Jovan Johnson/Senior Staff Reporter

May 5, 2026 by Jovan Johnson/Senior Staff Reporter

Report recommends UHWI governance overhaul

A government-appointed committee is calling for the elimination of an arrangement in which the chairman of the University Hospital of the West Indies’ (UHWI) medical committee sits on the institution’s board while the CEO does not, according to a report released Tuesday.

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A section of Beeston Spring ravaged by Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Jovan Johnson

Ronald returns

At one of Jamaica’s darkest hours, global disaster expert Ronald Jackson has returned home under a United Nations assignment to help steer recovery from Hurricane Melissa, the most destructive storm…
Persons gather outside the Naing Wholesale on Main Street in Lucea, Hanover, on Sunday to connect to a Starlink access point to get in touch with family and loved ones as the mobile networks remained non-functional across the parish.
December 9, 2025 by Jovan Johnson

Lucea residents battle isolation as networks remain down

On Sunday, in Lucea, Hanover, residents gathered in small groups outside shops and supermarkets, heads bowed to phones with fading bars, hoping for a message that would tell them family and friends…
Cossaly ‘Moon’ Ennis, a 48-year-old boat captain.
December 9, 2025 by Jovan Johnson

Rain and ruin

Rain hammered through damaged roofs as the Grant family in Montpelier, Hanover, prepared Sunday dinner, a meal amid the constant reminder of Hurricane Melissa that the family acknowledged is not the…