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December 9, 2025

Two shot, one fatally, in March Pen Road gun attack

A man was fatally shot and a woman was injured in a gun attack in the community of March Pen Road in Spanish Town, St Catherine last night. The deceased has been identified as 32-year-old labourer…
Businessman Carl Palmer reflects on his losses.
December 9, 2025 by Adrian Frater

Two Palmers, two painful Melissa experiences

Western Bureau: While scores of residents were converging on the Duanvale Community Centre, in Trelawny, on Friday to collect care packages and other supplies courtesy of Pepsi, which had partnered…
Meris Palmer, the administrator at the Frazerville Methodist Church in Duanvale, Trelawny.
December 9, 2025 by Adrian Frater
Minister of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie (second left) tours a section of the Savanna-La-Mar Market in Westmoreland last Wednesday to assess the damage caused by the recent passage of Hurricane Melissa. Joining him are (from
December 9, 2025 by Mickalia Kington

Market meltdown

Savanna-la-Mar’s storm-ravaged market has once again become the centre of public frustration and political attention as residents and vendors plead for urgent repairs and clarity on its future. The…
A fire truck at a building located at the corner of Williams Street and Young Street in Spanish Town, St Catherine that was damaged by a blaze on December 6, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Fire guts building in Spanish Town, worker escapes through second-floor window

A law office and a residential premises located on a three-storey building in Spanish Town, St Catherine have been destroyed by a fire. A furniture store on the ground floor of the property, which…
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December 9, 2025

Canadians among several arrested in St Elizabeth cocaine bust

A quantity of cocaine has been seized and several persons, including two Canadians, have been arrested in a major operation now under way in St Elizabeth, sources have disclosed. The amount of…
Houses in the Brompton Manor development destroyed by Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

Christopher Burgess | Rebuild housing in western Jamaica

Almost six weeks ago, Hurricane Melissa devastated western Jamaica and exposed long-standing inequalities. It damaged 190,000 homes and hit the most vulnerable — families in board houses on leased and…
CWI President Dr Kishore Shallow
December 9, 2025

Editorial | Kishore Shallow must go

Kishore Shallow, the president of Cricket West Indies, clearly doesn’t get it.
Don Anderson
December 9, 2025

Don Anderson | WI batters show value of applying themselves

Current West Indies cricket captain Roston Chase was recently quoted as saying, after a series of poor batting performances by the WI test team, that the real challenge for the team was the weaknesses…