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Inside the damaged Howie’s ‘100 Pot’ restaurant.
22 Nov, 2025 0

ECONOMY IN SHAMBLES

From roadside eateries to boutique beachfront guesthouses and attractions, small business operators across St Elizabeth are counting millions in losses following the passage of Hurricane Melissa…
One of the totally destroyed homes in Cambridge, St James, as seen in November 2025.
22 Nov, 2025 0

THE FINAL FRONTIER

WESTERN BUREAU: With full access to Cambridge by road now restored, the last frontier in the unprecedented destruction heaped on the people of St James is now fully exposed – the widespread…
What is left of Debbie-Ann Dixon’s plantain farm in Elderslie, St Elizabeth, after the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
22 Nov, 2025 0

BATTERED, WIPED OUT

With Hurricane Melissa bearing down on Jamaica, Debbie-Ann Dixon devised a plan to save over 500 pounds of “fit” plantains on her sizeable farm in Elderslie, a community located in northwestern St…
A single rod used to ground the establishment is all that is left of Eggy’s on the Beach in Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth.
22 Nov, 2025 0

‘Mi seven youth broke mi heart’

Two seniors who once had thriving culinary establishments at separate locations in the Hurricane Melissa-ravaged parish of St Elizabeth ponder their next move, living a reality that is as…
Former Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson.
22 Nov, 2025 0

Patterson: Vulnerable countries must demand climate justice

Former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson says small island states like Jamaica, which are highly vulnerable to climate change despite contributing little to global emissions, must use every international…
Gerald Miller  (right), health promotion and education officer for Westmoreland, educating residents on the risks of contracting leptospirosis and other diseases from the nearby Ancho River.
22 Nov, 2025 0

DEADLY RISK

WESTERN BUREAU: Days before a leptospirosis outbreak was officially declared across several Jamaican parishes, including Westmoreland, public health officials were already warning residents in…
This photo released by the Christian Association of Nigeria shows the dormitories of St. Mary's Catholic Primary and Secondary School after gunmen abducted children and staff in Papiri community in Nigeria, Friday, November 21, 2025. (Christian Association
22 Nov, 2025 0

Number of children abducted in Nigerian school attack raised to more than 300

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during an attack on St Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state, the…
Sewage overflow in a section of downtown Kingston on November 21, 2025.
22 Nov, 2025 0

NWC distances itself from sewage overflow in downtown Kingston

The National Water Commission (NWC) is distancing itself from the presence of raw sewage in a section of downtown Kingston. The NWC says the affected blocked drains are not a part of its network…
Firefighters at Usain Bolt’s Tracks & Records restaurant in Montego Bay, St James, following a blaze at the eatery on Saturday.
22 Nov, 2025 0

Usain Bolt’s Tracks and Records restaurant in St James extensively damaged by early-morning fire

A pre-dawn fire caused extensive damage to Usain Bolt’s Tracks and Records Restaurant and Bar on Jimmy Cliff Boulevard early Saturday, with fire investigators probing the cause after flames tore…