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December 9, 2025 by Lester Hinds

Barrel shortage

NEW YORK: As relief efforts intensify following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, shippers in the United States say they are now grappling with a shortage of barrels needed to send supplies…
Jamaica's Reggae Boyz go through their drills during a training session on Monday just ahead of today's World Cup Qualifier against Curacao.
December 9, 2025 by Audley Boyd

STRIKING DISTANCE

Twenty-eight years and two days to the day, Jamaica’s senior men’s football team secured historic qualification to FIFA’s World Cup Finals – France ‘98 – with a goalless draw against Mexico at…
From left: Inter-American Development Bank President Ilan Goldfajn, Grenada's Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell, Guyana's President Irfaan Ali, Antigua and Barbuda's Prime Minister Gaston Browne, Jamaica's Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness, and Barbados' Prim
December 9, 2025

CARICOM leaders rally around Jamaica amid ‘unprecendented’ destruction

WESTERN BUREAU: Nearly one million Jamaicans have been affected and more than 150,000 homes damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Melissa, prompting a major regional response led by Guyana, which has…
JFF President Michael Ricketts.
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

JFF defends higher ticket prices for crucial WCQ match

The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) is defending the increased ticket prices for today’s World Cup Qualifying match against Curaçao at the National Stadium. Earlier qualifiers were priced at $10,000…
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley discusses plans her country has to help with disaster recovery in Jamaica with residents of Whitehouse, Westmoreland, on Monday. A field hospital designated for Savanna-la-Mar will arrive on the island today, along with
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Mottley calls for fiscal space to help Jamaica bounce back from Melissa

WESTERN BUREAU: Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has called for urgent international support to ensure Jamaica gets the fiscal breathing room it needs to rebuild after Hurricane Melissa.…
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December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Holness: Every dollar will be accounted for

WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness is seeking to assure Jamaicans and international partners that all Hurricane Melissa recovery funds will be strictly monitored, insisting there will be…
Deputy managing director of JN Bank, Gillian Hyde.
December 9, 2025

Growth & Jobs | How small businesses can rebound after Hurricane Melissa

HURRICANE MELISSA, which inflicted catastrophic damage to several parishes, has left the island’s small business sector grappling with the aftermath. Amid the devastation, there is a strong call for…
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Floyd Green (second right), joins in the handover of a cheque valued at $500,000 to the United Way of Jamaica’s Restoration and Rehabilitation Fund by Jamaica’s 100-metre World Champion, Oblique Seville (s
December 9, 2025

Growth & Jobs | Gov’t focused on getting farmers back into production

MINISTER OF Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Floyd Green, says the Government is moving swiftly to get farmers back into production following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. “The…
Bishop Dr Joe Aldred
December 9, 2025

Joe Aldred | My resignation as a bishop

BORN, BROUGHT up, and inducted into church life in the rural community of Top Mountain, St Catherine, Jamaica, during the 1950s and 1960s before emigrating to England, I never imagined that one day I…