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Chef Jacqui Tyson is committed to providing hot and ready meals for those living in western Jamaica.
December 9, 2025 by Krysta Anderson

Local chef and food entrepreneur step up to the plate

With Hurricane Melissa having wreaked havoc across western Jamaica, local chef Jacqui Tyson and entrepreneur Emelio Madden are among those in the food industry stepping up to offer a warm meal to…
Children gather around to get porridge in Oxford, St Elizabeth.
December 9, 2025

Earth Today | ‘SIDS must have special consideration’

IN THE aftermath of Hurricane Melissa’s brutal blows to Jamaica, local civil society actors have renewed their call for special consideration for small island developing states (SIDS), as this year’s…
A court date is being finalised.
December 9, 2025

Update | Man charged for Dunbeholden, Portmore gun attack that left two men injured

The police have charged a 21-year-old man for last week’s shooting of two men in Dunbeholden, Portmore, St Catherine. Orane Sertchell, alias Natty, who lives in the area, is charged with wounding…
December 9, 2025

Section of Brandon Hill in St Andrew being blocked by landslide

The police are advising the public that Brandon Hill in St Andrew is currently impassable due to a landslide. Motorists are advised to avoid the area and use alternative routes where necessary. …
One of the many houses that was damaged by Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

Earth Today | After Melissa

HURRICANE MELISSA has come and gone, but her lessons remain – to be reflected upon, analysed and applied with urgency. This is according to Eleanor Jones, sustainable development professional and…
Designer Olivier Rousteing appears after the Balmain Fall/Winter 2025-2026 Womenswear collection is presented in Paris on March 5, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Designer Olivier Rousteing leaves Balmain after 14 years

PARIS ( AP ): Designer Olivier Rousteing is stepping down as creative director of the Balmain fashion house after 14 hugely visible years in which he fused the rigour of Parisian tailoring with a…
Damaged light pole in St Ann following Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

Carnage and Cashless out west

I left St Andrew on the morning of Monday, November 3, for familial and professional reasons – all because of Melissa, who had turned our lives upside down, quite literally, and for some, into a…
Minister of Agriculture Floyd Green surveys damage during a tour of St Elizabeth in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, which hit Jamaica on October 28, 2025, causing widespread devastation to the agricultural sector.
December 9, 2025

Green says relief support mobilised for agriculture sector, detailed damage assessments being done

Agriculture Minister Floyd Green says the Ministry is mobilising all efforts to restore livelihoods, production, and national food security as quickly and safely as possible in the aftermath of…
A mobile phone displays a user’s travels using Google Maps.
December 9, 2025

Gemini AI to transform Google Maps into a more conversational experience

Google Maps is heading in a new direction with artificial intelligence sitting in the passenger’s seat. Fuelled by Google’s Gemini AI technology, the world’s most popular navigation app will become a…