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December 9, 2025
Select Scotiabank branches to reopen on Thursday with limited services
The Scotia Group is advising that some branches across the Corporate Area, St Catherine, Manchester, Clarendon, St James, and St Thomas will reopen on Thursday, offering limited services to facilitate…
December 9, 2025
US strikes another alleged drug-carrying boat in the Pacific and kills all 4 aboard, Hegseth says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday that the US military carried out another strike on a boat he said was carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing all four…
December 9, 2025
PAHO prepares aid shipment for Jamaica
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says it has 5.5 tons of humanitarian aid supplies ready for shipment to Jamaica as soon as the country’s airports reopens following the passage of Hurricane…
December 9, 2025
December 9, 2025
by Gareth Davis Sr
140 rafts destroyed
Raft captains at the Rio Grande rafting attraction in Portland claim Hurricane Melissa swept away nearly 140 vessels, crippling their livelihood and leaving them in urgent need of financial…
December 9, 2025
Earth Today | Jamaica, Canada partner to build resilience in urban centres
JAMAICA HAS taken a major step toward climate resilience and sustainable urban development with the official launch of the Jamaica Urban Solutions for the Environment (J-USE) Project. The J-USE…
December 9, 2025
The perfect storm
HURRICANE MELISSA, packing sustained winds of 295 km/h or 185 mp/h, barrelled across Jamaica on Tuesday, with winds that howled loudly and sustained showers that, together, have hurled climate change…
December 9, 2025
by Kimone Francis
RAVAGED
Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica’s western parishes on Tuesday, leaving behind widespread destruction, catastrophic flooding, and crippling infrastructure damage in what officials are calling…
December 9, 2025
Wrath of Melissa
Hurricane Melissa has departed Jamaica and left in her wake scenes of devastation and anguish. While the true scale of the destruction will be revealed in the coming days, images from across the…