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Jamar Grant, who started having classes at Godfrey Stewart High in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, for children sheltering at the school.
December 9, 2025 by Erica Virtue

‘Shelter school’ springs to life at Godfrey Stewart High

Excited chatter filled Godfrey Stewart High School in Westmoreland last Wednesday as children’s voices echoed across the compound. From the main office, teachers could be heard giving instructions to…
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December 9, 2025 by Edmond Campbell

Some displaced students to be hosted by Corporate Area schools

Some Corporate Area public and private schools have volunteered to host students displaced from western institutions severely impacted by Hurricane Melissa. Education Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon…
The remains of Frome Technical High School teacher Wayne Coley’s house in Amity, Westmoreland.
December 9, 2025 by Erica Virtue

HOUSELESS TEACHERS

Wayne Coley had only seconds to decide whether to stay or run. The 31-year veteran teacher at Frome Technical High School watched as his kitchen door flew open – twice – before the bedroom door did…
The damaged Steps to Christ at the Northern Caribbean University in Mandeville, Manchester.
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

NCU head requests urgent help for tertiary students severely affected by Melissa

Professor Lincoln Edwards, president of Northern Caribbean University (NCU), is urging the Government to prioritise assistance for tertiary students following the devastation caused by Hurricane…
Former Senator Don Wehby.
December 9, 2025

Senators salute Wehby at first working session

Lawmakers from both sides of the political divide, at their first working meeting on Friday since the start of the new parliamentary term, came together to pay glowing tribute to former Senator Don…
Research fellow Sachin Surwase shows an image of a pancreatic lymph node from a mouse in the lab where he studies autoimmune diseases at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
December 9, 2025

Autoimmune treatments struggle, prompting new approach

Scientists are trying a revolutionary new approach to treat rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, lupus and other devastating autoimmune diseases – by reprogramming patients’ out-of-whack immune…
Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St James
December 9, 2025

Cornwall Regional Hospital roof repaired

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says roofs at the Cornwall Regional Hospital have been fully restored just three weeks after they were destroyed by Hurricane Melissa. The repair work was funded and…
Dr Christopher Tufton, minister of health and wellness.
December 9, 2025

Leptospirosis outbreak declared in Jamaica

Jamaica is now experiencing an outbreak of leptospirosis following Hurricane Melissa, with six suspected deaths so far, Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has disclosed. During a press…
Jamaica's interim Consul General to New York Ariel Bowen.
December 9, 2025

Update | Foreign affairs ministry clarifies Ariel Bowen's role at New York consulate

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade has clarified that Ariel Bowen is being deployed to the Consulate-General of Jamaica in New York as Officer-in-Charge. A previous Gleaner report had…