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Minister of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie (second left) tours a section of the Savanna-La-Mar Market in Westmoreland last Wednesday to assess the damage caused by the recent passage of Hurricane Melissa. Joining him are (from
December 9, 2025 by Mickalia Kington

Market meltdown

Savanna-la-Mar’s storm-ravaged market has once again become the centre of public frustration and political attention as residents and vendors plead for urgent repairs and clarity on its future. The…
Reconstruction work under way at Anthony Davis’ home at Edmund Ridge Estates in Montego Bay, St James.
December 9, 2025 by Kimone Francis

Edmund Ridge fury

Less than a year after moving into his new two-bedroom home at Edmund Ridge Estates in St James, homeowner Anthony Davis has begun extensive interior renovations. The house was among several severely…
Meris Palmer, the administrator at the Frazerville Methodist Church in Duanvale, Trelawny.
December 9, 2025 by Adrian Frater

‘It was God’s wrath’

WESTERN BUREAU:
Hundreds of people have turned to bathing, washing and fetching water for domestic use from this Banana Spring roadside catchment in Cornwall Courts in Montego Bay, St James, since the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

Springs to the rescue as St James water crisis deepens

A worsening water crisis in St James has forced residents across the parish to depend on roadside springs and makeshift catchments for basic household needs, even as health officials warn that the…
Businessman Carl Palmer reflects on his losses.
December 9, 2025 by Adrian Frater

Two Palmers, two painful Melissa experiences

Western Bureau: While scores of residents were converging on the Duanvale Community Centre, in Trelawny, on Friday to collect care packages and other supplies courtesy of Pepsi, which had partnered…
Tacine Lawson carefully braids a young girl’s hair with the belief that looking good makes you feel good, despite the circumstances after Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Mickalia Kington

Duty’s call

Delta Airlines employees are lending a helping hand to communities affected by the Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica, bringing care packages, essentials, and even personal services, to residents in need.…
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December 9, 2025

Canadians among several arrested in St Elizabeth cocaine bust

A quantity of cocaine has been seized and several persons, including two Canadians, have been arrested in a major operation now under way in St Elizabeth, sources have disclosed. The amount of…
A fire truck at a building located at the corner of Williams Street and Young Street in Spanish Town, St Catherine that was damaged by a blaze on December 6, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Fire guts building in Spanish Town, worker escapes through second-floor window

A law office and a residential premises located on a three-storey building in Spanish Town, St Catherine have been destroyed by a fire. A furniture store on the ground floor of the property, which…
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December 9, 2025

Two shot, one fatally, in March Pen Road gun attack

A man was fatally shot and a woman was injured in a gun attack in the community of March Pen Road in Spanish Town, St Catherine last night. The deceased has been identified as 32-year-old labourer…