Corey Robinson/Senior Staff Reporter

Mickel Jackson
December 16, 2025 by Corey Robinson

JFJ: Consensual sex between minors should not be a crime

Sexual offences, particularly consensual sexual intercourse with a person under 16, make up the majority of cases referred to Jamaica’s Child Diversion Programme, launched in 2020 to redirect children…
Pamela Lawson, managing director of the JSPCA.
December 12, 2025 by Corey Robinson

CANINE CRISIS

Dozens of puppies are being rushed to the Jamaica Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (JSPCA), suffering from severe gastroenteritis, bloody diarrhoea, and agonising pain before many…
Rats carry the disease, leptospirosis.
December 10, 2025 by Corey Robinson

Embrace ‘One Health’

Medical experts are calling for stronger adherence to the global One Health mandate by Jamaican authorities, citing the outbreak of leptospirosis following Hurricane Melissa a month ago as a clear…
Alicia Harris, guidance counsellor at Jonathan Grant High School.
December 9, 2025 by Corey Robinson

Workshop launched to tackle challenges impacting high schoolers’ mental health

Parental relationships, cellular phone usage, and self-esteem struggles are labelled among the major challenges impacting high school students’ mental health and Chevening, Mindfulness Jamaica, and…
From left: Student Cameron Shepherd engages with founder of C.H.E.W. Foundation, Donovan Lewis, Margaret Campbell, principal of St George’s College, and student Nathaniel Farquharson, at the St George’s College Lecture Series held on Tuesday at the Abe
December 9, 2025 by Corey Robinson

‘Perseverance, character: the tools for success’

Perseverance, character, and unwavering commitment to family were key themes of a lecture from businessman Donovan Lewis, the final guest speaker for this year’s inaugural three-part St George’s…
Travis Fisher, the son of 60-year-old fisherman Vincent Fisher, recalls losing his father during the passage of Hurricane Melissa on October 28.
December 9, 2025 by Corey Robinson

Deadly determination

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…
Two little girls play at the edge of floodwaters along Coast Road in Alligator Pond, Manchester, a day after the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
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…
Sixty-five-year-old US Army veteran Godfrey Wade.
December 9, 2025 by Corey Robinson

ICE CUSTODY BATTLE

Relatives of 65-year-old US Army veteran Godfrey Wade are fighting desperately to stop his deportation to Jamaica as he remains detained in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in…
Pearnel Charles Jr, minister of labour and social security.
December 9, 2025 by Corey Robinson

Charles details shift to needs-based hurricane relief

As of yesterday, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, working with the Jamaica Defence Force and other partners, had made 138 air and ground drops with relief for communities that remain…