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Alfred ‘Frano’ Francis (centre), race director of Reggae Marathon, in conversation  with Dr Carey Wallace (left), executive director of Tourism Enhancement Fund, and Ian Kelly, chairman of Reggae Marathon, at the 2025 Reggae Half Marathon, 10K and 5K
December 9, 2025

Reggae Marathon to focus on helping Negril recovery

HURRICANE MELISSA left several communities across Jamaica facing widespread damage, including Negril, the beloved home of the Reggae Marathon for nearly a quarter of a century.
Clarke is charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, assault at common law, and using a firearm to commit a felony.
December 9, 2025

Gun Court for municipal cop charged for allegedly hitting taxi operator with firearm during dispute

The Portmore, St Catherine municipal police officer who is charged with allegedly using his weapon to hit a taxi operator during an argument that developed into a fight is to go before the Gun Court…
File photo.
December 9, 2025

Fatal police shooting in Old Harbour

A man was fatally shot by the police during an alleged confrontation in Old Harbour, St Catherine on Friday. The deceased has been identified as 37-year-old shopkeeper Domar Lee of Marlie Acres in…
One of the totally destroyed homes in Cambridge, St James, as seen in November 2025.
December 9, 2025 by Adrian Frater

THE FINAL FRONTIER

WESTERN BUREAU: With full access to Cambridge by road now restored, the last frontier in the unprecedented destruction heaped on the people of St James is now fully exposed – the widespread…
Firefighters at Usain Bolt’s Tracks & Records restaurant in Montego Bay, St James, following a blaze at the eatery on Saturday.
December 9, 2025

Usain Bolt’s Tracks and Records restaurant in St James extensively damaged by early-morning fire

A pre-dawn fire caused extensive damage to Usain Bolt’s Tracks and Records Restaurant and Bar on Jimmy Cliff Boulevard early Saturday, with fire investigators probing the cause after flames tore…
Sewage overflow in a section of downtown Kingston on November 21, 2025.
December 9, 2025

NWC distances itself from sewage overflow in downtown Kingston

The National Water Commission (NWC) is distancing itself from the presence of raw sewage in a section of downtown Kingston. The NWC says the affected blocked drains are not a part of its network…
What is left of Debbie-Ann Dixon’s plantain farm in Elderslie, St Elizabeth, after the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Livern Barrett

BATTERED, WIPED OUT

With Hurricane Melissa bearing down on Jamaica, Debbie-Ann Dixon devised a plan to save over 500 pounds of “fit” plantains on her sizeable farm in Elderslie, a community located in northwestern St…
A single rod used to ground the establishment is all that is left of Eggy’s on the Beach in Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth.
December 9, 2025 by Andre Williams

‘Mi seven youth broke mi heart’

Two seniors who once had thriving culinary establishments at separate locations in the Hurricane Melissa-ravaged parish of St Elizabeth ponder their next move, living a reality that is as…
This photo released by the Christian Association of Nigeria shows the dormitories of St. Mary's Catholic Primary and Secondary School after gunmen abducted children and staff in Papiri community in Nigeria, Friday, November 21, 2025. (Christian Association
December 9, 2025

Number of children abducted in Nigerian school attack raised to more than 300

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during an attack on St Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state, the…