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07 Nov, 2025
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Update | Clarendon woman relieved after locating family in hurricane-ravaged St Elizabeth
A Clarendon woman who, yesterday, made a desperate plea for help in locating her daughter-in-law and one-year-old grandson in St Elizabeth is now breathing a sigh of relief. Nadine Stewart-Whyte…
07 Nov, 2025
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JCSA concerned about PM's 'deeply unfortunate and disheartening' comments
The Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA) has described as "deeply unfortunate and disheartening" to public officers comments by Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness regarding the “inability…
07 Nov, 2025
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JMDA says CRH in 'devastated state' following Hurricane Melissa
The Jamaica Medical Doctors' Association (JMDA) has written to Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton requesting an urgent meeting with his ministry amid what it said are statements by officials…
07 Nov, 2025
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Woman killed in St Thomas hit and run
The Bath police in St Thomas are searching for the driver of a motor car who failed to stop after their vehicle killed a 68-year-old woman on Thursday. The victim has been identified as Paulette…
07 Nov, 2025
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St John Ambulance, JN deliver first aid in St Elizabeth, Westmoreland
As communities begin to recover from Hurricane Melissa’s recent landfall, more than 250 volunteers mobilised by St John Ambulance Jamaica and the JN Foundation delivered first-aid to nearly 800…
07 Nov, 2025
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UK Jamaicans mobilise to assist country in aftermath of Hurricane Melissa
LONDON: The UK Jamaican diaspora community has mobilised in great numbers to assist Jamaicans at home whose lives have been upended by the devastation brought on by the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
07 Nov, 2025
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Coping forum launched to offer therapy solutions post-Melissa
In the wake of Hurricane Melissa, grief, shock, anxiety and uncertainty have settled across the communities most severely affected, as well as the wider Jamaican society still reeling from the storm’s…
07 Nov, 2025
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Religious and faith-based task force formed to support hurricane relief
A National Religious and Faith-Based Hurricane Task Force has been established to identify the needs of religious organisations and their members, and to coordinate relief efforts across more than 775…
07 Nov, 2025
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JHTA allocates $10 million to aid tourism workers hit by Melissa
WESTERN BUREAU: When Hurricane Melissa tore across Jamaica as a Category Five storm on October 28, thousands of tourism workers were left homeless, jobless, and uncertain. Now, the Jamaica Hotel and…