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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…
Minister of Information Dr Dana Morris Dixon. - File photo.
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…
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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…
STETHS vs Kemps Hill daCosta Cup match on October 22.
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…
Chairman of the St Catherine Disaster Preparedness and Management Committee, Dr Kurt Waul.
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…
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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,…
The Matsapha Correctional Complex is seen in Matsapha, near Mbabane, Eswatini, on Thursday, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo/File)
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…
Mayor of Spanish Town, Norman Scott,
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…