Lead Stories
December 18, 2025
by Edmond Campbell
Coffee farmers cry for more assistance
Hit with losses estimated at $1 billion from the devastating effects of Hurricane Melissa, the local coffee industry yesterday received 5,000 bags of fertiliser and other key agricultural inputs…
December 18, 2025
by Albert Ferguson
MBCCI’s Russell bats for hurricane-resilient buildings
WESTERN BUREAU: Jason Russell, president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, says that rather than investing in large, stand-alone storage facilities, which may sit idle between…
December 18, 2025
by Sashana Small
Gifting tree at Azan’s spreads Christmas cheer
Azan Supercentre in Cross Roads, St Andrew, is helping to bring back the magic of Christmas for hundreds of children impacted by Hurricane Melissa through its gifting tree programme. Through this…
December 17, 2025
by Livern Barrett
HAMISH’S REGRET
In 2013, the year Hamish Campbell took up the post of assistant commissioner at the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM), Jamaica recorded 258 police fatal shootings. Twelve years later,…
December 17, 2025
by Tanesha Mundle
Forgiving mom wanted shorter sentence for son’s killer
Despite the brutal killing of her son, Cerita Rhone says she forgave his killer years ago and had hoped the court would impose a lighter sentence even after he was handed 30 years’ imprisonment. “I…
December 17, 2025
by Corey Robinson
Post-Melissa electricity grid restoration at 84%
The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has restored service to 84 per cent of its customers seven weeks after the passage of Hurricane Melissa and with the Government’s sign-off on a US$150-million loan to…
December 17, 2025
by Adrian Frater
‘It was not a shoot-out’
WESTERN BUREAU: Some residents of Rose Heights, St James, have rejected the police’s account of an incident in which three men were shot and killed and two firearms allegedly seized in the community…
December 17, 2025
by Sashana Small
Home for the holidays
With Christmas lights twinkling and the season of goodwill in full swing, Bellevue Hospital Chief Executive Officer Suzette Buchanan is making a heartfelt appeal to families: take your loved ones home…
December 17, 2025
by Mickalia Kington
Water-filtration system brings clean water to Frome
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Frome, Westmoreland, yesterday began accessing clean, drinkable water again with the installation of a community water filtration system at the Pan-Caribbean Sugar Company…