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December 9, 2025
Low on food and water, shelter at Petersfield High in need of urgent help
Persons overseeing the hurricane shelter at Petersfield High School in Westmoreland, as well as those who evacuated their homes to safety, are appealing for urgent help, saying they are running low on…
December 9, 2025
Climate change boosted Hurricane Melissa’s destructive winds and rain, analysis finds
Human-caused climate change boosted the destructive winds and rain unleashed by Hurricane Melissa and increased the temperatures and humidity that fuelled the storm, according to an analysis released…
December 9, 2025
Letter of the Day | Let’s open our doors to fellow Jamaicans in need
THE EDITOR, Madam: The recent hurricane has left a devastating impact across western Jamaica – particularly in Westmoreland, St Elizabeth, St James, Trelawny, and Hanover. Thousands of homes have…
December 9, 2025
Kristen Gyles | Better safe than sorry
Jamaica is very highly prone to natural disasters and specifically hurricanes, considering its position in the Atlantic hurricane belt. Although the last time we got a direct hit from a hurricane…
December 9, 2025
Peter Espeut | Hope springs eternal
Two days ago (last Wednesday) my wife and I accompanied a few friends on a journey to the isolated community of Seaford Town in deep rural Westmoreland on a mission of mercy. Hurricane Melissa made…
December 9, 2025
Editorial | A subterranean grid
Andrew Holness has put the issue of subterranean power lines back on Jamaica’s agenda, but the matter, in the current circumstances, insists on a deeper, and more urgent, discussion than the prime…
December 9, 2025
Doing the right thing
THE EDITOR, Madam: Hurricane Melissa has passed but her impact remains etched into our lives (and will be for eons to come) – in the broken homes, the grieving hearts, and the quiet resilience of…
December 9, 2025
Letter of the Day | Let ‘...justice, truth, be ours forever…’
THE EDITOR, Madam: As the relief supplies come into the island from the many sources of concern and assistance, both those directly connected to Jamaica and others simply wanting to help, it is…
December 9, 2025
Police await further analysis after autopsy finds UWI student died from asphyxia
The police are awaiting further analysis of evidence in the death of University Of the West Indies, Mona, student Victoria Hanley-Brown following an autopsy on Wednesday which said the primary cause…