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Beaming with gratitude, JPS’s Kenroy Williams displays donated clothing items that formed part of his community relief drive across Westmoreland, Hanover, and St James. Through partnerships with local businesses, individuals, and overseas supporters, Wil
December 9, 2025

GoodHeart | Kenroy Williams shines his light

When Hurricane Melissa tore through western Jamaica as a Category-5 system, Westmoreland was among the parishes left in ruins. Homes crumbled, power lines fell, and communication vanished. In a matter…
Keith Wellington, ISSA president and principal of the St Elizabeth Technical High School.
December 9, 2025 by Ashley Anguin

ISSA announce restart of high-school sports

The wait is over as the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) schoolboy Manning and daCosta Cup football competitions will resume the week of November 24 after being suspended for more…
Charles Stewart (left) and Jemarey Gordon.
December 9, 2025

Police High Command condemns constables' murder, promises swift justice

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Police High Command is condemning the brutal murder of two police constables on Waltham Park Road, Kingston 11, on Thursday night, calling it an "attack on…
John-Paul Bramwell
December 9, 2025 by Olivia Brown

Melissa devastation renews calls to strengthen Jamaica’s food security

The passage of Hurricane Melissa has reignited urgent discussions around Jamaica’s food security, exposing the nation’s vulnerabilities and underscoring the need to revitalise local agriculture.…
American Airlines planes sit on the tarmac at LaGuardia Airport, January 11, 2023, in New York.
December 9, 2025

Airlines optimistic about quick recovery as US shutdown ends

Airlines are optimistic they can resume normal operations just a few days after the United States government lifts its order to cut some flights at 40 busy airports, but it’s not clear how soon that…
left: The rustic timber cottage in St Elizabeth, photographed in better days.
December 9, 2025

Dream House | Hurricane Melissa hits rustic St Elizabeth cottage

For the Dream House article of December 24, 2023, we brought to light a charming old-time Jamaican cottage, lost in the middle of nowhere, some 2,300 feet above sea level in the Santa Cruz Mountains,…
Professor Kevin Fenton CBE (centre), the recipient of the Sir Geoff Palmer Award is joined by Reach Society’s chairman Dr Dwain Neil OBE (left) and Jamaica’s High Commissioner, Alexander Williams.
December 9, 2025 by George Ruddock

Reach Society names award in honour of late patron

LONDON: The Reach Society’s 15th anniversary celebratory awards dinner at the Park Plaza Hotel, Victoria in central London on October 25 was dedicated to the memory of its inspirational patron,…
A house in Brompton, St Elizabeth that was destroyed by Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

IOM partners with Airbnb to shelter essential workers post-Melissa

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has announced a partnership with Airbnb.org to provide free emergency stays for families and frontline responders displaced by Hurricane Melissa. …
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December 9, 2025

Manchester residents warned to stay out of rising floodwaters

The Manchester Health Department is advising residents of the parish to avoid direct contact with the rising floodwaters in Content, Williamsfield in Manchester. It notes that floodwaters pose a…