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December 9, 2025
Non-essential government offices to close at 2 p.m.
The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has announced that all non-essential government offices will close at 2 p.m. Friday. Essential services will remain operational and available to the public. …
December 9, 2025
Almost stationary Melissa to pass south of Jamaica early next week - Met Service
The Meteorological Service of Jamaica has reported that Tropical Storm Melissa remains nearly stationary to the southeast over the Caribbean Sea and is expected just south of Jamaica early next week. …
December 9, 2025
Letter of the Day | Remote learning is not a storm-ready solution for education continuity
THE EDITOR, Madam: Am I the only one concerned that the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information (MOESYI) has closed schools and mandated remote learning as Tropical Storm Melissa…
December 9, 2025
Editorial | Hurricanes and small things
With Tropical Storm Melissa still moving ominously and slowly towards Jamaica, the question is, how badly will the island be affected by the wind and rain expected over the next few days. Jamaica…
December 9, 2025
Patterson and Golding among former PMs concerned about US military action in Caribbean region
Former prime ministers P.J. Patterson and Bruce Golding are among a group of ex-heads of government in the Caribbean who have expressed concern about the military build-up of the United States in the…
December 9, 2025
Alabama executes man with nitrogen gas for 1993 murder over $200 drug debt
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man convicted of helping to burn a man alive in 1993 over a $200 drug debt was executed by nitrogen gas on Thursday. Anthony Boyd, 54, was pronounced dead at 6:33 p.m.…
December 9, 2025
Manning, daCosta Cup suspended indefinitely
High school sports’ governing body, the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) has indefinitely postponed its top football competitions, the daCosta Cup and the Manning Cup, due to the…
December 9, 2025
Fearing repeat of Beryl flooding, Waterford residents want Adair Drive gully cleaned and repaired
As Jamaica braces for the impact of Tropical Storm Melissa, residents of Waterford in Portmore, St. Catherine, are sounding the alarm over the deteriorating state of the gully along Adair Drive — one…
December 9, 2025
Truck driver charged for chopping motorist with machete during argument following crash
A truck driver has been charged for using a machete to chop another motorist several times during an argument that developed following a collision involving the two in Linstead, St Catherine on…