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Mangled metal frame of Black River Market after Hurricane Melissa on October 28, 2025
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UNESCO to provide learning kits and grants to support hurricane-hit students and teachers in Jamaica

UNESCO is to support Jamaica’s hurricane-battered education sector by helping with the provision of learning kits for students in grades 7-9, and targeted grants to 100 student-teachers at Sam Sharpe…
National epidemiologist Dr Karen Webster-Kerr.
12 Dec, 2025 0

Health ministry notes downturn in leptospirosis, urges continued vigilance

WESTERN BUREAU: Although the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) reports that leptospirosis cases have begun to decline since mid-November, health minister Dr Christopher Tufton is warning…
Councillor Devon ‘Don Don’ Thomas.
12 Dec, 2025 0

OUSTER HICCUP

WESTERN BUREAU: Tension erupted inside the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation (WMC) yesterday as Councillor Lidden Lewis launched a dramatic but ultimately unsuccessful attempt to oust his People’s…
A firefighter surveys the charred remnants of Ray Moore’s home on Mountain View Avenue in St Andrew yesterday. Several burnt speaker parts can be seen scattered about.
12 Dec, 2025 0

Christmas plans, livelihood go up in flames

Sixty-two-year-old Ray Moore could only watch helplessly on Thursday as firefighters battled the blaze that consumed his home on Mountain View Avenue in St Andrew. Moore’s house of 25 years was one of…
A UNDP team member assesses damage in Parottee, St Elizabeth, following Hurricane Melissa.
12 Dec, 2025 0

Concerns about risky rebuilding raised at St Elizabeth MC meeting

WESTERN BUREAU: Michelle Senior, parish manager at the St Elizabeth branch of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, is voicing new concerns about unsafe rebuilding efforts now under way in parts…
George William Gordon House in downtown Kingston.
12 Dec, 2025 0

Former Gordon House manager faces possible surcharge over personal use of gov’t vehicle

The former facilities and operations manager (FOM) at Gordon House could face surcharge action after being cited for using a 2022 Toyota Prado for his personal use over an extended period. In a…
Dellon Hall, an employee of Strobe Etech Communications, is overcome with emotion after receiving a bed during the company’s handover of essential household items to staff affected by Hurricane Melissa on Tuesday.
12 Dec, 2025 0

MoBay BPO firm rolls out $8.5m staff relief drive

Western Bureau: When Hurricane Melissa ripped across western Jamaica, it left BPO employees like Aleshia Malcolm sheltering in her car and erased Dellon Hall’s home entirely. Now, Strobe Etech…
Winnie Berry (left), deputy CEO for curriculum support at the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, speaks with Scott Renner (right), Chargé d’Affaires at the US Embassy; Tammy L. Palmer (second left), Peace Corps country director; and v
12 Dec, 2025 0

Peace Corps volunteers begin service focused on literacy, hurricane relief

Twenty-one newly sworn-in Peace Corps volunteers will work in rural parishes, supporting literacy in primary schools and helping farmers strengthen sustainable agriculture and community resilience.…
Chairman of the JN Foundation, Parris Lyew-Ayee.
12 Dec, 2025 0

JN Hurricane Melissa relief to support early childhood sector

The Jamaica National Group will direct 40 per cent of its ISupportJamaica Fund for Hurricane Melissa relief to early childhood institutions, a move JN Foundation chairman Parris Lyew-Ayee says…