Our Today’s exclusive interview with Chinese Ambassador H.E. Wang Jinfeng on efforts to help Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa

Reading Time: 6 minutesCategory 5 Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on October 28th 2025, bringing extensive damage and destruction. Jamaica’s Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness has said that initial estimates place the…

Jamaica getting more emergency satellite connectivity post Hurricane Melissa

Reading Time: 2 minutesDurrant Pate/ Contributor Jamaica is getting another deployment of emergency satellite communications services to support the Government of Jamaica following the impact of Hurricane Melissa, which resulted in significant disruption…

Vandalism at Digicel network site in Catherine Hall stalls restoration work

Reading Time: < 1 minuteDigicel is advising the public of a new incident of vandalism at one of its network sites in Catherine Hall, Montego Bay, where critical batteries were discovered to be stolen…

JDF coast guard recovers body of man from river in St James, drowning suspected

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) says the coast guard has recovered the body of a man who was suspected of drowning at the Step River in St James on Sunday.

The man was reportedly attempting to cross the river when he was swept away by the currents.

China’s auto exports up 15.7 % in first 10 months

Reading Time: < 1 minuteChina’s automobile exports rose 15.7 per cent year on year in the first 10 months of 2025, according to data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. The country exported…

Reopening of Bahia Principe delayed by Hurricane Melissa, redundancies announced

Reading Time: 2 minutesBahia Principe Hotels and Resorts has extended the closure of its Grand Jamaica property to December 1, 2026, a year beyond the original schedule, due to extensive damage and reconstruction delays caused by Hurricane Melissa.

The Spanish hotel chain disclosed that recovery across its Runaway Bay complex has been more challenging than expected, with technical assessments showing the need for extended renovation works at the 850-room beachfront resort.