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The William Knibb Memorial High School in Falmouth, Trelawny, suffered significant damage during the passage of Hurricane Melissa on October 28.
December 18, 2025

Melissa opens engineering gap

RESPECTED PHYSICIST, Professor Michael Taylor, has flagged for attention what he says is Jamaica’s now exposed engineering gap, following the passage of Hurricane Melissa. As Jamaicans come to terms…
From left: Rueanna Haynes, director of Climate Analytics Caribbean; Abigail Ellis, Grenada’s national coordinator, Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN); and Dr Spencer Thomas, Grenada’s ambassador and Special Envoy for Multilateral Environmental
December 18, 2025

German-Caribbean climate talks spotlight urgent need for ambition, adaptation

REGIONAL AND international climate leaders convened in Grenada for the third edition of the German-Caribbean Climate Talks earlier this month, focusing on increasing ambition and accelerating…
Jason Russell.
December 17, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

Russell: MoBay faced no food challenge after Melissa

WESTERN BUREAU: Jason Russell, president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, says that despite the widespread anxiety in the days following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, Montego…
Hamish Campbell, outgoing assistant commissioner at the Independent Commission of Investigations.
December 17, 2025 by Livern Barrett

HAMISH’S REGRET

In 2013, the year Hamish Campbell took up the post of assistant commissioner at the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM), Jamaica recorded 258 police fatal shootings. Twelve years later,…
Jean-Pierre Rhone.
December 17, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

Forgiving mom wanted shorter sentence for son’s killer

Despite the brutal killing of her son, Cerita Rhone says she forgave his killer years ago and had hoped the court would impose a lighter sentence even after he was handed 30 years’ imprisonment. “I…
Energy Minister Daryl Vaz.
December 17, 2025 by Corey Robinson

Post-Melissa electricity grid restoration at 84%

The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has restored service to 84 per cent of its customers seven weeks after the passage of Hurricane Melissa and with the Government’s sign-off on a US$150-million loan to…
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December 17, 2025 by Adrian Frater

‘It was not a shoot-out’

WESTERN BUREAU: Some residents of Rose Heights, St James, have rejected the police’s account of an incident in which three men were shot and killed and two firearms allegedly seized in the community…
Roshea Masters, public relations manager at Bellevue Hospital, walks through the hospital’s garden, which was decorated for Christmas.
December 17, 2025 by Sashana Small

Home for the holidays

With Christmas lights twinkling and the season of goodwill in full swing, Bellevue Hospital Chief Executive Officer Suzette Buchanan is making a heartfelt appeal to families: take your loved ones home…
From left: Richard Forward, team lead for Global Medic; Orane Gardner, regional physical activity specialist for the Western Regional Health Authority; Pan Caribbean CEO Hanqiao Su; Rosa Young, Wavz Beach owner; Kimberly Grey, Pan-Caribbean legal consultan
December 17, 2025 by Mickalia Kington

Water-filtration system brings clean water to Frome

WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Frome, Westmoreland, yesterday began accessing clean, drinkable water again with the installation of a community water filtration system at the Pan-Caribbean Sugar Company…