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December 9, 2025
Rico Henry earns first Reggae Boyz call-up as McClaren names 26-man squad for final World Cup qualifiers
Rico Henry, defender for English football club Brentford, has earned his first call-up to the Reggae Boyz as preparations intensify for Jamaica’s final two matches in the Concacaf World Cup…
December 9, 2025
Alsion Roach-Wilson, who rose from homelessness to lead Jamaica’s diplomatic mission in New York, has died
Jamaica’s diplomatic community is mourning the passing of Alsion Roach-Wilson, Consul General to New York, who died on Saturday at her home. She had been battling breast cancer Foreign Affairs…
December 9, 2025
by Corey Robinson
Edwin Allen and Clarendon NW’s fight to recovery
Before Hurricane Melissa made landfall, administrators at Edwin Allen High School decided to send home some 120 students who boarded on campus. Now, in the aftermath of the Category Five storm – which…
December 9, 2025
Apprentice jockey charged in armed robbery of Portmore business
The police have have charged a 21-year-old apprentice jockey in connection with the armed robbery of a business establishment in Newlands, Portmore, last month. He is Delroy Eric Walker, a…
December 9, 2025
MoBay hotel opens media base in MoBay to support journalists after Hurricane Melissa
The S Hotel in Montego Bay has converted its entertainment lounge into a media base to assist journalists in western Jamaica struggling with communication and connectivity issues following the passage…
December 9, 2025
Chasm of star-spangled bewilderment
THE EDITOR, Madam: Whether we like it or not, Washington, DC, is the epicentre of politics for the rest of the world, with so much hypocrisy, utter confusion and vainglorious rhetoric emanating from…
December 9, 2025
Letter of the Day | Build trust through real-time audit of post-Melissa expenditure
THE EDITOR, Madam: Since the passage of Hurricane Melissa, there have been public concerns about accountability in the spending of recovery funds. The Jamaica Accountability Meter Portal recalls how,…
December 9, 2025
A love letter to Jamaica
THE EDITOR, Madam: My beloved island home has gone through a lot over centuries, but Hurricane Melissa was more than we could have bargained for. We faced that monster together and we have survived.…
December 9, 2025
by Marcia Thomas
A requiem for historic buildings in Black River
I have always been interested in the history of the parish of St Elizabeth, which was the parish of my mother. Her family roots run deep in the parish. Her grandmother, Adelaide Shaw, was born in Ivor…