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December 9, 2025
Yaakov Raskin | Jamaica will rise
WE WILL all never forget where we stood when Hurricane Melissa hit us on Tuesday, October 28. This storm will be remembered for generations,, not only for the damage it caused, but for how it changed…
December 9, 2025
by Kimone Francis
NONE SPENT
The Government has confirmed that US$1.68 million and J$635 million have been donated to Hurricane Melissa relief accounts controlled by the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management…
December 9, 2025
by Mickalia Kington
W’land man killed at police checkpoint
A birthday viist to a friend ended in terror for 30-year-old Bijorn ‘Cody’ Ellis of Bath district, Burnt Savannah, who was fatally shot by police along the Llandilo main road late Sunday. A close…
December 9, 2025
by Edmond Campbell
Finance minister to speak on economy Tuesday
Finance Minister Fayval Williams will next Tuesday table the third Supplementary Estimates of Expenditure and update the nation on the various sources of financing to help Jamaica recover from the…
December 9, 2025
by Corey Robinson
Schools, NGOs partner to help children cope amid growing post-storm stress
With hundreds of mental health cases already reported before Hurricane Melissa struck, professionals now fear a surge as communication lines reopen and more Jamaicans seek help. Already, several…
December 9, 2025
by Livern Barrett
Officials: True mental health impact of Melissa expected to surface within weeks
Jamaica is likely to see an increase in “adverse mental health outcomes” in the aftermath of the death and destruction caused by Hurricane Melissa, a consultant psychiatrist has warned. Post-traumatic…
December 9, 2025
Gov’t eyes prefabricated housing to relocate hurricane evacuees, homeless
The Ministry of Local Government is looking to prefabricated housing solutions as an alternative arrangement to relocate hurricane evacuees, particularly those in schools, as well as members of the…
December 9, 2025
by Albert Ferguson
Seiveright hails corporate Jamaica’s massive post-Melissa response
WESTERN BUREAU: Delano Seiveright, state minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, is applauding what he describes as “one of the strongest private-sector mobilisations in recent…
December 9, 2025
Thousands of Cubans struggle without power and water nearly a month after Hurricane Melissa
RIO CAUTO, Cuba (AP) — Thousands of Cubans remain without power, water or proper shelter almost a month after Hurricane Melissa pummelled the island’s eastern region as one of the strongest Atlantic…