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Mortimer is photographed at Merveilles, Port Louis, Grenada on Friday following a Creators Connect event hosted by Ora Caribbean, organisers of the Grenada Caribbean Music Festival.
December 9, 2025

Mortimer grateful for Grammy nomination

Soulful reggae singer-songwriter Mortimer said he is feeling an overwhelming sense of gratitude after receiving news that he has been nominated for a Grammy Award, the music industry’s most coveted…
The RIU team preparing water to be dispatched with food organised in collaboration with World Central Kitchen.
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

RIU, World Central Kitchen serve thousands of hot meals to Melissa survivors

WESTERN BUREAU: When Category 5 Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica on October 28, thousands of families were left without electricity, gas, or clean water. In the storm’s aftermath, RIU Resorts…
Tommie-Ann Stone and her one-year-old son, Bellamy Whyte
December 9, 2025

Update | Clarendon woman relieved after locating family in hurricane-ravaged St Elizabeth

A Clarendon woman who, yesterday, made a desperate plea for help in locating her daughter-in-law and one-year-old grandson in St Elizabeth is now breathing a sigh of relief. Nadine Stewart-Whyte…
Mount Pleasant Football Academy owner Peter Gould.
December 9, 2025 by Gregory Bryce

Mount Pleasant raises $400,000 in cash, donations for hurricane relief

Mount Pleasant Football Academy has raised more than $400,000 in cash and donations for the club’s hurricane relief donation drive during Wednesday’s Concacaf Caribbean Cup semi-final fixture at the…
Nari Williams-Singh, director general of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority.
December 9, 2025

Ice melts on engines of aviation executives’ salary suit

Director General of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), Nari Williams-Singh, and three senior executives have withdrawn their lawsuit against the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service…
Neo Oxford.
December 9, 2025 by Gregory Bryce

Reinas Academy partners with Real Mona for JWPL season

Neo Oxford, founder of Reinas Academy, said they have partnered with Real Mona FC and will compete in the upcoming Jamaica Women’s Premier League (JWPL) season. Reinas stands as one of the premier…
Daryl Vaz, Minister of Transport sprinkles rum during a blessing ceremony on August 27 for the first set of school buses under the National Rural School Bus Programme.
December 9, 2025

Tender launched for second phase of Rural School Bus System

The Ministry of Energy, Transport and Telecommunications has officially launched Phase 2 of the Rural School Bus System with a tender for 150 school buses—while blasting private operators in the…
Debris lays in front of the Total gas station on Market Street in Falmouth, Trelawny, on October 29, after the passage of Hurricane Melissa, which swept through the island on October 28.
December 9, 2025

Land of wood, water, and debris

Hurricane Melissa has left more than 4.8 million tons of debris strewn across Jamaica, blocking roads and cutting off access to schools, hospitals, farms and markets, according to satellite-based…
Dozens queue up for cash at Scotiabank ATM in Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay, the tourism capital of the island.
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

JHTA allocates $10 million to aid tourism workers hit by Melissa

WESTERN BUREAU: When Hurricane Melissa tore across Jamaica as a Category Five storm on October 28, thousands of tourism workers were left homeless, jobless, and uncertain. Now, the Jamaica Hotel and…