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Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness and executives of LCH Development topping out Tower One at The Pinnacle Montego Bay in St James yesterday.
December 2025 by Janet Silvera

Holness urges developers to help rebuild Ja

WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says the topping out of Tower One at The Pinnacle marks a major step forward for Jamaica’s tourism diversification strategy. However, he insists that…
Dwight Crawford, deputy mayor of Montego Bay and councillor for the Spring Garden Division in the St James Municipal Corporation, and his sister Kimika Crawford, present tributes during the thanksgiving service for their father, businessman Ruel Alphanso C
December 2025 by Christopher Thomas

Businessman Ruel Crawford remembered for integrity, family values

WESTERN BUREAU: A subdued atmosphere hung over the Ridgemount United Church in Mandeville, Manchester, yesterday as relatives and well-wishers said farewell to businessman Ruel Alphanso Crawford, a…
Commander Alvin Gayle, director general of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management.
December 2025

1,000 Jamaicans still in shelters

Over 1,000 Jamaicans remain in shelters almost six weeks after the passage of Hurricane Melissa. The Category 5 storm, which slammed into Jamaica on October 28, making landfall on the western belt,…
Rats carry the disease, leptospirosis.
December 2025 by Corey Robinson

Embrace ‘One Health’

Medical experts are calling for stronger adherence to the global One Health mandate by Jamaican authorities, citing the outbreak of leptospirosis following Hurricane Melissa a month ago as a clear…
The Reverend Errol Rarray, chairman of the National Prayer Vigil Committee, and Dr Patricia Holness, chair of the Prayer and Promotions Sub-Committee, speak with the media during the National Prayer Vigil of Jamaica Executive Committee press conference hel
December 2025 by Sashana Small

National Prayer Vigil Committee sees Jamaicans returning to God

Jamaicans are re-embracing Christianity to navigate the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Melissa as they seek spiritual reassurance and a source of comfort to deal with the trauma of the Category 5…
Jimmy Cliff
December 2025

Official funeral for Jimmy Cliff set for next week

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange has announced that the official funeral for the late Reggae icon Jimmy Cliff will take place next Wednesday, December 17, at the…
One of the 60 homes built by S Hotel Montego in 30 days for families displaced by Hurricane Melissa.
December 2025 by Janet Silvera

60 homes in 30 days

WESTERN BUREAU: A crippled man in Hertford, Westmoreland, a father and his two sons in Black River, St Elizabeth, and a woman living in the open air in Petersfield are among the first recipients of…
Minister of the Finance and the Public Service (MFPS) Fayval Williams (centre) answers questions during a sitting of the House of Representatives last Tuesday. Looking on are Darlene Morrison (right), financial secretary, and Zavier Mayne, minister of sta
December 2025

All schools to reopen early January

At least 160 schools remain closed for teaching and learning weeks after the passage of Hurricane Melissa. These schools are expected to reopen on January 6, 2026, according to Minister of Finance and…
Jamaican craft Items from the Ocho Rios Craft Market in St Ann.
December 2025 by Albert Ferguson

Gov’t targets craft sector as new pillar of creative economy

WESTERN BUREAU: State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce Delano Seiveright has declared that Jamaica’s craft sector is poised for a sweeping overhaul as the Government moves…