A senior official in the Ministry of Education says community colleges heavily damaged by Hurricane Melissa have received interim clean-up grants to help remove debris from their campuses. With concerns growing over the disruption facing students......

WESTERN BUREAU: With the parish of Hanover listed in the Ministry of Health and Wellness report confirming 11 cases of leptospirosis in western Jamaica since the passage of Hurricane Melissa, concerns are mounting about the large amounts of...

WESTERN BUREAU: Hanover Eastern Member of Parliament Andrea Purkiss has sharply criticised the level of government assistance reaching her constituency following the devastation caused by Category 5 Hurricane Melissa across western Jamaica. She...

This article marks the first in a series highlighting Youth Voices in Hurricane Melissa Recovery. It will feature perspectives from youth as they reflect on key areas of the recovery process, offering insights into resilience, rebuilding and the...

New York City-based charity Pencils4Kids has stepped in with relief support for the residents of Quickstep and Donegal in St Elizabeth, following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. The organisation’s founder and CEO, Randy Griffiths,......

SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Male students at Little London High School no longer have to be jealous that the girls' restroom is nicer than theirs. Last Friday, a group of alumni called Global Humanity Network Incorporated (GHNI) dona...

Today is the 102nd day of 2022. There are 263 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1961: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to fly in space, orbit the Earth and make a safe landing. OTHER EVENTS1606: Great Britain ad...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's Parliament on Monday elected Opposition lawmaker Shahbaz Sharif as the new prime minister, following a week of political turmoil that led to the weekend ouster of Premier Imran Khan.Sharif took the ...

While the journey of entrepreneurship has been anything but smooth sailing for small grocery store owner Arlene Swaby, she is proof that with the right focus, and a little support, small business owners can thrive."I started out after m...

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Programme director, Community Renewal Programme, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Charles Clayton says the answer to the nation's crime problem is definitely not the resumption of hanging.In fact, Clayton poi...

A gentle wind swept across the hillside in Good Hope, Clarendon, stirring the leaves of the banana trees as Margaret Mills-Pinnock settled into a plastic chair in her yard. However, the cool breeze did nothing to ease the heaviness in her voice.....

She was not decked out in the black, green and gold like the masses that turned out at the National Stadium yesterday for the Jamaica vs Curacao World Cup qualifier, but Scotland resident Heather Hawgart was all Jamaican. Standing in the line...

Hurricane Melissa's wreckage has opened dangerous new hunting grounds for human traffickers and sexual predators, the head of a female advocacy group has warned. "There is a connection between disaster and human trafficking," Dr Lavern Deer,...

Bridget Sandals has announced a rollback of its recent price increase, a move the company says is directly tied to the widespread devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa and the hardship now facing thousands of Jamaicans. The company said the...

Smartphones rarely appear in your dreams Even though people spend hours glued to their phones, dreams remain strangely untouched by the digital age. According to leading Harvard dream researchers, smartphones, readable words, coherent numbers.....