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From left: Reggae Girlz head coach Hubert Busby Jr and his assistant Deon Burton during a training session in Trinidad and Tobago.
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

Opportunities abound

ALTHOUGH MISSING some key players, Reggae Girlz assistant coach Deon Burton is describing today’s game against Trinidad and Tobago as an important rehearsal as Jamaica steps up preparation ahead of…
Workmen labour to clear debris from drains along the Race Course main road in St Mary on Monday.
December 9, 2025

Elizabeth Morgan | Jamaica and natural disasters – preparation should be high priority

AT THE time of writing, we are still waiting for Hurricane Melissa, now category 5, which could be the most powerful hurricane ever experienced in Jamaica since records have been kept. As many of us…
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December 9, 2025

Dwight Fletcher | Jesus as Lord = unmatched authority

“Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” These words are at the beginning of many letters in the Bible and hold special significance today. Hurricane Melissa has…
December 9, 2025

Sabrina Barnes | Period poverty exists and language matters

IN RECENT conversations around access to menstrual products and healthcare, a provocative claim has surfaced: “Oh, period poverty doesn’t exist. People can buy things. Poor people boasty. Call it…
Sunshine Girls head coach Sasher-Gaye Henry-Wright
December 9, 2025 by Robert Bailey

Sunshine Girls still need support

WITH OVER a month to go before the Sunshine Girls’ highly anticipated four-match Horizon Netball Series against rivals England, head coach Sasher-Gaye Henry is calling on corporate Jamaica to support…
Graduates from the Faculties of Science and Technology and Medical Sciences at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, during the graduation ceremony held on November 4, 2023
December 9, 2025

UWI Mona postpones graduation ceremonies as Hurricane Melissa nears

The University of the West Indies ( UWI ) Mona campus has postponed its graduation ceremonies scheduled for Thursday through Saturday as Jamaica braces for the passage of Hurricane Melissa. In a…
Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Strategic Operations, Warren Clarke
December 9, 2025

Approximately 12,000 cops deployed, disaster measures under DRMA will be enforced for Melissa – JCF

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is reporting that it has mobilised approximately 12,000 personnel across Jamaica, with another 2,000 officers on standby to be recalled from leave, if required, as…
A police patrol car passes the Tower Street Adult Correctional Centre in downtown Kingston on March 14, 2024.
December 9, 2025

Department of Correctional Services moves to protect inmates, staff during Hurricane Melissa

The Department of Correctional Services ( DCS ) says it has activated comprehensive emergency plans to safeguard the lives and well-being of inmates aand staff as Hurricane Melissa approaches Jamaica.…
Rosemarie Bent in a photo with persons using her home in Flagaman, St Elizebeth, as a shelter. Those persons had nowhere to go as they prepared for the Category 5 Hurricane Melissa which is expected to make landfall today.
December 9, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

Mother, son turn Flagaman home into sanctuary for persons fleeing Melissa

WESTERN BUREAU: In the hilly terrain of Flagaman, St Elizabeth, where the wind hums through sprawling melon fields and resilience grows as abundantly as the crops, melon vendor Rosemarie Bent has once…