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Floyd Green, minister of agriculture, fisheries and mining, toured sections of St Elizabeth yesterday.
December 9, 2025 by Ashanti Lawson

Agri minister warns of severe crop losses as St Elizabeth struggles to recover

Jamaica’s food supply has taken a direct hit from Hurricane Melissa, with farmlands flattened, markets empty, and the country’s top crop, yam, facing what Agriculture Minister Floyd Green calls “a…
Members of the Jamaica Defence Force hand out care packages to residents of Crane Road in St Elizabeth.
December 9, 2025 by Livern Barrett

First steps to relief

Three separate vehicles carrying food, water and other basic supplies drew long lines of residents desperate to get anything as night fell over the hurricane-ravaged town of Black River, St Elizabeth,…
The Norman Manley International Airport.
December 9, 2025

NMIA waives landing and parking fees for relief flights

PAC Kingston Airport Limited (PACKAL), the operator of the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA), has announced that it is waiving all landing and parking fees for non-commercial relief flights…
Rose Holness shows the damage to her home in St James.
December 9, 2025 by Andre Williams

Mud splash

A drowning woman clutched her United States and Canada visas before being rescued by a neighbour as water levels rose to her breast in what turned out to be unprecedented volumes covering ground…
Superintendent of Police Coleridge Minto (right), head of the St Elizabeth Police, speaks with The Gleaner at the Black River Police Station on Thursday. Looking on are Sergeant Arleen McBean, chairman of the Police Federation, and Assistant Commissioner o
December 9, 2025 by Tiffany Pryce

Detainees safe and secure at Black River Police Station

Despite extensive flooding and structural damage across St Elizabeth, no detainees were harmed at the Black River Police Station during the passage of Hurricane Melissa, which battered the parish…
Mark Golding
December 9, 2025

Golding urges quick and fair post-Melissa relief

Opposition Leader Mark Golding has stated that it is vital that relief efforts reach every community quickly and fairly. He made the comments following a tour of Westmoreland on Friday to assess…
Italy’s head coach Luciano Spalletti gestures during the Nations League quarterfinal first leg match between Italy and Germany in Milan, Italy, on March 20, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Spalletti: I believe we can turn Juventus into title contenders

TURIN, Italy (AP): New Juventus coach Luciano Spalletti believes he can turn things around at the Italian club in the short amount of time he has been given and even compete for the Serie A title.…
Bayern Munich players celebrate their victory after the Bundesliga match between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund in Munich, Germany, Saturday, October 18, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Munich to host 2028 Champions League final

GENEVA (AP): Bayern Munich’s stadium is set to host another Champions League final in 2028, and staging the 2029 final is a contest between Wembley Stadium in London and Barcelona’s renovated Camp…
President of Kingston and St Andrew Football Association Mark Bennett.
December 9, 2025 by Robert Bailey

Post-Melissa assessment to determine start of KSAFA’s senior competitions

President of the Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA), Mark Bennett, says his organisation will be holding discussions with clubs and other stakeholders to determine whether the start…