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December 9, 2025
CPFSA says child care facilities secured in wake of Tropical Storm Melissa
The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) says government and private residential child care facilities have been secured in the wake of Tropical Storm Melissa. CPFSA CEO Laurette Adams…
December 9, 2025
Developers and landowners urged by KSAMC to secure construction sites amid impending storm
The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) is urging all developers, contractors, and landowners to take immediate action to secure their construction sites in light of Tropical Storm…
December 9, 2025
St James authorities begin evacuation of homeless ahead of Tropical Storm Melissa
Authorities in St James have initiated the evacuation of approximately 200 homeless individuals from Montego Bay and surrounding communities to emergency shelters, in anticipation of Tropical Storm…
December 9, 2025
by Robert Bailey
Thomas eager for call to national youth coaching set-up
Former national youth player Alex Thomas says he is eager to be a part of Jamaica’s national coaching set-up, stating that his experience as a former youth international and his years in coaching make…
December 9, 2025
by Adrian Frater
Toxic encounters
Western Bureau: Memories of last year’s devastating blow by Hurricane Beryl are still fresh, especially the major infrastructural damage, the multimillion-dollar hit on the farming section, and…
December 9, 2025
by Albert Ferguson
‘We’re not ready’
WESTERN BUREAU: As dark clouds gather once again over Jamaica’s southern plains, a sense of dread hangs heavy over the farming community of Flagaman, in St Elizabeth, as many residents who barely…
December 9, 2025
Researchers mapping rural heat to protect farmworkers
CALIFORNIA (AP): In the summers, the sky is jet black when Raul Cruz arrives at this Imperial Valley sugarcane field to start his day. He chops, cleans and bundles the crop, taking heed as the sun…
December 9, 2025
by Keith McGhie
Tough task for Jamaica’s Reggae Warriors
Jamaica’s Reggae Warriors are in France today and stand potentially just 80 minutes away from qualifying for a second successive Rugby League World Cup. But a mountain of handicaps have been put in…
December 9, 2025
by Tanesha Mundle
Storm wary market vendors warn consumers to brace for price increase
With Tropical Storm Melissa now threatening sections of the island, vendors at Coronation Market in downtown Kingston are taking no chances, though not everyone is convinced the system will make a…