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Patricial Stewart feeds the chickens in one of three henhouses at the Golden Egg Farm in St Mary on Monday.
27 Oct, 2025 0

10,000 chickens to ‘ride out’ hurricane on St Mary farm

The rush was on yesterday at the Golden Egg Farm in Georgia, St Mary, as workers raced to harvest eggs and feed 10,000 layer chickens ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Melissa. The memories of…
A stranded Rupert Roach sits on a bench at the Mandeville Regional Hospital, where he will have to wait out the hurricane before returning home.
27 Oct, 2025 0

Mandeville braces for Melissa’s wrath

As heavy rain and strong winds from Hurricane Melissa battered Mandeville on Monday afternoon, Rupert Roach sat alone on a bench in the Accident and Emergency Department at the Mandeville Regional…
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27 Oct, 2025 0

Jamaica Post shrinks global parcel network to 44 countries

The Postal Corporation of Jamaica, which operates as Jamaica Post, has scaled back its outbound deliveries to currently one-quarter of the world nations, and that’s before factoring in disruptions…
Michael Dyke, head coach of Edwin Allen High School’s girls’ track and field team.
27 Oct, 2025 0

Gayle’s death returns spotlight to student-athlete health

THE RECENT death of student-athlete Taneisha Gayle of Edwin Allen High School has prompted head track and field coach Michael Dyke to call on the ministries of health, education, and sport to…
Mount Pleasant winger Daniel Green takes on Defence Force FC’s Christian Bailey during their Concacaf Caribbean Cup first-leg semi-final football game inside the Hasely Crawford Stadium on Wednesday, October 22, 2025.
27 Oct, 2025 0

Hurricane Melissa forces rescheduling of Caribbean Cup clash

MIAMI, Florida (CMC): THE PATH of Hurricane Melissa has forced a significant reshuffling of the 2025 Concacaf Caribbean Cup schedule, impacting two key play-off series. Concacaf announced that the…
The temporary suspension is intended to ensure the safety of all concerned, given the potential for hazardous weather conditions from Hurricane Melissa.
27 Oct, 2025 0

Reporting conditions for persons on bail temporarily suspended

The Court Administration Division is advising that the reporting conditions for persons on bail who are required to visit police stations or other designated reporting locations have been suspended…
Sanitation workers collecting garbage in a section of the Second City on Monday ahead of the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
27 Oct, 2025 0

Chinese supermarkets save the day for MoBay’s ‘Melissa doubters’

WESTERN BUREAU: Except for the Chinese-owned supermarkets and sanitation workers, downtown Montego Bay resembled a ghost town yesterday. Businesses, gas stations, and street vendors had all cleared…
From left: Reggae Girlz head coach Hubert Busby Jr and his assistant Deon Burton during a training session in Trinidad and Tobago.
27 Oct, 2025 0

Opportunities abound

ALTHOUGH MISSING some key players, Reggae Girlz assistant coach Deon Burton is describing today’s game against Trinidad and Tobago as an important rehearsal as Jamaica steps up preparation ahead of…
Workmen labour to clear debris from drains along the Race Course main road in St Mary on Monday.
27 Oct, 2025 0

Elizabeth Morgan | Jamaica and natural disasters – preparation should be high priority

AT THE time of writing, we are still waiting for Hurricane Melissa, now category 5, which could be the most powerful hurricane ever experienced in Jamaica since records have been kept. As many of us…