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Prada Group Chief Marketing Officer Lorenzo Bertelli.
December 9, 2025

Prada heir Lorenzo Bertelli will have strategic role at Versace

MILAN (AP): Prada heir Lorenzo Bertelli will have a major strategic role as executive chairman of Versace after the Prada Group completes its 1.25 billion-euro (US$1.4 billion) deal to buy its rival,…
The call comes against the background of a stoning incident of a vector control team in Siloah, St Elizabeth.
December 9, 2025

Vector control workers stoned in St Elizabeth

The Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) is urging members of the public to desist from attacking vector control workers carrying out their duties, following a stoning incident on Tuesday. The…
December 9, 2025

Man arrested following discovery of his mother's decomposing body

Detectives assigned to the St Catherine North police have taken a man into custody in connection with the suspected murder of his elderly mother whose body was found in an advanced state of…
The JDF says the contraband was secured and transported to the First District JDF Coast Guard Base.
December 9, 2025

JDF Coast Guard seizes cocaine valued over $3.7 billion off coast of Jamaica

The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) says the Coast Guard seized a little over 990 pounds of cocaine with an estimated street value of $3.7 billion dollars following a successful joint counter-narcotics…

Damage sustained by Sydney Pagon STEM Academy’s agricultural farm during the passage of Hurricane Melissa in Elim district, St Elizabeth.
December 9, 2025

Ohene Blake | Cauterising the adverse economic impacts of Hurricane Melissa

Hurricane Melissa has devastated the western third or more of Jamaica. This is the prime real sector for economic growth. It is the centre of agricultural food production for the entire Jamaican and…
December 9, 2025

Peter Espeut | God is not like humanity

Many of us Jamaicans are Old Testament people – which is fine if we follow the Jewish faith tradition. But if we are children of the New Covenant – the New Testament – then we follow a different…
This aerial photo shows St. John Anglican Parish Church in Black River, St Elizabeth, razed by Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

Collective recovery and smart planning post-Melissa

THE EDITOR, Madam: The devastation wrought by Hurricane Melissa has left Jamaica at a critical juncture. As we mourn the losses and rebuild our communities, we must also embrace the lessons offered…
Letters
December 9, 2025

Melissa exposes critical need for TVET training

THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing further to Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness’ statement to Parliament on November 6, which laid out a recovery framework anchored by the principle of “building forward…
Letters
December 9, 2025

Letter of the Day | Hanover – the bypassed parish

THE EDITOR, Madam: Hanover happens to be the parish in which I was born and where I received my education up to the secondary level. My navel string is there. Throughout my lifetime, Hanover has…