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28 Oct, 2025
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Hurricane Melissa weakens to Category 4 but continues to batter Jamaica
Hurricane Melissa has weakened slightly to a Category 4 system, but the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) says catastrophic winds, flash flooding, and storm surge remain ongoing across Jamaica. The…
28 Oct, 2025
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Time for the ‘real quality’
PRESIDENT OF the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Keith Wellington says he is confident that the standard of play in the schoolboy football competitions will continue to rise as the…
28 Oct, 2025
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At least four hospitals ‘significantly damaged’ by Hurricane Melissa - Tufton
Hurricane Melissa has caused “significant damage” to at least four major hospitals, Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, has confirmed. The hospitals are Noel Holmes in Hanover,…
28 Oct, 2025
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Venezuela suspends energy agreements with Trinidad after US warship arrives at island nation
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela on Monday suspended energy agreements with Trinidad and Tobago, over what officials have described as “hostile” actions by the island nation. Trinidad is now…
28 Oct, 2025
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India’s hopes hit as Pratika Rawal ruled out
NEW DELHI (AP): INDIA’S HOPES of winning a first Women’s Cricket World Cup title have been dented with the injury-enforced withdrawal of opening batter Pratika Rawal for the semi-final against…
28 Oct, 2025
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Inter goalkeeper involved in car accident that kills 81-year-old
MILAN (AP): AN 81-YEAR-OLD man using an electric wheelchair died after being hit by a car driven by Inter Milan goalkeeper Josep Martínez yesterday, according to Italian media reports. Police…
28 Oct, 2025
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From barefoot beginnings to multi-millionaire: Altiman Davis tells his story
Like many Jamaican youths growing up in rural Jamaica in the 1960s and 1970s, Altiman Davis had to walk several miles between districts in St Ann and St Mary in order to get an education. Born in…
28 Oct, 2025
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NMIA, Ian Fleming could reopen tomorrow; Sangster uncertain
There is a strong possibility that Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in Kingston could reopen on Thursday, according to Audley Deidrick, head of the Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ).…
28 Oct, 2025
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J’can community in US being mobilised for post-Melissa relief
NEW YORK: United States Congresswoman Yvette Clarke yesterday pledged her full support to Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa continued to impact the island. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Clarke – who…