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Delegates gather ahead of the CELAC-EU Summit in Colombia.
December 9, 2025

António Costa | Building our common future

Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean have always been natural partners. Today, in an increasingly unstable world, we choose to draw even closer and strengthen our friendship. The upcoming CELAC-EU…
Back home on The Rock this past August, Williams celebrated her birthday with a cellphone snapshot alongside her boss, SAINT International chief executive officer Deiwght Peters, at the 2025 Female and Male Fashion Face of the Caribbean competition.
December 9, 2025 by Omar Tomlinson

What’s in a dress?

SAINT International top model Tami Williams has snagged the perfect dresses for the spring season. Belted maxis, slip and shirtwaist dresses, and polka-dot frocks are but a taste of the trending…
Rose Heights resident Cherry doing her laundry in the proximity of the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James.
December 9, 2025 by Adrian Frater

‘We just have to fight through’

Western Bureau: Despite the massive dislocation and spin-off hardship left behind by Hurricane Melissa, residents in western Jamaica are determined to make the best of a bad situation, demonstrating…
Dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel (centre) touring the World Central Kitchen (WCK) worksite at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St James with members of his team from the Adidja Palmer Foundation along with WCK response director, John Torpey (left), on Nov
December 9, 2025

Dancehall superstar Vybz Kartel carries out Hurricane Melissa relief mission

Dancehall entertainer Vybz Kartel and his Adidja Palmer Foundation today carried out a Hurricane Melissa relief mission in western Jamaica. The entertainer returned to the island earlier this week…
Structures are seen submerged under water in Cave Valley, St Ann, after the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

Mark Wignall | Long-term pain

With little pretence, he said, over furrowed brows and 60 years on his clock, “As time passes it becomes crystal clear that Melissa caused more death, destruction, turmoil, and mayhem than one could…
Energy Minister, Daryl Vaz.
December 9, 2025

Gov’t to deploy mobile gas stations to hurricane-damaged areas - Vaz

The Government is to deploy 10 mobile fuel stations to parishes facing shortages amid Hurricane Melissa. Energy Minister Daryl Vaz says the deployment will happen on Monday, noting that the stations…
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton. - File photo.
December 9, 2025

Over 50 patients seen at Black River field hospital, two more field hospitals coming

Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton says the field hospital which was opened in Black River, St Elizabeth, yesterday, has seen about 50 patients over the last 24 hours. Tufton made…
Cornwall College was heavily damaged by Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

Hungry, broke and home again

Sangster International Airport (SIA) was partially damaged, and so too was the Knutsford Express (KEX) depot located on its property. I waited at the depot for three hours for my pick-up driver to…
Rajae Danvers (centre), founder and executive director of the Spread Love Initiative, stands proudly with leaders in the community, Garrett Cooper (left) and Peter Nash.
December 9, 2025 by Nyoka Manning

Rajae Danvers spreads love through community relief after Hurricane Melissa

When Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm, swept across the island, leaving families displaced, homes destroyed, and communities struggling, Rajae Danvers, a communications strategist and nation…