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December 9, 2025
Adolescent fertility doing well, but …
THE EDITOR, Madam: Between 2000 and 2020, Jamaica achieved the largest reduction in adolescent fertility rate (AFR) among Caribbean countries, 57.2 per cent. That is highly commendable. We started…
December 9, 2025
Lines of frustration, aftermath of chaos
THE EDITOR, Madam: It has been over two weeks since Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica. And yet, the storm’s impact is far from over. Banks, automated teller machines, and remittance offices such…
December 9, 2025
Overcome Melissa’s tragedies
THE EDITOR, Madam: The advent of Hurricane Melissa will remain etched in the annals of history and more so in the minds of all who experienced it firsthand all the way from Jamaica, Hispaniola, Cuba,…
December 9, 2025
Audrey Hinchcliffe | Cleaning and sanitisation critical after Hurricane Melissa
Hurricane Melissa’s disastrous effects on people, homes, businesses and communities heighten our awareness of the need for cleaning and sanitisation as an integral part of recovery. Foremost on our…
December 9, 2025
Tony Deyal | Truth about dump and shallow brute
Jasmine Crockett, a 44-year-old American lawyer, focusing on legislation to improve the lives of everyday working people, said about Trump, the 47th President of the United States (US) made it clear,…
December 9, 2025
by Gregory Bryce
Boyz, T&T stalemate; Curacao run rampant
The race for the top spot in Group B will come down to the final day as Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago played out a 1-1 draw at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Concacaf World Cup Qualifying action…
December 9, 2025
2 off-duty cops shot dead along Waltham Park Road
The Major Investigation Division (MID) has launched a probe following the fatal shooting of two policemen along Waltham Park Road in St Andrew just before 8 p.m. last night. As at press time,…
December 9, 2025
JDF to establish operational hubs in Trelawny, Westmoreland and Hanover to streamline relief efforts
The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) will be establishing operational hubs in Trelawny, Westmoreland, and Hanover over the next 48 hours, to streamline Hurricane Melissa relief efforts in those parishes. …
December 9, 2025
Growth & Jobs | Manchester small farmer focused on replanting
LESS THAN two weeks since the passage of Hurricane Melissa, and Leroy Blake, a small farmer from Whitby district in Williamsfield, Manchester, was on his farm, cleaning and clearing fallen trees and…