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07 Nov, 2025
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07 Nov, 2025
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Ice melts on engines of aviation executives’ salary suit
Director General of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), Nari Williams-Singh, and three senior executives have withdrawn their lawsuit against the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service…
06 Nov, 2025
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‘Not a good move’
A leading disaster-mitigation specialist and a social-development specialist have both cautioned against placing the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) under the…
06 Nov, 2025
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I hear the cry of every baby, says PM
The official number of communities marooned a week after the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa has moved up to 27 even as the Government says it has intensified its efforts to reach people…
06 Nov, 2025
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Jamaica Broilers has ‘significant inventory of chicken’
Jamaica Broilers Group Limited (JBG) says it has a significant inventory of chicken products and restarted distribution on October 31, three days after the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Ian Parsard,…
06 Nov, 2025
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Trapped and terrified
For Aneita Williams, the night Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica will forever haunt her. Trapped inside her flooded home in The Estuary, a housing scheme in Friendship, St James, she came face to…
06 Nov, 2025
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Container homes proposed as quick fix for hurricane homelessness
WESTERN BUREAU: Architectural designer and construction project manager Curtis Hylton believes that it is time for Jamaica to embrace a housing model once dismissed as “unconventional” - retrofitted…
06 Nov, 2025
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Diaspora disaster relief mobilisation moves to targeted areas
Diaspora disaster relief mobilisation has moved into a targeted phase where relief supplies are being sourced to assist critical areas to get the country back up and running. To this end, relief…
06 Nov, 2025
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‘We just have to fight through’
Western Bureau: Despite the massive dislocation and spin-off hardship left behind by Hurricane Melissa, residents in western Jamaica are determined to make the best of a bad situation, demonstrating…