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Minister of Industry Investment and Commerce Senator Aubyn Hill (right) engages FosRich Group CEO Cecil Foster during a Jamaica Investment and Housing forum at the Resort World hotel in Queens, New York, while Jamaica’s Consul General to New York Alsion
09 Nov, 2025 0

‘A profound loss’

The Jamaican diaspora has reacted with shock and disbelief at news that Jamaica’s Consul General to New York Alsion Roach-Wilson has died following her battle with breast cancer. Roach-Wilson died at…
Linvern Wright, the president of the Jamaica Association of Principals of Secondary Schools .
09 Nov, 2025 0

Bolt’s alma mater among hundreds of schools hit hard by Melissa

The full weight of the damage to schools in the parishes ravaged by Hurricane Melissa could be known this week as officials from the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information get a better…
The Edmund Ridge housing scheme in Montego Bay, St James, where most of the roofs were seriously damaged during the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
08 Nov, 2025 0

Dream homes turned nightmares

A chorus of fury has erupted among homeowners of Edmund Ridge Estates in St James after Hurricane Melissa tore through the three-year-old housing scheme, ripping off roofs and flattening structures,…
United Nations Development Resident Representative to Jamaica, Dr Kishan Khoday surveys the damage done in Black River, St Elizabeth in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.
08 Nov, 2025 0

Turn crisis into opportunity

The World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are urging Jamaica to turn the devastation from Hurricane Melissa into an opportunity to “reimagine” its reconstruction and…
Debris lays in front of the Total gas station on Market Street in Falmouth, Trelawny, on October 29, after the passage of Hurricane Melissa, which swept through the island on October 28.
07 Nov, 2025 0

Land of wood, water, and debris

Hurricane Melissa has left more than 4.8 million tons of debris strewn across Jamaica, blocking roads and cutting off access to schools, hospitals, farms and markets, according to satellite-based…
The NWC says it will continue to operate these distribution points until piped water supply is restored to all communities. -File photo
07 Nov, 2025 0

Sweet relief as water flows

Residents of the Pridees Housing Scheme in Milk River, Clarendon, breathed a collective sigh of relief earlier this week, as water once again flowed through their pipes. It was a welcome return to…
A section of Westgreen in Montego Bay, St James, more than a week after Hurricane Melissa devastated the island.
07 Nov, 2025 0

After the flood, Westgreen battles mud

As he trudged through thick mud covering the roadway outside his home in Westgreen, Montego Bay, 77-year-old John Lee paused to scratch his face. The retired firefighter, his boots caked with muck,…
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07 Nov, 2025 0

Woman sues auto dealer for $21m after Mini catches fire while charging at home

A Kingston woman has filed a lawsuit seeking over $21.7 million against luxury auto dealer ATL Autobahn Limited, claiming that her brand-new 2022 Mini Cooper, purchased for nearly $9.4 million, burst…
Dozens queue up for cash at Scotiabank ATM in Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay, the tourism capital of the island.
07 Nov, 2025 0

JHTA allocates $10 million to aid tourism workers hit by Melissa

WESTERN BUREAU: When Hurricane Melissa tore across Jamaica as a Category Five storm on October 28, thousands of tourism workers were left homeless, jobless, and uncertain. Now, the Jamaica Hotel and…