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11 Nov, 2025
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Kgn mayor calls for more resilient construction standards after Category 5 storm
Declaring that Hurricane Melissa has “exposed the need to strengthen national and municipal resilience”, Mayor of Kingston Andrew Swaby says a good place to start is updating Jamaica’s Small Building…
11 Nov, 2025
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Seiveright optimistic for winter tourist season, despite Melissa blow
WESTERN BUREAU: While most hospitality workers in hurricane-battered western Jamaica come from communities still without electricity, water, and other essentials, Delano Seiveright remains hopeful…
11 Nov, 2025
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Blood evidence matches Donna-Lee Donaldson, witness tells court
Blood traces found on several items seized from the New Kingston apartment of police constable Noel Maitland have been confirmed to match the DNA profile of his missing girlfriend, Donna-Lee…
11 Nov, 2025
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Charges recommended for councillors over failure to file declarations
Integrity Commission Director of Corruption Prosecution Roneiph Lawrence has recommended charges against two sitting and two former councillors for repeatedly failing to file their statutory…
10 Nov, 2025
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Real-time audit
The Auditor General’s Department is conducting a real-time audit to assess the transparency and accountability of resources received and utilised under the Hurricane Melissa relief initiative. The…
10 Nov, 2025
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RELIEF TRAGEDY
FLORIDA (AP): A small turboprop plane on a hurricane relief mission to Jamaica crashed Monday morning into a pond in a gated residential neighbourhood of the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Coral Springs,…
09 Nov, 2025
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Hospital nightmare
Western Bureau: As the after effects of Hurricane Melissa continues to take a heavy toll on the lives of residents in western Jamaica, nurses at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St…
09 Nov, 2025
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Food galore at roofless Charles Gordon Market
Western Bureau: The fear that there would be a shortage of farm produce at the Charles Gordon Market in Montego Bay, St James, over last weekend amid the destruction Hurricane Melissa wreaked in the…
09 Nov, 2025
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‘Reopen, even if it’s not perfect’
WESTERN BUREAU: There aren’t enough vendors to serve the crowds of foodies who still converge nightly on the Fort Street jerk chicken strip, as Montego Bay slowly claws its way back to normality after…