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A sudent of Mavis Bank High School in St Andrew journeys home on his motorbike after school last week.
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

BIKES TO THE RESCUE

In the best of times, the drive to Halls Delight in the hills of rural St Andrew is not for the faint of heart. Now, three weeks after Hurricane Melissa dumped several inches of rain on the…
Pearnel Charles Jr, minister of labour and social security.
December 9, 2025 by Corey Robinson

Charles details shift to needs-based hurricane relief

As of yesterday, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, working with the Jamaica Defence Force and other partners, had made 138 air and ground drops with relief for communities that remain…
A classroom that has lost its roof at Belmont Academy in Westmoreland.
December 9, 2025 by Erica Virtue

Some W’land schools to reopen with shelter dwellers

Unless shelter occupants relocate within the next four days, upper-school students returning on Monday to three Westmoreland high schools will return with hurricane evacuees on the compounds. At least…
Jonay Guerra.
December 9, 2025 by Erica Virtue

We are not abandoning Jamaica, says Bahia Principe MD

Ahead of Monday’s meeting with the Ministry of Labour and the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) about the planned redundancy exercised to accommodate refurbishment exercises Bahia Principe’s…
Janathan Brown
December 9, 2025 by Olivia Brown

Steady, consistent work

For Glenmuir High School student Janathan Brown, determination and consistency matter more than natural talent. He believes steady work can surpass ability, a mindset that has shaped his academic…
The JDF says the contraband was secured and transported to the First District JDF Coast Guard Base.
December 9, 2025

JDF Coast Guard seizes cocaine valued over $3.7 billion off coast of Jamaica

The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) says the Coast Guard seized a little over 990 pounds of cocaine with an estimated street value of $3.7 billion dollars following a successful joint counter-narcotics…
December 9, 2025

Man arrested following discovery of his mother's decomposing body

Detectives assigned to the St Catherine North police have taken a man into custody in connection with the suspected murder of his elderly mother whose body was found in an advanced state of…
The call comes against the background of a stoning incident of a vector control team in Siloah, St Elizabeth.
December 9, 2025

Vector control workers stoned in St Elizabeth

The Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA) is urging members of the public to desist from attacking vector control workers carrying out their duties, following a stoning incident on Tuesday. The…
Members of the Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime Division intercepted a black Honda Fit travelling in the direction of Spanish Town.
December 9, 2025

Police identify men killed on Mandela Highway

The St Catherine South police have identified the three men who were fatally shot during an alleged confrontation with police yesterday along Mandela Highway. They are 21-year-old Davian McLean of…