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Hurricane Melissa caused damage exceeding 40 per cent of GDP (US$8.8 billion), far surpassing Jamaica’s US$150 million World Bank catastrophe bond.
December 9, 2025 by Sashana Small

Ministry tackles physical, psychological recovery in schools

The Ministry of Education has announced that it will convene a meeting today with key education stakeholders – including the Jamaica Teachers’ Association, the National Secondary Students’ Council,…
Cossaly ‘Moon’ Ennis, a 48-year-old boat captain.
December 9, 2025 by Jovan Johnson

Rain and ruin

Rain hammered through damaged roofs as the Grant family in Montpelier, Hanover, prepared Sunday dinner, a meal amid the constant reminder of Hurricane Melissa that the family acknowledged is not the…
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December 9, 2025 by Erica Virtue

Prof Charles hailed as incredibly prolific, deeply analytical

Former colleagues of the late Professor Christopher Andre Duane Charles, who died last week, are remembering him as a brilliant academic and fearless researcher whose incisive commentary and deep…
Keneisha McDonald sifts through what’s left of her possessions in her battered home in Windsor, St Ann.
December 9, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

‘I thought this was the end’

Teniesha Kelly believes it was divine intervention that spared her family’s lives as Hurricane Melissa – a deadly Category 5 storm – tore through her Windsor, St Ann community, flattening homes and…
From left: Olga Isaza, representative, UNICEF Jamaica; Dennis Zulu, UN resident coordinator; and Brian Bogart, representative and country Director, World Food Programme (WFP) were on site at the Kingston Freeport Terminal to oversee the offloading of criti
December 9, 2025

UNICEF, international partners deliver emergency aid for children

UNICEF, in partnership with the European Union, Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), and other UN agencies, has delivered a shipment of emergency supplies to support children and…
Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Kerensia Morrison (left), engages with St Ann farmer, Merissa Reider (right), and representative of the Jamaica Network of Rural Women Producers, Susanne Uter, during the Intern
December 9, 2025

Growth & Jobs | State minister hails rural women as pillars of national development

STATE MINISTER in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Kerensia Morrison, has hailed Jamaica’s rural women as pillars of national development, commending their resilience,…
December 9, 2025

Growth & Jobs | Gen Zers urged to use life insurance as first step to build generational wealth

Hugh Reid, managing director of JN Life Insurance, says young adults should see purchasing life insurance as one of the first steps to building generational wealth, adding that life insurance was not…
Shanese Watson (left), managing director of Young Scholars Education Limited, poses with students and teachers from Tivoli Gardens High School, during a recent digital literacy webinar held at the University of Technology.
December 9, 2025

Growth & Jobs | Young Scholars shaping skills in coding, robotics and virtual reality

YOUNG PEOPLE are among the most active users and creators of online content, yet they are often under represented in most decision-making spaces. Young Scholars Education Limited is actively promoting…
In this October 30 photo a man is seen sitting by the roadside on High Street, Black River, surrounded by debris of structures damaged by Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

Immigration | Jamaica is calling – all hands on deck

Dear brothers and sisters, at home and abroad, In this column I usually offer practical immigration guidance for those dreaming of new beginnings abroad. This week my words flow from a deeper well,…