Lead Stories
December 9, 2025
by Sashana Small
PRIVATE SCHOOLS LEFT IN THE DARK
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…
December 9, 2025
Leptospirosis deaths CLIMB to 14
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…
December 9, 2025
by Karen Madden
Handwritten hope
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…
December 9, 2025
by Mickalia Kington
Safe water push intensifies amid lepto outbreak
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…
December 9, 2025
by Tanesha Mundle
Accused in security guard’s fatal stabbing offered bail; case reopens
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…
December 9, 2025
by Kimone Francis
NONE SPENT
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…
December 9, 2025
by Mickalia Kington
W’land man killed at police checkpoint
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…
December 9, 2025
by Edmond Campbell
Finance minister to speak on economy Tuesday
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…
December 9, 2025
by Corey Robinson
Schools, NGOs partner to help children cope amid growing post-storm stress
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…