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Despie Pinnock a resident of Farm, Westmoreland, recounts her experience during the passage of Hurricane Melissa at the shelter at Belmont Academy in Westmoreland.
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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…
Hurricane Melissa caused damage exceeding 40 per cent of GDP (US$8.8 billion), far surpassing Jamaica’s US$150 million World Bank catastrophe bond.
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Ministry tackles physical, psychological recovery in schools

The Ministry of Education has announced that it will convene a meeting today with key education stakeholders – including the Jamaica Teachers’ Association, the National Secondary Students’ Council,…
Cossaly ‘Moon’ Ennis, a 48-year-old boat captain.
03 Nov, 2025 0

Rain and ruin

Rain hammered through damaged roofs as the Grant family in Montpelier, Hanover, prepared Sunday dinner, a meal amid the constant reminder of Hurricane Melissa that the family acknowledged is not the…
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Prof Charles hailed as incredibly prolific, deeply analytical

Former colleagues of the late Professor Christopher Andre Duane Charles, who died last week, are remembering him as a brilliant academic and fearless researcher whose incisive commentary and deep…
Keneisha McDonald sifts through what’s left of her possessions in her battered home in Windsor, St Ann.
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‘I thought this was the end’

Teniesha Kelly believes it was divine intervention that spared her family’s lives as Hurricane Melissa – a deadly Category 5 storm – tore through her Windsor, St Ann community, flattening homes and…
From left: Olga Isaza, representative, UNICEF Jamaica; Dennis Zulu, UN resident coordinator; and Brian Bogart, representative and country Director, World Food Programme (WFP) were on site at the Kingston Freeport Terminal to oversee the offloading of criti
03 Nov, 2025 0

UNICEF, international partners deliver emergency aid for children

UNICEF, in partnership with the European Union, Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), and other UN agencies, has delivered a shipment of emergency supplies to support children and…
Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Kerensia Morrison (left), engages with St Ann farmer, Merissa Reider (right), and representative of the Jamaica Network of Rural Women Producers, Susanne Uter, during the Intern
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Growth & Jobs | State minister hails rural women as pillars of national development

STATE MINISTER in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Kerensia Morrison, has hailed Jamaica’s rural women as pillars of national development, commending their resilience,…
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Growth & Jobs | Gen Zers urged to use life insurance as first step to build generational wealth

Hugh Reid, managing director of JN Life Insurance, says young adults should see purchasing life insurance as one of the first steps to building generational wealth, adding that life insurance was not…
Shanese Watson (left), managing director of Young Scholars Education Limited, poses with students and teachers from Tivoli Gardens High School, during a recent digital literacy webinar held at the University of Technology.
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Growth & Jobs | Young Scholars shaping skills in coding, robotics and virtual reality

YOUNG PEOPLE are among the most active users and creators of online content, yet they are often under represented in most decision-making spaces. Young Scholars Education Limited is actively promoting…