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December 9, 2025

Charities Authority implements special initiative to allow registration of Melissa-related foundations and charities

In response to the devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa on Jamaica, the Department of Co-operatives and Friendly Societies (The Charities Authority) has launched a special registration window to…
The Clarendon Municipal Corporation
December 9, 2025

Clarendon Municipal Corporation launches Hurricane Melissa relief committee

The Clarendon Municipal Corporation has launched a hurricane relief committee geared towards providing assistance to residents affected by Hurricane Melissa on October 28, as well as seeking…
The home of school teacher Tara Pinnock and her daughter Talia Wright in Mount View Estate in Spanish Town, St Catherine, where their bodies were found with stab wounds and their throats slashed on Thursday, November 13, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Teacher and her teen daughter found dead at St Catherine home with stab wounds

Police investigators have theorised that a domestic dispute may have played a role in the brutal killing of a 29-year-old teacher and her 14-year-old daughter at their home in Mount View Estate in…
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr Kasan Troupe, addressing the launch of National Parent Month on November 12 at Tivoli Gardens High School in Kingston.
December 9, 2025

Education Ministry discussing relief strategies for students preparing to sit external exams

The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information is in discussions with administrators of external examinations to develop relief strategies for students adversely affected by Hurricane…
Footballer Renaldo Cephas. - File photo.
December 9, 2025

Jamaica held to 1-1 draw against T&T

There was nothing to separate Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago in Concacaf World Cup qualifying action earlier tonight, as the Caribbean rivals played out a 1-1 draw at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in…
Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Commander Alvin Gayle, giving an update on relief efforts at a special press briefing on Hurricane Melissa recovery at Jamaica House in St Andrew on November 13.
December 9, 2025

JDF to establish operational hubs in Trelawny, Westmoreland and Hanover to streamline relief efforts

The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) will be establishing operational hubs in Trelawny, Westmoreland, and Hanover over the next 48 hours, to streamline Hurricane Melissa relief efforts in those parishes. …
Hurricane Melissa dismantles several homes in eastern Westmoreland.
December 9, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

Melissa yanks the covers

It is said that a wise man builds his house on the rock, and a foolish man builds his upon the sands. For, in the event of a storm, the house on the rock will stand, but the house on the sand will…
Merris Green from Westgreen/Catherine Hall in Montego Bay, St James, explains how floodwaters from Hurricane Melissa swept through her house destroying all her furnishings.
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

STRATEGIC SHIFT REQUIRED

WESTERN BUREAU: As three rivers and storm surge buried Catherine Hall and Westgreen under mud and debris, tempers flared this week as residents demanded urgent national intervention, saying repeated…
December 9, 2025

Sean Major-Campbell | Faith in faith or faith in God

AS I listen to many comments and questions about disasters, I am reminded that faith in faith is much more common than faith in God. Many religious leaders and their adherents believe that storms can…