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Floodwaters cover a section of Caledonia Avenue in Mandeville, blocking access to the entrance of the Mandeville Regional Hospital after Hurricane Melissa on Tuesday.
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Hundreds seek shelter in Manchester amid flooding, power outages

Flooded streets, uprooted trees, and toppled light posts littered Mandeville, Manchester, on Tuesday as Hurricane Melissa unleashed its full fury in the mid-island parish. The central parish suffered…
Former West Indies captain, Rovman Powell (left), runs a single with current captain, Shai Hope, on his way to an unbeaten 44 and an unbroken 83-run partnership to help his side claim the first T20I against Bangladesh at the Bir Sreshtho Flight Lieutenant
28 Oct, 2025 0

Men in maroon working hard to turn things around – Powell

CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh (CMC): HAVING LOST their last three T20I series, the West Indies are trying to turn things around against Bangladesh, says veteran player and former captain Rovman Powell. The…
Flooding along Caledonia Avenue in Manchester during the passage of Hurricane Melissa on October 28, 2025.
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Jamaica declared 'disaster area' amid battering from Hurricane Melissa

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has declared Jamaica a 'disaster area', as the country reels from widespread infrastructural damage and catastrophic flooding caused by the passage of…
Action in the ISSA Urban Schoolgirl Netball competition between Wolmer’s Girls (in maroon) and Merl Grove at Wolmer’s Girls’ School on Friday, September 27, 2024..
28 Oct, 2025 0

Schoolgirl netball top seeds hold true to form

TOP-SEEDED SENIOR teams remain on course to advance to the second round of the Urban ISSA Schoolgirl Netball competition, maintaining unbeaten runs in the preliminary round of action.
A woman carrying a mattress in the rain evacuates before the arrival of Hurricane Melissa in Cañizo, a community in Santiago de Cuba, Tuesday, October 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Cubans evacuate ahead of Hurricane Melissa, president urges citizens not to underestimate storm

Authorities in the eastern Cuban province of Holguín prepared to evacuate more than 200,000 people on Tuesday, in addition to a similar number moved to safety from the town of Banes ahead of the…
Track and field coach Carl Page (left) helps one of his charges, Jhadon Burke, manage his starts during a training session at the Bridgeport High School in 2023.
28 Oct, 2025 0

Page enjoys start to life at St Jago

NEW HEAD coach of the St Jago High School boys’ track and field programme, Carl Page, says he is enjoying his early days at the institution. A past student and former assistant coach with the school’s…
Waves splash in Kingston, Jamaica, as Hurricane Melissa approaches, Tuesday, October 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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Hurricane Melissa among the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on record

Hurricane Melissa is now among the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on record. The monster storm strengthened Tuesday before hitting Jamaica, bringing with it maximum sustained winds of 185 mph (295…
Portland fisherfolk who lost fish pots during Hurricane Beryl fear similar losses after Melissa’s rampage.
28 Oct, 2025 0

Hurricane Melissa reignites frustration among Portland’s fisherfolk

Having lost dozens of fish pots at sea during Hurricane Beryl last year without receiving support, fisherfolk in Portland fear they may once again be left on their own following the onslaught of…
A section of Duke Street in downtown Kingston was yesterday impassable as a result of a downed tree blocking the road.
28 Oct, 2025 0

Kingston spared

Had Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Kingston, Jamaica’s capital and most populated city, the effects of the Category 5 disaster would have been far more cataclysmic, structural and environmental…