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Aerflo
December 9, 2025

‘Tis the season for giving

There are gifts, and then there are gifts – the ones inventive enough to surprise and delight the recipient. Some are fun; others, practical. They all aim to improve how we do or enjoy things.…
Chief Public Health Inspector for Portland, Lorenzo Hume
December 9, 2025 by Gareth Davis Sr

Portland residents told to guard against rats after floods

Health officials are warning residents to guard against rodents after Hurricane Melissa disrupted habitats in October. Medical Officer of Health Dr Sharon Lewis and Chief Public Health Inspector…
New correctional officers on parade at the 87th Intake Passing Out Ceremony in Moneague, St Ann on Friday, November 28, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Dept of Correctional Services welcomes 87 new officers

Eighty-seven recruits have joined the ranks of the Department of Correctional Services following Friday’s Passing-out Parade for the 87th Intake of Correctional Officers at the United Pentecostal…
A team of healthcare workers from the Ministry of Health and Wellness and the South East Regional Health Authority at their psychological first aid training in Kingston on November 12.
December 9, 2025

At least 1,200 trained in psychological first aid to support storm-hit parishes

About 1,200 people have been trained to deliver psychological first aid in parishes hardest hit by Hurricane Melissa. The training, supported by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health…
Chrysta-Jaye Walker (left), category manager, printing, consumables and HP systems at Intcomex Jamaica, leads a demonstration of available gift items for Amit Mahbubani, General Manager of ROK Hotel Kingston at Intcomex Jamaica Hurricane Melissa Relief Lau
December 9, 2025

Intcomex adopts W’land community after Hurricane Melissa

Intcomex Jamaica has adopted Cave district, Westmoreland, pledging six months of support for one of the communities hardest hit by Hurricane Melissa. The announcement was made on Thursday at the…
Tamar McKenzie, president of the Jamaica Independent Schools Association.
December 9, 2025 by Sashana Small

PRIVATE SCHOOLS LEFT IN THE DARK

The Jamaica Independent Schools Association (JISA) is raising concerns over what it describes as “insufficient engagement” from the Ministry of Education as private institutions struggle to recover…
Local Government and Community Development Minister Desmond McKenzie (left) leading a clean-up session at the St Elizabeth Infirmary on Thursday.
December 9, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

Gov’t moving to rebuild, relocate infirmaries after hurricane

WESTERN BUREAU: Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie has issued his strongest warning yet in the wake of Hurricane Melissa’s catastrophic impact, declaring that “nowhere in Jamaica is safe…
National epidemiologist Dr Karen Webster-Kerr.
December 9, 2025

Leptospirosis deaths CLIMB to 14

A Chinese hospital ship carrying medical personnel is expected to dock on Jamaica’s north coast this weekend to support the country’s strained health sector following the severe damage caused by…
Renae Tuckett Palmer, manager of the Maxfield Park Children’s Home.
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

Handwritten hope

The adage ‘A child shall lead them’ took on powerful meaning in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa when the Maxfield Park Children’s Home in St Andrew – an institution more accustomed to receiving…