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Students of the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech, Jamaica) who were impacted by Hurricane Melissa received care packages donated by the Victoria Mutual Foundation during a handover ceremony held on November 7, at Lecture Theatre 50 at the Shared Fa
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | VM Foundation donates care packages to UTech students

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December 9, 2025

Dwight Fletcher | Lordship demands a response

C.S. LEWIS is famously known for giving us three options as to the identity of Jesus – Lord, liar or lunatic. In his book Mere Christianity, Lewis explains that Jesus makes blatant claims about…
Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis.
December 9, 2025 by Edmond Campbell

Real-time audit

The Auditor General’s Department is conducting a real-time audit to assess the transparency and accountability of resources received and utilised under the Hurricane Melissa relief initiative. The…
The plane crashed into a pond in a residential neighbourhood of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
December 9, 2025

RELIEF TRAGEDY

FLORIDA (AP): A small turboprop plane on a hurricane relief mission to Jamaica crashed Monday morning into a pond in a gated residential neighbourhood of the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Coral Springs,…
An ODPEM convoy at toll booth at Mammee Bay, St Ann, delivering relief supplies to storm‑hit parishes.
December 9, 2025

Relief convoys caught off guard by reimposed toll fees

The reinstatement of toll fees at the Mammee Bay toll plaza on Monday caused a major build-up of traffic as scores of relief vehicles heading to Western Jamaica were held up while toll operators tried…
Acting Director General of JACRA, Wayne Hunter, listens intently as coffee stakeholders raise their concerns following the passage of Hurricane Melissa. 
December 9, 2025

JACRA assessing damage to agricultural industries it regulates

The Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA), regulators of Jamaica’s coffee, cocoa, coconut, nutmeg, turmeric, ginger, and pimento industries, is seeking to assure players in…
The probe started after the body of a 25-year-old St Catherine farmer was retrieved from the river.
December 9, 2025

Police investigating suspected drowning of farmer in the Rio Cobre

The Central Village police in St Catherine have launched an investigation into a suspected case of drowning in the Rio Cobre. The probe started after the body of a 25-year-old St Catherine farmer was…
Nationally, 326 people have died in motor vehicle crashes.
December 9, 2025

Road deaths dip after Hurricane Melissa

There has been a lull in road deaths in Jamaica since the country was battered by Hurricane Melissa, the latest police statistics have revealed. No road deaths were recorded over a four-day stretch,…
Mayor of Portmore Leon Thomas
December 9, 2025

Portmore mayor wants toll exemption for vehicles transporting hurricane relief supplies

Mayor of Portmore Leon Thomas is calling for the Government to temporarily exempt vehicles transporting relief supplies to Western Jamaica from paying toll fees. His call comes after a convoy of 11…