5+ hour, 49+ min ago  (160+ words) Approximately 2, 000 Jamaicans are still without electricity six months after Hurricane Melissa caused widespread power outages across the island, with Energy Minister Daryl Vaz indicating that the majority of affected households are in Westmoreland, where the storm made landfall. Vaz shared…...

8+ hour, 59+ min ago  (493+ words) Amid growing concerns over a shortage of cement, Opposition Spokesman on Investment, Trade and Global Logistics Anthony Hylton is calling for urgent parliamentary attention be given to the the situation, warning that the ongoing supply constraints could undermine Jamaica's recovery…...

1+ day, 19+ min ago  (64+ words) WESTERN BUREAU: Ten-year-old Enrique Aiken speaks with quiet confidence, the kind that comes from finally understanding the work in front of him. "I get to learn more stuff " things we did before and new things " for PEP," said the grade-four…...

1+ day, 20+ min ago  (323+ words) THE EDITOR, Madam: Jamaica's cannabis industry deserves serious discussion, not easy slogans. Too often, we speak as if domestic reform automatically created wide export access. It did not. Jamaica has built a legal framework through the Cannabis Licensing Authority for…...

1+ day, 19+ min ago  (368+ words) Working alongside the JN Foundation and St John Ambulance Jamaica, the Corus team, which has provided part funding for some of the initiatives, joined the medical mission to Wakefield, Trelawny on Saturday April 18. The outreach brought critical healthcare services directly…...

1+ day, 19+ min ago  (269+ words) Head track and field coach of Meadowbrook High School, Dino Rochester, is singing the praises of his girls, who recently participated at the 130th staging of the Penn Relays at Franklin Field, Philadelphia. In his first track and field coaching stint,…...

1+ day, 19+ min ago  (462+ words) Multiple-time champions Calabar High School found the going tough at the recent Penn Relays held in Philadelphia, while St Jago's male and female teams, who have also been successful over the years, failed to add to their tally but had…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (789+ words) A shooting at a Washington dinner attended by President Donald Trump on Saturday sparked a last-minute security review of the four-day state visit, intended to celebrate the United States' 250th anniversary, and the US-UK "special relationship." Buckingham Palace said the king…...

1+ day, 21+ min ago  (436+ words) Months after Hurricane Melissa battered Jamaica's south coast, fishermen at Calabash Bay Fishing Beach in Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth, are gradually returning to the sea, signalling a slow but hopeful recovery for the coastal community. Among them is 78-year-old fisherman…...

1+ day, 20+ min ago  (722+ words) Six months after Hurricane Melissa sowed devastation across sections of Jamaica, leaving flooded fields, shattered infrastructure and livelihoods in ruins, farmers in Clarendon are still reaping the bitter aftermath. Some have begun rebuilding, while others continue to struggle under the…...