Lead Stories

Andrea Purkiss.
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…
Barbados’ prime minister, Mia Mottley, estimated that across the Caribbean, including the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, these platforms earned US$11.6 billion a year.
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…
Persons at the hurricane shelter at the Petersfield High School in Westmoreland.
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…
Persons at the hurricane shelter at the Petersfield High School in Westmoreland.
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…
Constables Jemarey Gordon.
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…
Board houses flattened by Hurricane Melissa in Retirement district, Westmoreland.Board houses flattened by Hurricane Melissa in Retirement district, Westmoreland.
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…
Perrin
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…
Slain Bridgeport Primary School teacher Tara Pinnock.
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…
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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…