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December 9, 2025
Flow says all systems ready for Tropical Storm Melissa
Telecommunications provider Flow says its teams and systems are fully prepared for the potential impact of Tropical Storm Melissa, as Jamaica braces for possible adverse weather conditions. The…
December 9, 2025
Schools directed to move classes to online
The Ministry of Education is advising the public that all schools have been directed to suspend face-to-face classes and transition to online teaching, out of an abundance of caution due to the…
December 9, 2025
Moneague College adjusts classes amid Tropical Storm Melissa
The Moneague College in St Ann has closed the facility to residential students as Tropical Storm Melissa approaches Jamaica. A notice from the Office of the Principal, Howard Isaacs, says the…
December 9, 2025
Red cards and walk-off mar STETHS vs Kemps Hill daCosta Cup match
Today’s must-see game between St Elizabeth Technical High and Kemps Hill High in the opening of the round of 16 in the ISSA daCosta Cup competition was marred by verbal clashes with game officials and…
December 9, 2025
St Catherine disaster preparedness official concerned about flooding in low-lying communities amid TS Melissa
Chairman of the St Catherine Disaster Preparedness Management Committee, Dr Kurt Waul, has raised alarm over the potential impact of slow-moving Tropical Storm Melissa, warning that its sluggish pace…
December 9, 2025
39 rounds of ammunition seized in St Ann
Lawmen assigned to the Discovery Bay police in St Ann seized 39 rounds of ammunition during an operation on Tuesday. Reports are that about 11:45 p.m., a police team conducted an operation in the…
December 9, 2025
Man charged for allegedly stealing access card, setting fire to Windward Road business
The police have charged a man for stealing the access card of a worker at an establishment on Windward Road in St Andrew, entering the premises, and setting the property on fire. Charged with arson,…
December 9, 2025
Cuban man deported by US to Eswatini on hunger strike in prison, his lawyer says
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A Cuban man deported by the United States to the African nation of Eswatini is on a hunger strike at a maximum-security prison having been held there for more than three…
December 9, 2025
Spanish Town mayor says no drain cleaning funds disbursed to municipal corporations
Mayor of Spanish Town, Norman Scott, has refuted claims that the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development made recent allocations of funding to municipal corporations across Jamaica for…