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A JPS electricity pole on Nashville Avenue in Mandeville, Manchester, which snapped and fell during the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

Editorial | A subterranean grid

Andrew Holness has put the issue of subterranean power lines back on Jamaica’s agenda, but the matter, in the current circumstances, insists on a deeper, and more urgent, discussion than the prime…
Children gather around to get porridge in Oxford, St Elizabeth.
December 9, 2025

Doing the right thing

THE EDITOR, Madam: Hurricane Melissa has passed but her impact remains etched into our lives (and will be for eons to come) – in the broken homes, the grieving hearts, and the quiet resilience of…
Letters
December 9, 2025

Letter of the Day | Let ‘...justice, truth, be ours forever…’

THE EDITOR, Madam: As the relief supplies come into the island from the many sources of concern and assistance, both those directly connected to Jamaica and others simply wanting to help, it is…
Victoria Hanley-Brown.
December 9, 2025

Police await further analysis after autopsy finds UWI student died from asphyxia

The police are awaiting further analysis of evidence in the death of University Of the West Indies, Mona, student Victoria Hanley-Brown following an autopsy on Wednesday which said the primary cause…
A United Airlines flight arrives at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Monday, November 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
December 9, 2025

FAA reducing air traffic by 10 per cent across 40 'high-volume' markets during government shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday that it was taking the extraordinary step of reducing air traffic by 10 per cent across 40 "high-volume" markets…
Joe Pires, managing director of Caribbean Chemicals and Agencies Limited.
December 9, 2025 by Neville Graham

Caribbean Chemicals batting for more farming in the east

Caribbean Chemicals & Agencies Jamaica Limited is urging farmers in eastern Jamaica to intensify production and adopt more efficient practices in the wake of Hurricane Melissa, which devastated…
Mount Pleasant Football Academy’s Demario Phillips dribbles away from Defence Force’s Kaihim Thomas during their Concacaf Caribbean Cup football match at the National Stadium in Kingston last night. Defence Force of Trinidad and Tobago won 1-0. Mount P
December 9, 2025 by Gregory Bryce

JOB DONE BUT ...

DESPITE FALLING 0-1 to Trinidad and Tobago’s Defence Force yesterday in the second leg of the Concacaf Caribbean Cup semi-finals at the National Stadium, Mount Pleasant Football Academy advanced to…
Mount Pleasant advanced to the final, however, as they won the tie 5-2 on aggregate.
December 9, 2025

Mount Pleasant advance to Caribbean Cup final despite 1-0 loss to Defence Force

Mount Pleasant Football Academy suffered their first defeat in the Concacaf Caribbean Cup as they fell 1-0 to Trinidad and Tobago’s Defence Force in the second leg of the semifinals. Mount…
A United Parcel Service truck makes deliveries in Pittsburgh on June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, file)
December 9, 2025

Shipping delays expected after UPS cargo plane crash

NEW YORK (AP) — The UPS cargo plane crash on Tuesday at the company's global aviation hub in Kentucky, which killed at least 12, will temporarily disrupt the supply chain and result in some…