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December 9, 2025
Hurricane Melissa triggers US$81m insurance payout for damage to Flow network
Liberty Latin America expects to recover US$81 million in insurance payouts for hurricane damage to Flow Jamaica’s network. Restoration of the network continues post-Melissa, the pace of which is…
December 9, 2025
by Paul H. Williams
Melissa yanks the covers
It is said that a wise man builds his house on the rock, and a foolish man builds his upon the sands. For, in the event of a storm, the house on the rock will stand, but the house on the sand will…
December 9, 2025
Update | Businessman murdered in Guy's Hill identified
The police have identified a businessman who was killed on Wednesday night by gunmen who were reportedly later fatally shot by cops in St Catherine. He is Horace Crossman, otherwise called…
December 9, 2025
Peter Espeut | Doing the little we can
Last Wednesday, the same happy crew as last week (with two additions) journeyed to the west with relief supplies for some of those affected by the winds and rain of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa. This…
December 9, 2025
Vaz says relief items sent by Buju Banton were not stolen at airport
Transport Minister Daryl Vaz is disputing a claim that relief items sent by reggae superstar Buju Banton for Hurricane Melissa victims was tampered with and items stolen by personnel at the Norman…
December 9, 2025
Kristen Gyles | Not doing anything?
Over the weekend, I visited a hospital in Kingston and happened to have a discussion with a doctor who was on duty. The doctor was fully dressed in army gear and was clearly an employee of the JDF.…
December 9, 2025
Editorial | Housing Melissa’s victims
Letter writer, Pastor Daniel Singh’s, suggestion that Jamaica lean on cruise shippers to use their vessels to temporarily accommodate people displaced by Hurricane Melissa is unlikely to gain…
December 9, 2025
Letter of the Day | Hurricane Melissa exposed failure on land access and rural roads
THE EDITOR, Madam: Hurricane Melissa has has torn the veil from a national failure that stretches back to Independence on August 6, 1962. Successive governments have failed to address two…
December 9, 2025
Trump signs funding bill, ending record 43-day government shutdown
President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill Wednesday night, ending a record 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without pay cheques, stranded scores…