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09 Nov, 2025
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Police warn consumers after cow carcasses found in van in Manchester
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has issued an urgent public warning after police intercepted a van in Manchester carrying the carcasses of four large brown cows under suspicious circumstances on…
09 Nov, 2025
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JMMB mobilises support for communities impacted by Melissa
In response to the widespread devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, the JMMB Group, through its philanthropic arm, the JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation, has committed an initial $25 million toward…
09 Nov, 2025
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Burmese community donates care packages to Western Regional Health Authority
The Burmese community in Jamaica has donated care packages to the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) for distribution to staff members in support of recovery efforts, following the passage of…
09 Nov, 2025
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‘A profound loss’
The Jamaican diaspora has reacted with shock and disbelief at news that Jamaica’s Consul General to New York Alsion Roach-Wilson has died following her battle with breast cancer. Roach-Wilson died at…
09 Nov, 2025
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What about St Ann?
Roofless buildings, fallen trees, no cell signal, no electricity; these are some of the issues St Ann residents are facing following the passage of Hurricane Melissa over Jamaica on October 28, but…
09 Nov, 2025
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TheHiveCareers mobilises volunteers, skilled workers, rapid-response support
In response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, TheHiveCareers recently launched its ‘Rebuild Jamaica - Jobs, Volunteers, and Rapid Project Support’ initiative, a platform designed to…
09 Nov, 2025
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Melissa is ‘canary in the coal mine’
Scientists from The University of the West Indies (UWI) have contributed to a new international rapid analysis which confirms that human-induced climate change made Hurricane Melissa more intense and…
09 Nov, 2025
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Clarendon catastrophe
A catastrophe. That is how Member of Parliament (MP) for Clarendon Northern Wavell Hinds described the trail of destruction left in the wake of Hurricane Melissa on October 28. The Category 5…
09 Nov, 2025
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Bolt’s alma mater among hundreds of schools hit hard by Melissa
The full weight of the damage to schools in the parishes ravaged by Hurricane Melissa could be known this week as officials from the Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information get a better…