beginning to replant his two-acre field following the devastation caused by of Hurricane Melissa, whe
December 9, 2025

Growth & Jobs | Manchester small farmer focused on replanting

LESS THAN two weeks since the passage of Hurricane Melissa, and Leroy Blake, a small farmer from Whitby district in Williamsfield, Manchester, was on his farm, cleaning and clearing fallen trees and…
Jamaican football supporters celebrate the fourth goal scored by Dujuan ‘Whisper’ Richards during the Concacaf World Cup Qualifying football match at the National Stadium in Kingston on Tuesday. The Reggae Boyz thrashed Bermuda 4-0.
December 9, 2025 by Audley Boyd

For glory, for country

Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz are shooting to uplift their nation when they tackle Trinidad and Tobago’s Soca Warriors today in a football match deemed among their most important World Cup Qualifying contests…
Bjorn Reynolds, chief technical and innovation officer at Digicel.
December 9, 2025 by Edmond Campbell

Digicel pushes for full restoration by year end

At least 75 per cent of Digicel customers in four of the parishes with significant impacts from Hurricane Melissa will have service restored to them within the next two weeks, according to the local…
Donna-Lee Donaldson, who was last seen on July 11, 2022.
December 9, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

Defence questions reliability of DNA evidence

The defence in the murder trial of Constable Noel Maitland yesterday raised the possibility that the DNA of missing social media personality Donna-Lee Donaldson could have been transferred through…
Wayne Shaw, who has been farming for four decades, is happy that he signed up for the insurance scheme.
December 9, 2025 by Sashana Small

Relief for farmers as insurance payouts begin

After Hurricane Melissa gutted his 10-acre farm in Ebony Park, Clarendon, destroying several acres of crops, Wayne Shaw is now finding some relief as one of more than 130 farmers to receive a payout…
Stacy-Ann Barnes, project coordinator at the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF), and Kimberly Seymour-Brown, PADF project coordinator for community resilience and transformation.
December 9, 2025 by Andre Williams

JCF boosts forensic expertise with advanced crime scene investigation training

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has strengthened its investigative capacity through specialised training designed to enhance the skills of forensic crime scene investigators (FCSIs) in modern…