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Audrey Marks (right), minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for efficiency, innovation and digital transformation, and co-chair of the Government’s Private Sector Coordination Committee to Bolster Recovery; sp
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

EU pumps €2m into hurricane relief effort

Jamaica is set to receive €2 million in aid from the European Union (EU) as the country continues its recovery from Hurricane Melissa, which slammed into the western section of the island nearly two…
The suspension, first implemented ahead of Hurricane Melissa’s passage, had been extended to facilitate recovery and relief operations.
December 9, 2025

Toll collection to resume Monday after Hurricane Melissa suspension

Toll collection across Jamaica’s major highways will resume at midnight on Monday, November 10, the Toll Authority has announced. The Ministry of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport…
Jake Kind, organiser of the Philadelphia Men’s Basketball League basketball camp. The camp has impacted more than 15,000 children in the last 15 years.
December 9, 2025 by Ashley Anguin

Jake Kind’s Camp PMBL: 15 years of play, 15,000 lives transformed in Treasure Beach

Fifteen years, 15,000 players, and one vision; Jake Kind’s Camp PMBL (Philadelphia Men’s Basketball League) has become a powerhouse of purpose. What started as a simple idea to bring kids together…
Linvern Wright, the president of the Jamaica Association of Principals of Secondary Schools .
December 9, 2025 by Erica Virtue

Bolt’s alma mater among hundreds of schools hit hard by Melissa

The full weight of the damage to schools in the parishes ravaged by Hurricane Melissa could be known this week as officials from the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information get a better…
Romario Shepherd on the go during his innings of 49 off 34 balls against New Zealand in the third T20I yesterday.
December 9, 2025

Windies falter at the death again as Kiwis take series lead

NELSON, New Zealand (CMC): For the second straight match, New Zealand held their nerves to thwart another remarkable West Indies fightback and take the third T20I by nine runs in another thrilling…
Khadija Shaw (left) celebrates after scoring the winner for Manchester City against Everton yesterday.
December 9, 2025

Shaw nets winner to send Man City top of WSL

LIVERPOOL, England (CMC): Jamaican international Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw’s second-half strike propelled Manchester City to a 2-1 victory over Everton and sent them top of the table in the Women’s Super…
Minister of Local Government, Desmond McKenzie (2nd left) and Mayor of Falmouth, Collen Gager (right front) tour the town of Falmouth with other technocrats in the government and vendors displaced by Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

McKenzie: Falmouth devastation as bad as Black River

WESTERN BUREAU: The devastation in Falmouth, Trelawny, rivals that of Black River, St Elizabeth, according to Minister of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie, who described…
A section of Bog Hole under water in Clarendon.
December 9, 2025 by Olivia Brown

Clarendon catastrophe

A catastrophe. That is how Member of Parliament (MP) for Clarendon Northern Wavell Hinds described the trail of destruction left in the wake of Hurricane Melissa on October 28. The Category 5…
Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St James
December 9, 2025 by Adrian Frater

Hospital nightmare

Western Bureau: As the after effects of Hurricane Melissa continues to take a heavy toll on the lives of residents in western Jamaica, nurses at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St…