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December 9, 2025
Holness declares ‘zero tolerance’ for price gouging
With Jamaicans continuing to shop for emergency items in preparation for Tropical Storm Melissa, which forecasters expect to develop into a hurricane and could sit over Jamaica for several days, Prime…
December 9, 2025
by Karen Madden
PM marshals monetary resources to mitigate potential impact of Melissa
With Tropical Storm Melissa projected to cause major damage to Jamaica’s infrastructure amid widescale flooding and landslides, the country is expected to be forced to draw on several monetary sources…
December 9, 2025
CPFSA says child care facilities secured in wake of Tropical Storm Melissa
The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) says government and private residential child care facilities have been secured in the wake of Tropical Storm Melissa. CPFSA CEO Laurette Adams…
December 9, 2025
Developers and landowners urged by KSAMC to secure construction sites amid impending storm
The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) is urging all developers, contractors, and landowners to take immediate action to secure their construction sites in light of Tropical Storm…
December 9, 2025
St James authorities begin evacuation of homeless ahead of Tropical Storm Melissa
Authorities in St James have initiated the evacuation of approximately 200 homeless individuals from Montego Bay and surrounding communities to emergency shelters, in anticipation of Tropical Storm…
December 9, 2025
by Robert Bailey
Thomas eager for call to national youth coaching set-up
Former national youth player Alex Thomas says he is eager to be a part of Jamaica’s national coaching set-up, stating that his experience as a former youth international and his years in coaching make…
December 9, 2025
by Adrian Frater
Toxic encounters
Western Bureau: Memories of last year’s devastating blow by Hurricane Beryl are still fresh, especially the major infrastructural damage, the multimillion-dollar hit on the farming section, and…
December 9, 2025
by Albert Ferguson
‘We’re not ready’
WESTERN BUREAU: As dark clouds gather once again over Jamaica’s southern plains, a sense of dread hangs heavy over the farming community of Flagaman, in St Elizabeth, as many residents who barely…
December 9, 2025
Researchers mapping rural heat to protect farmworkers
CALIFORNIA (AP): In the summers, the sky is jet black when Raul Cruz arrives at this Imperial Valley sugarcane field to start his day. He chops, cleans and bundles the crop, taking heed as the sun…