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Adults who have not had a tetanus booster in the past five to 10 years, depending on their risk, should get vaccinated.
December 9, 2025 by Dr Yohann White

‘Lock jaw’ or tetanus – a looming threat after Hurricane Melissa

‘LOCK JAW’ or tetanus had stopped all the muscles, including breathing muscles, from working in a young athletic-looking male, cut down flat on his back with a breathing tube down his neck, a machine…
Lila Iké
December 9, 2025

Three first-time nominees for Best Reggae Album Grammy category

The nominees for Best Reggae Album at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards have been announced, and they are all homegrown acts, including three first-time nominees. They are Treasure Self Love, the debut…
Clinical psychologist Dr Kai Morgan
December 9, 2025 by Keisha Hill

Coping forum launched to offer therapy solutions post-Melissa

In the wake of Hurricane Melissa, grief, shock, anxiety and uncertainty have settled across the communities most severely affected, as well as the wider Jamaican society still reeling from the storm’s…
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dana Morris Dixon.
December 9, 2025

Over 600 schools damaged during Hurricane Melissa

The Government is reporting that more than 600 educational institutions sustained damage during the passage of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa. “In the affected parishes, we have a little bit over 450…
High Commissioner Alexander Williams.
December 9, 2025 by George Ruddock

UK Jamaicans mobilise to assist country in aftermath of Hurricane Melissa

LONDON: The UK Jamaican diaspora community has mobilised in great numbers to assist Jamaicans at home whose lives have been upended by the devastation brought on by the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
Business
December 9, 2025

Dolla profits surge as it closes in on bond

Dolla Financial Services Limited tripled its profit in the third quarter to $186 million, setting the stage for a new yearly record. The company’s earnings year to date, January-September, have…
A volunteer from St John Ambulance and JN Group checks a resident’s blood pressure during a first-aid outreach in hurricane-hit St Elizabeth and Westmoreland.
December 9, 2025

St John Ambulance, JN deliver first aid in St Elizabeth, Westmoreland

As communities begin to recover from Hurricane Melissa’s recent landfall, more than 250 volunteers mobilised by St John Ambulance Jamaica and the JN Foundation delivered first-aid to nearly 800…
Actress Jurnee Smollett turned heads in a daring Max Mara gown with bold side cutouts.
December 9, 2025

Something Extra | Saturday

Hollywood’s brightest gathered at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, in the United States on Thursday for the 2025 Women in Film (WIF) Honors. This year’s gala, presented by Max Mara,…
This photo shows household items piled in a mud-strewn section of Catherine Hall, Montego Bay, St James.
December 9, 2025

Gordon Robinson | We see you

The last thing Jamaica needs now is division among Jamaicans. Jamaica should have one goal; one purpose; one mindset. First and foremost, to deliver basic humanitarian relief like food, water,…