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December 9, 2025
Tourists safe despite leptospirosis outbreak, says Tufton
Minister of Health & Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton has sought to assure that the current leptospirosis outbreak poses no great risk to tourists coming to Jamaica. Tufton said health authorities…
December 9, 2025
by Corey Robinson
Nowhere for the living, nowhere for the dead
A Westmoreland family is caught between grief and survival in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. On Friday, as they gathered to lay their brother, Cleveland Wayne – affectionately called “Gramps”—…
December 9, 2025
Balvin Thorpe | Jamaica cannot afford another preventable generator death
The aftermath of Hurricane Melissa has revealed more than just infrastructural damage – it has uncovered a dangerous pattern of preventable household tragedies. In the weeks following the storm, the…
December 9, 2025
by Albert Ferguson
Westmoreland field hospital to open this week
WESTERN BUREAU: The country’s third field hospital – a Type 2 full-service medical facility gifted by Barbados – will be fully operational before the end of this week on the grounds of the…
December 9, 2025
by Janet Silvera
Blessing across the west
WESTERN BUREAU When Hurricane Melissa tore through western Jamaica on October 28, flattening homes, schools, and entire communities, Pastor Mary Wildish’s church, Trumpet Call Ministries, became a…
December 9, 2025
by Janet Silvera
Learning triumphs over disaster
WESTERN BUREAU: When Hurricane Melissa ripped the roof off Dumfries Primary and left children wandering aimlessly across Lima, St James, veteran teacher Elaine Morgan refused to let the storm steal…
December 9, 2025
17-y-o accused of shooting man arrested and charged after turning up at hospital with gunshot wound
A 17-year-old Hanover boy has been arrested and charged for the shooting of a man in Lucea. He was taken into custody recently after he turned up at a hospital with a gunshot wound. He is charged…
December 9, 2025
Sections of March Pen Road in Spanish Town under curfew
Sections of March Pen Road in Spanish Town, St Catherine are under a curfew. The curfew began at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, November 28, and will remain in effect until 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 30. …
December 9, 2025
Farmers to get help with water tanks, drip irrigation systems and water pumps
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Floyd Green, has announced an allocation of $30 million to provide on-farm infrastructure to assist farmers, as the agricultural sector embarks on its…