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Spencer Chung ... Commander Z’s trainer.
December 12, 2025 by Ainsley Walters

Commander Z gets perfect draw in Sunday’s feature

UNITED States-bred COMMANDER Z returns off a three-month break, without blinkers, perfectly drawn for a shot at Sunday’s Charles Hussey Trophy out the straight course. A four-year-old colt, COMMANDER…
Dr. M. Audrey Stewart-Hinchcliffe, CD, JP, BA, M.Sc., DBE (h.c.), Chairman of Manpower & Maintenance Services (MMS) Limited Group
December 12, 2025

Audrey Stewart-Hinchcliffe | After Hurricane Melissa: Infrastructure and systems impact public health and safety

The mention of infrastructure typically conjures up thoughts of buildings, bridges, roadways and other facilities. However, infrastructure and systems in public health refer to essential services and…
Minister of the Finance and the Public Service (MFPS) Fayval Williams (centre) answers questions during a sitting of the House of Representatives last Tuesday. Looking on are Darlene Morrison (right), financial secretary, and Zavier Mayne, minister of sta
December 12, 2025 by Kimone Francis

IFC validates Gov’t decision to suspend fiscal rules as part of Hurricane Melissa response

The Independent Fiscal Commission (IFC) says it has validated the Government’s decision to temporarily suspend the country’s fiscal rules following the severe economic and social impact of Hurricane…
A young woman fills a bucket with water to wash clothes at the Blue Hole along the Sandy Bay main road in Hanover last month as there was no water supply in her community.
December 12, 2025 by Bryan Miller

Mayor estimates Hanover’s post-storm repair bill for public infrastructure at $800m

WESTERN BUREAU: The Hanover Municipal Corporation (HMC) has estimated more than $800 million in damage to roads and public infrastructure across the parish arising from the passage of Hurricane…
A firefighter surveys the charred remnants of Ray Moore’s home on Mountain View Avenue in St Andrew yesterday. Several burnt speaker parts can be seen scattered about.
December 12, 2025 by Sashana Small

Christmas plans, livelihood go up in flames

Sixty-two-year-old Ray Moore could only watch helplessly on Thursday as firefighters battled the blaze that consumed his home on Mountain View Avenue in St Andrew. Moore’s house of 25 years was one of…
A UNDP team member assesses damage in Parottee, St Elizabeth, following Hurricane Melissa.
December 12, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

Concerns about risky rebuilding raised at St Elizabeth MC meeting

WESTERN BUREAU: Michelle Senior, parish manager at the St Elizabeth branch of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, is voicing new concerns about unsafe rebuilding efforts now under way in parts…
Pamela Lawson, managing director of the JSPCA.
December 12, 2025 by Corey Robinson

CANINE CRISIS

Dozens of puppies are being rushed to the Jamaica Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (JSPCA), suffering from severe gastroenteritis, bloody diarrhoea, and agonising pain before many…
Michael Johnson
December 12, 2025 by Gregory Bryce

Grand Slam Track files for bankruptcy

Grand Slam Track (GST), the innovative brainchild of US Olympian Michael Johnson, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, following a premature end to its inaugural season, loss of a key investor, and…
Shanoya Douglas’ coach at Holland High School Garth Smythe.
December 12, 2025 by Robert Bailey

Holland High: Two months of Melissa misery

Nearly two months after the passage of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa, the devastation continues to weigh heavily on the athletes of Holland High School and their head coach Garth Smythe. Smythe said…