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Travis Fisher, the son of 60-year-old fisherman Vincent Fisher, recalls losing his father during the passage of Hurricane Melissa on October 28.
December 9, 2025 by Corey Robinson

Deadly determination

As Hurricane Melissa pummelled Smithfield in Westmoreland, 50-year-old Vincent Fisher worked frantically to protect his concrete home. He tried to clear a fallen tree, secure shattered windows, and…
Dr Ralph Gonsalves.
December 9, 2025

Gonsalves says Unity Labour Party very much alive despite election defeat

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – St Vincent former Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves, whose Unity Labour Party (ULP) was defeated in Thursday’s general election after 25 years in office, says the party is…
Christopher Samuda, vice-president of the Americas Paralympic Committee.
December 9, 2025

Samuda urges organisation to attract investment

PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Paralympic Association (JPA), Christopher Samuda, speaking on investment strategies in sport at an international forum currently being held in Santiago, Chile, reminded…
Photo by Raymond Graham Kellits High school’s netball players Shanay (left), Sheamoy (second left), and Shenelle Stewart (right) pose with their coach, Alaine Rochester just after their ISSA Rural Under-16 match against Denbigh High School on Thursday.
December 9, 2025 by Raymond Graham

Triplets pour sisterly love into Kellits’ netball

TRIPLETS ARE a rarity, triplets excelling at the same sport, even more so. At Kellits High School, triplets play on the same under-16 netball team. Fifteen-year-olds Shanay, Sheamoy, and Shenelle…
Pamela Lawson, managing director of the Jamaica Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, shares a playful moment with a dog at one of the organisation’s facilities.
December 9, 2025 by Tiffany Pryce

‘Not enough hands’

Pamela Lawson, managing director of the Jamaica Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (JSPCA), has painted a worrying picture of the country’s animals in the wake of Hurricane Melissa,…
Dr Christopher Tufton
December 9, 2025

Tourists safe despite leptospirosis outbreak, says Tufton

Minister of Health & Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton has sought to assure that the current leptospirosis outbreak poses no great risk to tourists coming to Jamaica. Tufton said health authorities…
Photos by Antoine Lodge Family and friends gather in Westmoreland for a repast following the funeral of Cleveland Jeffery, lost during Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Corey Robinson

Nowhere for the living, nowhere for the dead

A Westmoreland family is caught between grief and survival in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. On Friday, as they gathered to lay their brother, Cleveland Wayne – affectionately called “Gramps”—…
Balvin Thorpe writes: The deaths we have already seen in Jamaica from carbon monoxide poisoning are preventable.
December 9, 2025

Balvin Thorpe | Jamaica cannot afford another preventable generator death

The aftermath of Hurricane Melissa has revealed more than just infrastructural damage – it has uncovered a dangerous pattern of preventable household tragedies. In the weeks following the storm, the…
From left: St Andrae Sinclair, regional director, Western Regional Health Authority; Dr Christopher Tufton, minister of health and wellness; Lt Comm Anderson Goodridge, commander of the Barbados emergency medical team; and Captain Dr Ayana Crichlow, clini
December 9, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

Westmoreland field hospital to open this week

WESTERN BUREAU: The country’s third field hospital – a Type 2 full-service medical facility gifted by Barbados – will be fully operational before the end of this week on the grounds of the…