Public Health Inspectors (PHIs) have been deployed across the island to assess food safety conditions at hotels, supermarkets, restaurants, food storage facilities, and processing plants. According to the Ministry of Health and Wellness, several.....

When THE STAR team arrived in Farm, Westmoreland, six-year-old Jermonique Tomlinson greeted us with a radiant smile, her tiny voice filled with innocence as she politely asked, "Can you take my picture?" Her simple request -- so pure and unshaken....

He was almost there. After pedalling six long miles on a rusted bicycle, the man everyone in Pondside, St Elizabeth, called 'Bubus' could finally see the line of relief trucks in the distance. Where he was headed, no one knows for sure - but what.....

Container housing developer, Island Imports JA, has unveiled plans to donate three prefabricated homes to families who lost their houses during Hurricane Melissa, with the goal of handing over keys by December. Lisa Williams, partner of the...

In the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, residents of Hanover are sharing profound stories of heartbreaking loss, survival and resilience. Hanover resident, Tyrese McGregor, who described the experience as "traumatic", recounted how the storm,...

The People's National Party (PNP) yesterday launched its first official hurricane relief mission to Westmoreland, marking the start of an islandwide recovery effort in response to the widespread devastation left by Hurricane Melissa. PNP...

The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) is calling on residents in communities hardest hit by Hurricane Melissa to help clear debris from football fields, community centres, and other large open spaces to allow helicopters to land safely for search-and-......

MBJ Airports Limited, operators of Sangster International Airport (SIA), has announced that it is waiving all landing and parking fees for non-commercial relief flights bringing cargo and medical personnel into SIA, effective October 30. The...

Pumpkins' toxic secret Pumpkins and other gourds may be hiding a toxic secret -- they can absorb dangerous pollutants from the soil and store them in their edible parts. Scientists at Kobe University have discovered that subtle differences in.....

The Island Traffic Authority has informed the public that operations at several inspection depots have been momentarily disrupted due to Hurricane Melissa's passing. After thorough assessments, the authority will resume services at four locations....

Transport Minister Daryl Vaz says the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James, will reopen to commercial flights on Saturday morning to help get tourists off the island. The Airports Authority of Jamaica has confirmed that...

A 29-year-old business man from St Catherine who allegedly sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl twice has been charged. The accused is to answer to two counts of rape and sexual touching. It is alleged that during the month of January of this....

Minister of Transport, Honourable Daryl Vaz has said that there have been reports of passengers being charged 50 to 100 percent above the set fares they should be paying and has said that the police and the transportation authority have been given....

Tragedy struck in central Westmoreland as Hurricane Melissa claimed the life of 18-year-old Monique Coke, who was eight months pregnant when disaster hit. Reports are that Coke, her mother and younger brother were in their two bedroom wooden...

Minister of Telecommunication, Honourable Daryl Vaz, says both of Jamaica's main telecommunications providers, Flow and Digicel, suffered major damage to their networks during Hurricane Melissa. Vaz gave the update during a press briefing on...

A Trelawny baker who had been assisting residents in his community to charge their cell phones and other electronic devices during ongoing power outages in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa died tragically from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning....

At 92 years old, Eugenia Nembhard said she has weathered many storms including Hurricanes Charlie in 1951 and Gilbert in 1988, but none were as devastating and furious as Melissa. Sitting on her late mother's waterlogged bed in her hurricane...

For three hours on Wednesday, traffic in Lacovia, St Elizabeth, did not move an inch. Fallen light poles, tangled wires and uprooted trees covered the roadway as rescue crews, police and soldiers struggled to clear a path towards Black River....

Residents of Bullet Tree district in St Catherine have hatched an unlikely hustle -- selling common fowl to the Chinese workmen repairing their battered roads. "Them love the meat, because every time dem come, dem buy," said one Jamaican who's...

Having seen the extensive damage done to his two-acre farm by Hurricane Melissa, Claude Thompson said his only choice was to visit the nearest liquor store. "Mi say from morning a one drum a rum mi drink just fi nuh mad. Right now we farmer dead....