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The post office in Albert Town, Trelawny that was severely damaged during the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
December 11, 2025

Growing climate costs

WITH THE global cost of climate-induced extreme weather events in the past two decades estimated at US$143 billion per year, the world’s climate tab is growing. “Costs have increased exponentially…
Inger Andersen, executive director of UNEP.
December 11, 2025

Earth Today | UN Environment Assembly opens in Kenya

THE SEVENTH session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) is now underway in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. UNEA-7 brings together Ministers of Environment, intergovernmental organisations,…
Rats carry the disease, leptospirosis.
December 10, 2025 by Corey Robinson

Embrace ‘One Health’

Medical experts are calling for stronger adherence to the global One Health mandate by Jamaican authorities, citing the outbreak of leptospirosis following Hurricane Melissa a month ago as a clear…
The Reverend Errol Rarray, chairman of the National Prayer Vigil Committee, and Dr Patricia Holness, chair of the Prayer and Promotions Sub-Committee, speak with the media during the National Prayer Vigil of Jamaica Executive Committee press conference hel
December 10, 2025 by Sashana Small

National Prayer Vigil Committee sees Jamaicans returning to God

Jamaicans are re-embracing Christianity to navigate the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Melissa as they seek spiritual reassurance and a source of comfort to deal with the trauma of the Category 5…
Jimmy Cliff
December 10, 2025

Official funeral for Jimmy Cliff set for next week

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange has announced that the official funeral for the late Reggae icon Jimmy Cliff will take place next Wednesday, December 17, at the…
One of the 60 homes built by S Hotel Montego in 30 days for families displaced by Hurricane Melissa.
December 10, 2025 by Janet Silvera

60 homes in 30 days

WESTERN BUREAU: A crippled man in Hertford, Westmoreland, a father and his two sons in Black River, St Elizabeth, and a woman living in the open air in Petersfield are among the first recipients of…
Minister of the Finance and the Public Service (MFPS) Fayval Williams (centre) answers questions during a sitting of the House of Representatives last Tuesday. Looking on are Darlene Morrison (right), financial secretary, and Zavier Mayne, minister of sta
December 10, 2025

All schools to reopen early January

At least 160 schools remain closed for teaching and learning weeks after the passage of Hurricane Melissa. These schools are expected to reopen on January 6, 2026, according to Minister of Finance and…
António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations
December 10, 2025

António Guterres | ‘Human Rights: Our Everyday Essentials’

Nearly eighty years ago, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights defined what every person needs to survive and thrive. It was a philosophical and political breakthrough – and it has been the…
Jamaican craft Items from the Ocho Rios Craft Market in St Ann.
December 10, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

Gov’t targets craft sector as new pillar of creative economy

WESTERN BUREAU: State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce Delano Seiveright has declared that Jamaica’s craft sector is poised for a sweeping overhaul as the Government moves…