Lead Stories
December 9, 2025
by Bryan Miller
MP Purkiss cries for more support for Hanover Eastern
WESTERN BUREAU: Hanover Eastern Member of Parliament Andrea Purkiss has sharply criticised the level of government assistance reaching her constituency following the devastation caused by Category 5…
December 9, 2025
by Janet Silvera
Regional leaders to arrive, tour hurricane-hit west today
WESTERN BUREAU: A team of Caribbean leaders, joined by officials from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), is expected to arrive in the island this morning to tour hurricane-ravaged communities…
December 9, 2025
by Kimone Francis
Shelter crisis
Shelter managers at Petersfield High School in Westmoreland are scrambling to relocate families displaced by Hurricane Melissa, as pressure mounts to free up classroom space for fifth- and sixth-form…
December 9, 2025
by Kimone Francis
Melissa leaves disabled struggling for survival
Behind the visible destruction left by Hurricane Melissa lies another unfolding tragedy for Jamaica’s disabled, as residents in the hardest-hit areas struggle with limited medical care and basic…
December 9, 2025
by Andre Williams
‘THEY NEVER STOOD A CHANCE’
Residents along Waltham Park Road in St Andrew say the two policemen “never stood a chance” in Thursday night’s deadly ambush, describing the unsuspecting attack as swift and calculated after they…
December 9, 2025
by Corey Robinson
WOODEN WORRIES, LAND TITLE TROUBLES
In a journey that wound from New Market in St Elizabeth, through Beaufort, Darliston, Wihthorn, Petersfield, Williamsfield, Shrewsbury, Bluefields, and Petersville in Westmoreland, the devastation…
December 9, 2025
by Karen Madden
WAKE-UP CALL
In the aftermath of the catastrophic damage caused by Hurricane Melissa, calls are growing for Jamaica to launch a serious national dialogue on decentralisation. The Category 5 storm made landfall in…
December 9, 2025
by Ruddy Mathison
Bridgeport Primary reels from murder of teacher, daughter
Shock, sadness, and in some instances anger gripped the Bridgeport Primary School on Friday as staff and students mourned the slaying of grade five teacher Tara Pinnock and her 14-year-old daughter…
December 9, 2025
LEPTO SCARE IN THE WEST
WESTERN BUREAU: Health officials are probing whether two people involved in post-Melissa cleanup efforts in Catherine Hall and Westgreen, St James, died from leptospirosis, a bacterial disease often…