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December 9, 2025
‘We’ve never experienced this before’
Jamaicans are being urged to brace for the worst as Hurricane Melissa intensifies south of the island and is forecast to make landfall as a Category 4 system early this week. At a media briefing on…
December 9, 2025
St Catherine business group wants urgent drain cleaning in Spanish Town ahead of Hurricane Melissa
As Hurricane Melissa approaches, St Catherine Chamber president Dennis Robotham is urging urgent drain cleaning in Spanish Town to help prevent flooding. "Sections of the town, Wellington…
December 9, 2025
Portland Cottage on edge as Hurricane Melissa looms
Residents of Portland Cottage in Clarendon - a small fishing community - are on edge as Hurricane Melissa looms. They say fear has again gripped the area, as memories of the devastation caused by…
December 9, 2025
ODPEM activates full emergency operations as Hurricane Melissa threatens Jamaica
The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has fully activated the National Emergency Operations Centre as Hurricane Melissa is projected to rapidly intensifies into a major…
December 9, 2025
Social media claims of national power cut are fake - JPS
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) says claims circulating on social media that electricity would be shut off on Saturday due to the approaching Hurricane Melissa are fake. “There is no such…
December 9, 2025
Melissa strengthens into Category 1 hurricane
Tropical Storm Melissa has been upgraded to a Category 1 hurricane, Principal Director of the Meteorological Service, Jamaica, Evan Thompson, confirmed. The system, at the southeast of Kingston…
December 9, 2025
by Sashana Small
Neglect and fear collide in McGlashen as residents brace for Melissa
It’s been nearly a year since torrential rains caused a massive road collapse along the main thoroughfare in McGlashen, St Andrew – yet no repairs has been made. Now, with Hurricane Melissa…
December 9, 2025
Holness, Golding to meet as Jamaica prepares for Hurricane Melissa
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says he has been in communication with Opposition Leader Mark Golding and that the two are scheduled to meet today as Hurricane Melissa churns toward Jamaica. …
December 9, 2025
Oliver Barlow | How deep ecology can change the way we see the Earth
In Antibes, a city in the South of France, a pair of orcas helplessly circle their abandoned, algae infested enclosure. The two Orcas, Wikie and Keijo, are stuck in political limbo as officials debate…