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December 9, 2025

Section of Brandon Hill in St Andrew being blocked by landslide

The police are advising the public that Brandon Hill in St Andrew is currently impassable due to a landslide. Motorists are advised to avoid the area and use alternative routes where necessary. …
One of the many houses that was damaged by Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

Earth Today | After Melissa

HURRICANE MELISSA has come and gone, but her lessons remain – to be reflected upon, analysed and applied with urgency. This is according to Eleanor Jones, sustainable development professional and…
 Designer Olivier Rousteing appears after the Balmain Fall/Winter 2025-2026 Womenswear collection is presented in Paris on March 5, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Designer Olivier Rousteing leaves Balmain after 14 years

PARIS ( AP ): Designer Olivier Rousteing is stepping down as creative director of the Balmain fashion house after 14 hugely visible years in which he fused the rigour of Parisian tailoring with a…
Damaged light pole in St Ann following Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

Carnage and Cashless out west

I left St Andrew on the morning of Monday, November 3, for familial and professional reasons – all because of Melissa, who had turned our lives upside down, quite literally, and for some, into a…

Minister of Agriculture Floyd Green surveys damage during a tour of St Elizabeth in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, which hit Jamaica on October 28, 2025, causing widespread devastation to the agricultural sector.
December 9, 2025

Green says relief support mobilised for agriculture sector, detailed damage assessments being done

Agriculture Minister Floyd Green says the Ministry is mobilising all efforts to restore livelihoods, production, and national food security as quickly and safely as possible in the aftermath of…
A mobile phone displays a user’s travels using Google Maps.
December 9, 2025

Gemini AI to transform Google Maps into a more conversational experience

Google Maps is heading in a new direction with artificial intelligence sitting in the passenger’s seat. Fuelled by Google’s Gemini AI technology, the world’s most popular navigation app will become a…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness speaking in Parliament on Hurricane Melissa on Tuesday, November 4.
December 9, 2025

JDF establishes 22 disaster relief outposts

The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has established 22 humanitarian assistance and disaster relief outposts to scale up the response to marooned communities in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. Prime…
Congresswoman Yvette Clarke
December 9, 2025 by Lester Hinds

Congress members urge US to shield Jamaicans from deportation after Hurricane Melissa

Forty-four members of the US Congress are calling on the Department of Homeland Security to grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Jamaican nationals in the United States, citing widespread…
File photo.
December 9, 2025

Gun recovered after men flee police stop in Florence Hill, St Andrew

The St Andrew North police are searching for two men who fled a stop by cops in Florence Hill last night, leaving behind a loaded gun. The police report that about 11:30 p.m., cops were on patrol…