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December 9, 2025
Gov’t to undertake national post-Melissa clean-up exercise
The Government is to undertake a national clean-up programme as part of post-hurricane efforts. Minister of Local Government Desmond McKenzie told a special press briefing on Monday at Jamaica House…
December 9, 2025
Jamaica establishes Hurricane Melissa volunteer registry
The Government has established a mechanism to allow persons who want to help with Jamaica’s Hurricane Melissa recovery to register with a database to volunteer. Minister of Culture, Gender,…
December 9, 2025
Jamaica nears US$1 Million goal in Hurricane Melissa relief donations
Information Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon says Jamaica is close to its goal of achieving US$1 million in Hurricane Melissa relief donations on its official portal. Speaking today at a special press…
December 9, 2025
UWI Mona puts in place tuition discount, other measures amid disquiet over resumption of classes
The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, says it has put in place a number of mechanisms, including a 50 per cent discount on outstanding tuition balances for Semester I, amid disquiet among…
December 9, 2025
Education ministry mobilises mental health team to support teachers affected by Hurricane Melissa
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Dr Dana Morris Dixon, has announced that the Ministry has mobilised a team of more than 30 psychiatrists and psychologists to support teachers and…
December 9, 2025
EU members collaborate to bring relief supplies to Jamaica
A shipment of relief supplies provided through a collaboration by the European Union (EU), France and the Netherlands has arrived in Jamaica with the parties promising "much more to come in the…
December 9, 2025
by Albert Ferguson
Not again!
WESTERN BUREAU: Principal of St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS), Keith Wellington, says the emotional toll of yet another disruption on students cannot be overlooked, especially for those…
December 9, 2025
by Karen Madden
Raging Yallahs River carves new path, leaving communities cut off
Vehicular and pedestrian access between St Thomas and St Andrew has been severed after the four-lane Yallahs River Bridge, located at the border of the two parishes, was washed away during the passage…
December 9, 2025
by Kimone Francis
Survivors speak out as Melissa wipes out Westmoreland communities
Where vibrant communities once stood in Westmoreland, Hurricane Melissa has left behind a skeletal, unrecognisable landscape. The Category 5 storm stripped the parish of its landmarks and claimed…