The case against bauxite mining company Windalco, which is before the St Catherine Parish Court over a 2019 fish kill in the Rio Cobre, continues to face delays. The trial resumed today in court with the defence calling its second witness,...
Motorists will pay less for gas come Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to move down by $0.25 to sell for $155.17 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 will go down by $0.25 to sell for $161.78. Automotive diesel oil...
HAVANA (AP) — A blackout hit Havana and the rest of the western half of Cuba on Wednesday, leaving millions of people without power on an island struggling with chronic outages blamed on a crumbling electric grid. Lázaro Guerra, general director...
Some 60,000 customers of the National Water Commission (NWC) in western Jamaica are still without piped water more than a month after the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency...
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) on Wednesday said that it will launch a new initiative in Jamaica this week in the wake of the disaster caused by Hurricane Melissa, which left thousands...
The Students' Loan Bureau (SLB) has announced that students attending schools in Westmoreland, St James, Hanover, St Elizabeth, and Trelawny will each receive a $60,000 grant under a new post–Hurricane Melissa support programme. SLB Executive...
Information Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon has disclosed that the millions collected by the Government through the Support Jamaica Hurricane Melissa relief website will be used to buy building materials to support reconstruction, particularly homes...
Minister of Agriculture Floyd Green has indicated that the World Bank has estimated the damage to Jamaica’s agricultural sector at J$60 billion or US$300 million. Green, speaking at a press briefing at Jamaica House on Wednesday, said that...
Abigail Malcolm, People’s National Party councillor-caretaker for the Cornwall Mountain Division in Westmoreland, said she has been seeking assistance to help persons rebuild and bury their loved ones arising from Hurricane Melissa. This follows...
Three of the leading construction and engineering groups in Jamaica are urging the Government to prioritise permanent, hurricane-resilient housing over temporary container units as the country moves to rebuild following Hurricane Melissa. In a...
Police are investigating a daring early morning shooting and robbery attempt along Oxford Road in St Andrew on Wednesday. Explosions were reportedly heard about 8:50 a.m., and men seen running away from the scene. An eyewitness said one of the...
A parish court judge has ordered 16 Haitians to leave Jamaica after they were found to have overstayed the three-day period granted to them upon arrival. The order was issued today after the group was taken before the court on charges related to...
A 45-year-old St Elizabeth man died from injuries he sustained in a vehicular crash in the parish on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Hayne Foster, a farmer of Park District, St Elizabeth. Reports are that about 1:50 p.m., Foster was...
(AP) — India’s telecoms ministry on Wednesday rolled back its order for smartphone manufacturers to preinstall a government-run cybersecurity app on new devices. The Ministry of Communications on Monday asked smartphone makers to install the...
Engineers from the Jamaica Defence Force will be assisting with repairs to damaged buildings in Accompong and surrounding areas in St Elizabeth, says Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness. Approximately 80 per cent of the structures in the historical...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness is describing as “historic” the US$6.7-billion reconstruction package assembled by five international financial bodies to help Jamaica rebuild following the devastation sustained as a result of Hurricane Melissa on...
WESTERN BUREAU: Five weeks after Hurricane Melissa tore through western Jamaica, Round Hill Hotel and Villas is preparing to reopen its doors, but not before first rebuilding something far more fragile than walls, roofs or landscaping. The luxury...
This is the final article in a series highlighting Youth Voices in Hurricane Melissa recovery, featuring young people’s perspectives on resilience, rebuilding and the future after the storm. Jamaica’s future development will largely depend on...
The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) says its efforts to restore electricity to customers in St Ann have been significantly set back by the theft of wires from its power delivery network, which was severely damaged by Hurricane Melissa. JPS, in a...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico is holding key hearings on fee increase requests from private power companies that, if approved, could see the US territory’s average residential bill rise by at least 40% on an island with a high poverty...
The Port Antonio police in Portland are investigating an incident in which a policewoman was reportedly shot accidentally on Tuesday. Details of the incident have not been released. However, it is understood that the policewoman was rushed to the...
Junior Minister in the Ministry of Finance Zavia Mayne has rejected claims by the Integrity Commission that he has failed to supply information requested regarding his statutory declarations, thereby breaching the law. Director of Corruption...
Junior Minister in the Ministry of Finance Zavia Mayne should be charged for allegedly failing to provide information requested on his income and assets, including documentation for the $120-million sale of a shop, the country’s corruption...
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is probing two separate fatal police shootings that occurred on Monday. One man was shot and killed during an alleged confrontation in Salt Spring, St James and another in Scott’s Hall...
Caribbean Airlines (CAL) is reporting that it will discontinue service on its Tortola, British Virgin Islands, and San Juan, Puerto Rico, routes effective January 10, 2026, following comprehensive evaluations of route performance and resource...
