Hurricane Melissa makes landfall as Jamaica’s strongest-ever storm
- 28-Oct-2025
KINGSTON: Hurricane Melissa made landfall in western Jamaica early Tuesday afternoon as a powerful Category 5 storm and the strongest ever to directly hit the Caribbean nation of 2.8 million people. Melissa made landfall near the town of New Hope, some 62 km (39 miles) south of Montego Bay, packing maximum sustained winds of 185 […]
Fear of mass destruction in Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa churns in
- 28-Oct-2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica: Jamaican officials called on the public to get to higher ground and shelters on Monday evening ahead of Hurricane Melissa, with the prime minister warning it could be a massively destructive storm — the island’s most violent on record. Melissa is charting a painstakingly slow path through the Caribbean as a monster Category […]
Powerful Hurricane Melissa strengthens as it heads for Jamaica
- 27-Oct-2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica: Hurricane Melissa, already a major Category 4 storm, gathered steam as it took aim at Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean, with forecasters predicting catastrophic flooding and urging residents to seek shelter immediately, with evacuations in some areas. Melissa has been blamed for at least four deaths in Haiti and the Dominican […]
Jamaica, Curacao and Honduras win in World Cup qualifying
- 10-Sep-2025
Jamaica beat Trinidad and Tobago 2-0 in World Cup qualifiers on Tuesday to stay top of their CONCACAF (North American) group, while Curacao and Honduras also won.
Hurricane Beryl, churning toward Jamaica, threatens Haiti, Dominican Republic
- 03-Jul-2024
Hurricane Beryl barreled toward Jamaica as a powerful Category 4 storm on Tuesday, threatening to dump rain on parts of Hispaniola after leaving at least three people dead on smaller islands in the eastern Caribbean. Tropical storm conditions were expected on parts of the southern coasts of Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Tuesday evening, […]
Jamaican singer sues Miley Cyrus over lyric
- 15-Mar-2018
NEW YORK: A Jamaican artist has filed a $300 million lawsuit against pop star Miley Cyrus over her 2013 hit “We Can’t Stop,” saying a key lyric was snatched from him. On the track about exploring personal freedom, Cyrus sings, “And we can’t stop / We run things, things don’t run we / Don’t take […]
Sad farewell for injured Bolt as Britain win 4x100m relay
- 13-Aug-2017
LONDON: Usain Bolt’s glittering career swansong came crashing to an end when he pulled up injured on the anchor leg of the world 4x100m relay won by Britain on Saturday. Bolt received the baton with Jamaica in third, but halfway down the finishing straight the towering sprinter pulled up clutching his left thigh, eventually doing […]
Usain Bolt leads Jamaica into final, US run year’s fastest time
- 12-Aug-2017
LONDON: Usain Bolt, running the penultimate race of his career, led Jamaica safely through their semi-final in the 4×100 meters relay at the World Athletics Championships on Saturday while United States ran the fastest time of the year. Bolt, who announced on Monday that he would also run in the heats, will race for the […]
Nervous Bolt wins final 100 meters race on home soil
- 11-Jun-2017
KINGSTON, JAMAICA: An emotional Usain Bolt recovered from a moderate start to win his final 100 meters sprint on home soil, clocking 10.03 seconds at the 2nd Racers Grand Prix in Kingston on Saturday. The multiple Olympic and world gold medalist, who will retire after August’s world championships in London, confessed to being a nervous wreck […]
Meet super centenarian Violet Brown, the oldest person in world
- 29-Apr-2017
A 117-year-old Jamaican woman has earned the title of the oldest person in the world. Violet Brown, born in March 1900, is believed to be the world’s oldest person. Super centenarian Violet Brown credits her ‘hard work’ for her long life. Following the death of Emma Morana of Italy – born November 29, 1889 – […]