Lead Stories
December 9, 2025
by Mickalia Kington
Dalling Street, McNeil Land plagued by clogged drains and rising flood water
Western Bureau: For residents of Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, the rain hasn’t stopped, and neither have the floods. In Dalling Street, McNeil Land, and surrounding areas, clogged drains and rising…
December 9, 2025
by Christopher Thomas
WRHA hospitals ready for Melissa amid bed space concerns
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Delroy Fray, the clinical coordinator for the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), says hospitals under the region’s umbrella are well-equipped to face any emergencies that may…
December 9, 2025
Anxiety mounting in Little London as Melissa edges closer to Jamaica
Western Bureau: As the weather system Melissa edges closer to Jamaica, residents in western Westmoreland are already feeling the impact of heavy rainfall and flooding, days before the storm’s…
December 9, 2025
by Edmond Campbell
POLITICAL STORM
Tensions flared in Parliament on Tuesday after Speaker of the House Juliet Holness muted the microphone of Opposition Leader Mark Golding during a heated exchange over questions posed to a government…
December 9, 2025
High alert for ‘Melissa’
As Tropical Storm Melissa moves slowly across the central Caribbean, with potential impacts on Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti, local disaster coordinators have been placed on high alert to…
December 9, 2025
by Tanesha Mundle
CMU paid $720,000 to Reid’s driver for student meals, court hears
Four invoices with sums totalling $720,000 were paid out by the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) to former Education Minister Ruel Reid’s driver for providing meals for students. Reid, his wife…
December 9, 2025
by Kimone Francis
Buchanan presses on with fight to void St Andrew WC election result
Attorney-at-law Hugh Wildman says his client Paul Buchanan’s ultimate goal is to have the September 3 general election result in St Andrew West Central voided and a re-run ordered. Wildman’s comments…
December 9, 2025
by Andre Williams
Woman killed, daughter injured in suspected domestic attack
What should have been a peaceful post-holiday morning turned to horror in the quiet community of Rose Hill in Content, St Andrew, on Tuesday after a suspected domestic attack left one woman dead and…
December 9, 2025
by Ruddy Mathison
Injured suspect held after deadly Linstead gun battle
A manhunt launched by the security forces to apprehend two men who escaped during a fierce gun battle in Linstead, St Catherine, Monday night, has resulted in the capture of one of the fugitives…