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December 9, 2025

Sections of March Pen Road in Spanish Town under curfew

Sections of March Pen Road in Spanish Town, St Catherine are under a curfew. The curfew began at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, November 28, and will remain in effect until 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 30. …
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Floyd Green, surveys the walk-behind tractors and earth augers that were handed over in a ceremony on Wednesday,November 26, 2025, at the Amity Hall Agro-Park in St Catherine. The equipment will be distributed
December 9, 2025

Farmers to get help with water tanks, drip irrigation systems and water pumps

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Floyd Green, has announced an allocation of $30 million to provide on-farm infrastructure to assist farmers, as the agricultural sector embarks on its…
The departures display board shows All Nippon Airways' multipule flights cancellation at Haneda airport in Tokyo Saturday, November 29, 2025. (Takahiko Kanbara/Kyodo News via AP)
December 9, 2025

Airlines work to fix software glitch on A320 aircraft, some flights disrupted

Airlines around the world reported short-term disruptions heading into the weekend as they fixed software on a widely used commercial aircraft, after an analysis found the computer code may have…
Letters
December 9, 2025

Underground electrical grid may not be feasible in every location

THE EDITOR, Madam: As Jamaica considers strategies to harden its electrical grid, the proposal to install underground insulation across the entire system may not be economically feasible. We must…
Letters
December 9, 2025

Letter of the Day | Rebuilding with urgency and wisdom

THE EDITOR, Madam: In this post-Melissa season, many families, schools, communities, and churches are trying to recover and rebuild as quickly as possible. As a church leader and citizen, I feel the…
Smoke rises after a fire broke out at Wang Fuk Court, a residential estate in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong's New Territories.
December 9, 2025

Editorial | Learn from Hong Kong fire

This newspaper is grateful that there hasn’t been a serious fire at any of Jamaica’s growing number of high-rise buildings, so as to test the integrity of their construction, or the capacity of the…
Specialist personnel from the Royal Navy’s HMS Trent assisting hospital workers clearing the debris at Falmouth Hospital in Trelawny.
December 9, 2025

Chris Elmore | The UK stands with Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa

My visit to Jamaica this week comes just over a month after Hurricane Melissa – the strongest storm ever recorded here – swept across the island, leaving devastation in its wake. I will be visiting…
In this undated photo provided by her attorney, Todd Pomerleau, Any Lucia Lopez Belloza celebrates her high school graduation in Texas.
December 9, 2025

College freshman in US is deported flying home for Thanksgiving surprise, despite court order

Concord, N.H. (AP) — A college freshman trying to fly from Boston to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving was instead deported to Honduras in violation of a court order, according to her…
Wayne Wheatley, displaced by Storm Gustav, stands proudly outside his home in West Albion, St Thomas.
December 9, 2025 by Corey Robinson

Gustav survivors adjust to life in West Albion

In West Albion – where several Hope River survivors were resettled after Hurricane Gustav – residents say they are no longer sitting ducks on the riverbank, but the relocation has brought its own set…