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Up to late yesterday, the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) was conducting a search and rescue operation to find 11 fishermen who have been reported missing since Tuesday, July 2. The Maritime Air and Cyber Command (MACC) of the JDF conducted the...

Despite experiencing several landslides, downed trees and light wires and losing cell phone connectivity from the impact of Hurricane Beryl, residents in some communities in East Rural St Andrew are breathing a sigh of relief that the storm did not...

A sewer pipe being laid for The Spyglass, a luxurious apartment and townhouse complex in Jacks Hill, is at the centre of a fresh quarrel between residents and a contractor in the upper St Andrew community. The Spyglass, which sits on just over five...

An elderly resident of Back Up Resource in southern Manchester died on Thursday morning after one of the walls of his house collapsed on him. Reports are that the 80-year-old man went outside to inspect his house in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl...

WESTERN BUREAU: A wave of frustration swept through Sangster International Airport last evening as passengers, whose flights had been cancelled due to Hurricane Beryl, were informed that they wouldn’t be able to fly out until as late as next...

St Andrew labourer Winston Roper was one of several residents in Gordon Town, St Andrew, who heeded the warning about Hurricane Beryl and rushed to seek refuge at the emergency shelters. However, by midday yesterday, having seen no obvious sign of...

Several residents of the flood-prone Old Harbour Bay in St Catherine on Wednesday made their way to the shelter at the high school in the town in anticipation of the passing of the Category 4 Hurricane Beryl. Early signs of its approach was evident...

WESTERN BUREAU: Hurricane Beryl swept through Montego Bay on Wednesday, bringing powerful winds that toppled trees and blocked roads across the city. The Howard Cooke Highway was reduced to a single lane, with motorists navigating through a maze of...

St Andrew senior citizen Barbara Archer was looking forward to today’s visit from her only daughter and gifting her pineapple, which she specially picked for her. But the reunion was dashed by Archer’s gruesome murder. The partially nude body of...

When Kenneth*, a Jamaican resident, learned of the possibility of Hurricane Beryl passing over the island on Wednesday, not even the months of planning to meet his wife Marsha in New York (NY) for a fun-filled vacation could deter him from...

A family in Jacks Hill in upper St Andrew says their situation has become “desperate” after local authorities failed to address damage to Tavistock Terrace following a major landslide that dumped metres-high mud on their property last November. A...

WESTERN BUREAU: Three men who set off from Whitehouse Fishing Village in Westmoreland last Wednesday and were out of contact for a week have been found alive after becoming stranded when their boat ran out of gas. There was jubilant shouting as...