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December 9, 2025
‘This is not an act of God’
MANY JAMAICANS in the island’s west, hard-hit by Category 5 Hurricane Melissa, are praising God for sparing their lives. Others are mourning and asking why God caused such devastation. In response,…
December 9, 2025
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…
December 9, 2025
COBA Awards to honour Oblique Seville
The Calabar Old Boys’ Association (COBA) will celebrate 14 distinguished awardees, including World 100m Champion Oblique Seville and Dr Wayne Henry, director general of the Planning Institute of…
December 9, 2025
Hurricane Melissa National Days of Prayer to be held on November 15 and November 16
The Ministry of Culture says National Days of Prayer will be held on Saturday, November 15, and Sunday, November 16 as the country continues to recover from Hurricane Melissa. The Ministry says this…
December 9, 2025
Additional police personnel in St Elizabeth
The police in St Elizabeth have been receiving additional assistance to maintain law and order, following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. Head of the St Elizabeth Police Division,…
December 9, 2025
Melissa triggers second CCRIF payout, US$150m cat bond
CCRIF Spc, the Caribbean catastrophe risk insurance facility, will make a second payment to Jamaica, this time in relation to rainfall due to Hurricane Melissa. A day later, on Friday, the World Bank…
December 9, 2025
by Dr Yohann White
‘Lock jaw’ or tetanus – a looming threat after Hurricane Melissa
‘LOCK JAW’ or tetanus had stopped all the muscles, including breathing muscles, from working in a young athletic-looking male, cut down flat on his back with a breathing tube down his neck, a machine…
December 9, 2025
Three first-time nominees for Best Reggae Album Grammy category
The nominees for Best Reggae Album at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards have been announced, and they are all homegrown acts, including three first-time nominees. They are Treasure Self Love, the debut…
December 9, 2025
by Keisha Hill
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…