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December 9, 2025
JPS says 95% of customers in Portland and St Mary will have power by first week of December
The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) says 95% of customers in Portland and St Mary will have power by the first week of December, as the company continues restoration efforts across the island. JPS also…
December 9, 2025
Teen boy among two killed in separate motorcycle crashes in St Thomas
A 16-year-old boy was one of two persons who died from injuries received in separate vehicular crashes in St Thomas last night. Dead is Devaughn Henry, a student of Ginger Hall in Bath in the parish.…
December 9, 2025
Containers with compromised food tampered with or go missing in St James, Health Ministry warns public
The public is being advised that four containers that were being stored at Porto Bello in Montego Bay, St James, which were found with compromised foods, have been discovered to be tampered with…
December 9, 2025
Education Ministry to engage multilateral partners to develop building standards for school
The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information is engaging multilateral partners to craft robust standards that will guide the development of more climate-resilient schools in the country. …
December 9, 2025
FAA takes first steps to restore US flights after shutdown strain, but some limits remain
The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday halved the number of flights that US airlines must cut from their schedules at 40 airports as the country’s aviation system recovers from a shortage of…
December 9, 2025
Gus John |Britain and Melissa’s violent warning
It is now commonplace for politicians, when challenged to engage with the issue of reparatory justice, to argue that they want to concentrate on the future and move on from the past. A classic example…
December 9, 2025
by Paul H. Williams
‘Like a fish out of water’
On the St Elizabeth side of the border with Westmoreland, there once was an idyllic little fishing village. The village remains but, since Hurricane Melissa tore through, it is almost unsightly, and…
December 9, 2025
Amb Anderson lauds Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue team
WASHINGTON DC: Jamaica’s ambassador to the United States, Major General (Ret’d) Antony Anderson, has commended the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue Team (Virginia Task Force 1) for its…
December 9, 2025
IOM partners with Airbnb to shelter essential workers post-Melissa
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has announced a partnership with Airbnb.org to provide free emergency stays for families and frontline responders displaced by Hurricane Melissa. …