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The Edmund Ridge housing scheme in Montego Bay, St James, where most of the roofs were seriously damaged during the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Kimone Francis

Dream homes turned nightmares

A chorus of fury has erupted among homeowners of Edmund Ridge Estates in St James after Hurricane Melissa tore through the three-year-old housing scheme, ripping off roofs and flattening structures,…
Reverend Winston Pecco, chairman of Edwin Allen High School in Clarendon, explaining the extent of the damage caused by Hurricane Melissa at the institution.
December 9, 2025 by Corey Robinson

Edwin Allen and Clarendon NW’s fight to recovery

Before Hurricane Melissa made landfall, administrators at Edwin Allen High School decided to send home some 120 students who boarded on campus. Now, in the aftermath of the Category Five storm – which…
United Nations Development Resident Representative to Jamaica, Dr Kishan Khoday surveys the damage done in Black River, St Elizabeth in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Jovan Johnson

Turn crisis into opportunity

The World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are urging Jamaica to turn the devastation from Hurricane Melissa into an opportunity to “reimagine” its reconstruction and…
President of the Western Jamaica Media Association, Janet Silvera (centre) in conversation with her vice president, Garwin Davis (right) and veteran journalist Adrian Frater while at work at the newly installed media centre at S Hotel Montego Bay.
December 9, 2025

MoBay hotel opens media base in MoBay to support journalists after Hurricane Melissa

The S Hotel in Montego Bay has converted its entertainment lounge into a media base to assist journalists in western Jamaica struggling with communication and connectivity issues following the passage…
December 9, 2025

Apprentice jockey charged in armed robbery of Portmore business

The police have have charged a 21-year-old apprentice jockey in connection with the armed robbery of a business establishment in Newlands, Portmore, last month. He is Delroy Eric Walker, a…
Alsion Wilson
December 9, 2025

Alsion Roach-Wilson, who rose from homelessness to lead Jamaica’s diplomatic mission in New York, has died

Jamaica’s diplomatic community is mourning the passing of Alsion Roach-Wilson, Consul General to New York, who died on Saturday at her home. She had been battling breast cancer Foreign Affairs…
Reggae Boyz head coach Steve McClaren announced a 26-man squad on November 8, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Rico Henry earns first Reggae Boyz call-up as McClaren names 26-man squad for final World Cup qualifiers

Rico Henry, defender for English football club Brentford, has earned his first call-up to the Reggae Boyz as preparations intensify for Jamaica’s final two matches in the Concacaf World Cup…
December 9, 2025

'Bad heart' charged with Kingston murder

Thirty-three-year-old Travis Graham, aka ‘Bad Heart,’ has been charged with murder and related offences following the shooting death of Oneil Senior, 30, in Kingston in September. The shooting took…
Residents say an oily substance and dead fish have washed ashore at Farquhar Beach in southern Clarendon after Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

Residents sound alarm after 'oily substance' and dead fish wash ashore Farquhar Beach in Clarendon

A probe is to be launched after residents say an oily substance and dead fish have washed ashore at Farquhar Beach in southern Clarendon. The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries confirmed that…