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Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dana Morris Dixon.
December 9, 2025

Over 600 schools damaged during Hurricane Melissa

The Government is reporting that more than 600 educational institutions sustained damage during the passage of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa. “In the affected parishes, we have a little bit over 450…
High Commissioner Alexander Williams.
December 9, 2025 by George Ruddock

UK Jamaicans mobilise to assist country in aftermath of Hurricane Melissa

LONDON: The UK Jamaican diaspora community has mobilised in great numbers to assist Jamaicans at home whose lives have been upended by the devastation brought on by the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
Business
December 9, 2025

Dolla profits surge as it closes in on bond

Dolla Financial Services Limited tripled its profit in the third quarter to $186 million, setting the stage for a new yearly record. The company’s earnings year to date, January-September, have…
A volunteer from St John Ambulance and JN Group checks a resident’s blood pressure during a first-aid outreach in hurricane-hit St Elizabeth and Westmoreland.
December 9, 2025

St John Ambulance, JN deliver first aid in St Elizabeth, Westmoreland

As communities begin to recover from Hurricane Melissa’s recent landfall, more than 250 volunteers mobilised by St John Ambulance Jamaica and the JN Foundation delivered first-aid to nearly 800…
Actress Jurnee Smollett turned heads in a daring Max Mara gown with bold side cutouts.
December 9, 2025

Something Extra | Saturday

Hollywood’s brightest gathered at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, in the United States on Thursday for the 2025 Women in Film (WIF) Honors. This year’s gala, presented by Max Mara,…
This photo shows household items piled in a mud-strewn section of Catherine Hall, Montego Bay, St James.
December 9, 2025

Gordon Robinson | We see you

The last thing Jamaica needs now is division among Jamaicans. Jamaica should have one goal; one purpose; one mindset. First and foremost, to deliver basic humanitarian relief like food, water,…
December 9, 2025

Oran Hall | Consequences of not making a will

There are several estate planning tools – trusts, joint ownership, living gifts, and wills – but a will is perhaps the most common and effective means of passing on one’s assets to named…
Judith Jarrett with her newborn and her mother Lee Patterson, both from Shrewsbury, Westmoreland, at the hurricane shelter at the Petersfield High School. The family was displaced by Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

‘Me work so hard’: Westmoreland mother of five heartbroken after Hurricane Melissa destroys dream home

A mother of five children from Fullerton Lane in Shrewsbury, Westmoreland, says she does not have the heart to go back and look at her home, which was taken away by Hurricane Melissa two days after it…
Dr Andrew Holness speaks during a briefing on Hurricane Melissa at Jamaica House in Kingston on November 6, 2025. The Office of the Prime Minister has now assumed responsibility for the country’s disaster response agency, ODPEM.
December 9, 2025

Cedric Stephens | Preparing for future catastrophes

Today’s article is a mixture of a piece I began writing when Melissa, then a tropical storm, first threatened Jamaica. The other parts are post-Hurricane Melissa news. Like many people, I did not know…