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Senior figures within Jamaica’s media landscape have strongly rejected a call from a government lawmaker to reinstate criminal libel, arguing that such a move would roll back hard-won press freedoms secured under the Defamation Act of 2013. Former...
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As the Jamaican Government prepares to purchase thousands of container homes as a rapid response to the housing stock devastated by Hurricane Melissa, Incorporated Masterbuilders Association of Jamaica (IMAJ) President Richard Mullings is urging...
As Hurricane Melissa pummelled Smithfield in Westmoreland, 50-year-old Vincent Fisher worked frantically to protect his concrete home. He tried to clear a fallen tree, secure shattered windows, and sweep water from the flooded front room. Outside,...
Some 200 students from five of the parishes hardest hit by Hurricane Melissa are set to continue their education under a relocation initiative – the brainchild of St Catherine North West Member of Parliament Damion Crawford. The North West St...
Jamaica is mourning the passing of Dorothy Pine-McLarty, a transformative figure in the development of Jamaica’s modern electoral system. Pine-McLarty, who was widely regarded as one of Jamaica’s leading property attorneys, built a reputation for...
WESTERN BUREAU: Veterinary surgeon Dr Stephen Bryan said, when he established Bryan’s Veterinary Clinic on Coke Avenue in Brandon Hill, Montego Bay, a decade and a half ago, it was not only about caring for dogs and cats – his primary area of...
A Westmoreland family is caught between grief and survival in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. On Friday, as they gathered to lay their brother, Cleveland Wayne – affectionately called “Gramps”— to rest, they faced the agonizing reality that...
Pamela Lawson, managing director of the Jamaica Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (JSPCA), has painted a worrying picture of the country’s animals in the wake of Hurricane Melissa, which struck Jamaica one month ago. Across western...
Residents of Kintyre and Tavern in St Andrew say they are “running out of ground” after Hurricane Melissa’s fierce rains chewed deeper into the Hope River’s banks, exposing foundations, toppling fences, and renewing longstanding fears that their...
In West Albion – where several Hope River survivors were resettled after Hurricane Gustav – residents say they are no longer sitting ducks on the riverbank, but the relocation has brought its own set of challenges. Patricia Wallace, 62, who lost...
WESTERN BUREAU: When Hurricane Melissa ripped the roof off Dumfries Primary and left children wandering aimlessly across Lima, St James, veteran teacher Elaine Morgan refused to let the storm steal their future. With schools shuttered, devices...
WESTERN BUREAU: Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has renewed his call for dignity to be placed at the centre of Jamaica’s hurricane recovery efforts, urging that assistance to affected residents be delivered in ways that uphold their pride and self...
WESTERN BUREAU: Local Government and Community Development Minister Desmond McKenzie has said that the country’s new building code, which has been in gestation for nearly two decades, is scheduled for implementation in the upcoming fiscal year. As...
A mechanic who lived for several years at his now-ex-partner’s St James home and helped expand it while she was abroad has been granted a 25 per cent interest in the property after challenging her for a 50 per cent stake. In a written judgment,...
Principal of Ocho Rios High School, Marvin Clowson, says while the school is accommodating students displaced by Hurricane Melissa, it will not be processing transfer requests at this time. Ocho Rios was among the schools that reopened on November...
Hurricane Melissa ripped through western Jamaica, devastating Cornwall county and parts of Manchester and St Elizabeth. Other parishes, too, felt the wrath of the Category 5 storm. In the east, Portland’s Rio Grande Valley — long recognised as...
