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Reggae Boy centre forward Bailey Cadamarteri during a training session at the National Stadium.
December 9, 2025

Sheffield Wednesday taken over by administrators, hit with 12-point deduction

MANCHESTER, England (AP): Historic English football club Sheffield Wednesday’s future was thrown into doubt yesterday after it was taken over by administrators amid financial troubles. The English…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness. - File photo.
December 9, 2025

Update |PM declares Jamaica a threatened area under Disaster Risk Management Act

The whole of Jamaica has been declared a threatened area, under the Disaster Risk Management Act, due to the potential impact of Tropical Storm Melissa, which poses a significant threat to the island.…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness addresses a special Jamaica House press briefing, looking at preparations for Tropical Storm Melissa, in St Andrew yesterday.
December 9, 2025

Holness declares ‘zero tolerance’ for price gouging

With Jamaicans continuing to shop for emergency items in preparation for Tropical Storm Melissa, which forecasters expect to develop into a hurricane and could sit over Jamaica for several days, Prime…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness (second right) prays with his ministers (from left) Matthew Samuda, minister of water, environment and climate change; Pearnel Charles Jr, minister of labour and social security; Robert Morgan, minister without portfolio in
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

PM marshals monetary resources to mitigate potential impact of Melissa

With Tropical Storm Melissa projected to cause major damage to Jamaica’s infrastructure amid widescale flooding and landslides, the country is expected to be forced to draw on several monetary sources…
CPFSA CEO Laurette Adams Thomas
December 9, 2025

CPFSA says child care facilities secured in wake of Tropical Storm Melissa

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) says government and private residential child care facilities have been secured in the wake of Tropical Storm Melissa. CPFSA CEO Laurette Adams…
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December 9, 2025

Developers and landowners urged by KSAMC to secure construction sites amid impending storm

The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) is urging all developers, contractors, and landowners to take immediate action to secure their construction sites in light of Tropical Storm…
Inspector of Poor for St James, Pauline Lecky, addressing the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) meeting at the St James Municipal Corporation on Thursday, October 23. Looking on is Public Assistance Division (PAD) Administrator at the Ministry of Labour an
December 9, 2025

St James authorities begin evacuation of homeless ahead of Tropical Storm Melissa

Authorities in St James have initiated the evacuation of approximately 200 homeless individuals from Montego Bay and surrounding communities to emergency shelters, in anticipation of Tropical Storm…

Waterhouse assistant coach, Alex Thomas.
December 9, 2025 by Robert Bailey

Thomas eager for call to national youth coaching set-up

Former national youth player Alex Thomas says he is eager to be a part of Jamaica’s national coaching set-up, stating that his experience as a former youth international and his years in coaching make…
Micah Williams, tomato farmer from Flagaman in St Elizabeth, shows items used to shield him at his home during Hurricane Beryl in 2024.
December 9, 2025 by Adrian Frater

Toxic encounters

Western Bureau: Memories of last year’s devastating blow by Hurricane Beryl are still fresh, especially the major infrastructural damage, the multimillion-dollar hit on the farming section, and…