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December 9, 2025
Westmoreland Health Department urges vigilance following Hurricane Melissa
The Westmoreland Health Department is urging residents to remain vigilant against health risks, following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, which left widespread damage and disrupted water supplies…
December 9, 2025
Arise, Sir David
LONDON (AP): WHEN IT came time to receive his knighthood, football great David Beckham knew what to do. He bent his knee like, well, Beckham. King Charles III tapped his shoulders with the blade of a…
December 9, 2025
by Livern Barrett
‘God is good and we still have life’
An open cellar beneath the ruins of her house is where Juliet Clarke now lives with her three-year-old granddaughter and a mentally-disabled man she cares for, but that has not shaken her faith. The…
December 9, 2025
Mbappé struggles again at Anfield as Liverpool beat Real Madrid 1-0
LIVERPOOL, England (AP): KYLIAN MBAPPÉ has been near-unstoppable this season. At Anfield yesterday, he hit a roadblock. Again. For the second year running, the Real Madrid forward had a night to…
December 9, 2025
by Erica Virtue
Patterson urges Jamaica, Jamaicans to rebuild with resilience for the future
Amid scenes and images of the widespread devastation to the island’s southwestern coastal parishes following the passage of the record-breaking Category 5 Hurricane Melissa, former Prime Minister PJ…
December 9, 2025
by Janet Silvera
Bees of hope
When Hurricane Melissa flattened crops and stripped Jamaica’s hillsides bare, few thought about the smallest victims – the bees. But for Laura Littlebear of Greater Good Charities, saving these…
December 9, 2025
A call for climate justice
THE EDITOR, Madam: We, representatives of 43 civil society groups and concerned individuals from across Jamaica, issue this statement in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm that…
December 9, 2025
Import tax waiver for disaster relief supplies extended to December
The Government has extended the window for which persons can import Hurricane Melissa relief supplies and donations without paying customs duty and General Consumption Tax (GCT). The tax relief took…
December 9, 2025
by Karen Madden
Tertiary schools back in session after Melissa
Despite a threat from disgruntled students at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, to stage a sit in, the St Andrew-located institution resumed classes on Monday. Like other tertiary…