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The plane crashed into a pond in a residential neighbourhood of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
December 9, 2025

RELIEF TRAGEDY

FLORIDA (AP): A small turboprop plane on a hurricane relief mission to Jamaica crashed Monday morning into a pond in a gated residential neighbourhood of the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Coral Springs,…
Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, St James
December 9, 2025 by Adrian Frater

Hospital nightmare

Western Bureau: As the after effects of Hurricane Melissa continues to take a heavy toll on the lives of residents in western Jamaica, nurses at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St…
Yam seller Tesha Davis (left) negotiating the price of the produce with a customer.
December 9, 2025

Food galore at roofless Charles Gordon Market

Western Bureau: The fear that there would be a shortage of farm produce at the Charles Gordon Market in Montego Bay, St James, over last weekend amid the destruction Hurricane Melissa wreaked in the…
Dozens of people wait to purchase fuel from the Thrifty gas station along the Bogue road in Montego Bay, St James, on November 2.
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

‘Reopen, even if it’s not perfect’

WESTERN BUREAU: There aren’t enough vendors to serve the crowds of foodies who still converge nightly on the Fort Street jerk chicken strip, as Montego Bay slowly claws its way back to normality after…
Collen Gager, mayor of Falmouth.
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Falmouth’s popular Bend-Down Market to reopen Wednesday

WESTERN BUREAU: Falmouth’s popular Bend-Down Market is on course to reopen on Wednesday, just under two weeks after Hurricane Melissa tore through the historic town, leaving widespread destruction.…
Audrey Marks (right), minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for efficiency, innovation and digital transformation, and co-chair of the Government’s Private Sector Coordination Committee to Bolster Recovery; sp
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

EU pumps €2m into hurricane relief effort

Jamaica is set to receive €2 million in aid from the European Union (EU) as the country continues its recovery from Hurricane Melissa, which slammed into the western section of the island nearly two…
Pastor Paul Thompson
December 9, 2025 by Adrian Frater

Melissa victims worship under tents at site of destroyed church building

Western Bureau: The faith and resolve of members of the Porto Bello Pentecostal Worship Centre at Cornwall Court in Montego Bay, St James was on full display yesterday as they gathered at the site…
Minister of Local Government, Desmond McKenzie (2nd left) and Mayor of Falmouth, Collen Gager (right front) tour the town of Falmouth with other technocrats in the government and vendors displaced by Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

McKenzie: Falmouth devastation as bad as Black River

WESTERN BUREAU: The devastation in Falmouth, Trelawny, rivals that of Black River, St Elizabeth, according to Minister of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie, who described…
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
December 9, 2025 by Lester Hinds

‘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…