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06 Nov, 2025
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Sea Major-Campbell | Hurricane Melissa: God or nature?
EVERYONE SHOULD spend some time sitting with the newspapers. Engage a necessary processing of the raw truth of a catastrophic event in our country, from which many of us were spared. And yet, we are…
06 Nov, 2025
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Hello Mi Neighbour | How to engage in feel-good communication
Hope that we are all recovering nicely from Melissa and assisting others to recover just as nicely. Every pound of rice, “every pound of flesh” every pack of crackers, every tin of milk, every piece…
05 Nov, 2025
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HURRICANE FARE HIKE
Taxi operators between Santa Cruz and several hurricane-ravaged communities in northern St Elizabeth have hiked their fares by more than 400 per cent, angry residents have complained. Instead of the…
05 Nov, 2025
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Feeling forgotten
Several residents of St Catherine who suffered significant damage to their homes as a result of Hurricane Melissa’s outer bands are expressing frustration that their cries for help have gone…
05 Nov, 2025
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Patterson: Include political parties, churches and artistes in rebuilding process
Retired former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson has indicated that the island’s two main political parties and parliamentary system must be pivotal in the rebuilding efforts in the aftermath of…
05 Nov, 2025
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Some Jamaican farm workers returning from Canada have lost homes
Several Jamaican workers of the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) in Canada have lost their homes and businesses as a result of Hurricane Melissa, and some are still unable to reach their…
05 Nov, 2025
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Some courts closed today as judiciary embarks on clean-up and relief exercise at Western courts
The Court Administration Division is advising that a clean-up and relief exercise is being undertaken at courts in western parishes that are affected by Hurricane Melissa. The division says teams…
05 Nov, 2025
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NHF providing mobile pharmacy services in parishes hit hard by Melissa
The National Health Fund (NHF) says it has rolled out mobile pharmacy services to three of the most affected parishes in Western Jamaica amid Hurricane Melissa. The NHF says the mobile service was…
05 Nov, 2025
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Transport operators overcharging passengers since Hurricane Melissa warned to stop, could lose road licences
The Transport Authority says public passenger vehicle operators (PPV) who have raised their fares since the passage of Hurricane Melissa should discontinue doing so immediately, as the practise is…