The Jamaica Independent Schools Association (JISA) is raising concerns over what it describes as “insufficient engagement” from the Ministry of Education as private institutions struggle to recover from the extensive damage caused by Hurricane.....

A Chinese hospital ship carrying medical personnel is expected to dock on Jamaica’s north coast this weekend to support the country’s strained health sector following the severe damage caused by Category Five Hurricane Melissa. Health and Wellne...

The adage ‘A child shall lead them’ took on powerful meaning in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa when the Maxfield Park Children’s Home in St Andrew – an institution more accustomed to receiving donations – handed over care packages to t...

WESTERN BUREAU: As Westmoreland grapples with contaminated water sources and a leptospirosis outbreak, more than 270 households in and around Frome received urgently needed water-filtration units on Thursday through a partnership involving Global......

A Trelawny swim instructor accused of killing a security guard three years ago was on Thursday offered bail in the sum of $400,000 in the St James Parish Court, following a Full Court ruling that overturned his earlier committal and returned the...

The Government has confirmed that US$1.68 million and J$635 million have been donated to Hurricane Melissa relief accounts controlled by the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), but said none of the money has been spent....

A birthday viist to a friend ended in terror for 30-year-old Bijorn ‘Cody’ Ellis of Bath district, Burnt Savannah, who was fatally shot by police along the Llandilo main road late Sunday. A close friend who was in the vehicle with him has reject...

Finance Minister Fayval Williams will next Tuesday table the third Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure and update the nation on the various sources of financing to help Jamaica recover from the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. The third.....

With hundreds of mental health cases already reported before Hurricane Melissa struck, professionals now fear a surge as communication lines reopen and more Jamaicans seek help. Already, several Jamaicans – especially those in the west – are...

Jamaica is likely to see an increase in “adverse mental health outcomes” in the aftermath of the death and destruction caused by Hurricane Melissa, a consultant psychiatrist has warned. Post-traumatic stress disorder, major depression and anxiet...

Former president of the Incorporated Masterbuilders Association of Jamaica Carvel Stewart says Jamaica will need both heavy equipment and extensive manual labour to tackle the mountain of debris left behind by Hurricane Melissa. Drawing on decades.....

Relatives of 65-year-old US Army veteran Godfrey Wade are fighting desperately to stop his deportation to Jamaica as he remains detained in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Georgia. More than 70 days have passed since a...

The Cabinet has approved a US$150 million loan to the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) to facilitate the restoration of power to all customers of the light and power company by the latest February 2026. However, with the JPS indicating that...

Telecommunications firm FLOW wants the Government to provide tax breaks for the importation of critical equipment needed to accelerate the restoration of services following the devastation to its network caused by hurricane Melissa. The proposal is....

Former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson says small island states like Jamaica, which are highly vulnerable to climate change despite contributing little to global emissions, must use every international platform to demand climate justice. His call...

The mobile phone seized from Constable Noel Maitland days after his girlfriend, Donna-Lee Donaldson, was reported missing in July 2022 was found to contain a new SIM card. A digital forensic analyst from the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s...

WESTERN BUREAU: Cornwall Mountain is not the kind of place you stumble on by accident. The roads twist upward, breaking off into narrow lanes where houses sit on the hillsides and neighbours live like family. But after Hurricane Melissa dealt its......

The Constitutional Court has put the interdiction of medical doctor Aujae Dixon on hold pending the outcome of a legal challenge he has mounted. Dixon was removed from his job at the May Pen Hospital in Clarendon by the Southern Regional Health...

WESTERN BUREAU: The dark clouds that hung over Somerton on Monday and the rains that soaked the quiet St James community felt like nature itself mourning the passing of its beloved son – reggae icon James ‘Jimmy Cliff’ Chambers. Somerton has.....

The National Parent-Teacher Association of Jamaica (NPTAJ) wants the Government to consider establishing field schools to reduce disruptions in teaching and learning, as thousands of students remain displaced in the wake of Hurricane Melissa. “The...