Councillor Daedre Moulton of the Jamaica Labour Party says efforts are underway to clear critical drains across St Mary Western as part of flood mitigation works being carried out by the National Works Agency (NWA).

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba overnight after battering Jamaica as one of the most powerful landfalling storms in Atlantic basin history.

Hurricane Melissa barreled into Jamaica on Tuesday as a Category 5 storm with some of the fastest winds and strongest intensities ever recorded. The storm blew through the Caribbean island’s southwestern coast,

Four people have been taken into custody following the seizure of an illegal firearm and ammunition during a major police operation in Crooked River, Annotto Bay in St Mary on Wednesday morning. According to police reports,