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18 Nov, 2025
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Rodents, disease concerns grow amid garbage backlog in Hanover
WESTERN BUREAU: With the parish of Hanover listed in the Ministry of Health and Wellness report confirming 11 cases of leptospirosis in western Jamaica since the passage of Hurricane Melissa, concerns…
18 Nov, 2025
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Hurricane's impact extends beyond infrastructure to mental health
This article marks the first in a series highlighting Youth Voices in Hurricane Melissa Recovery. It will feature perspectives from youth as they reflect on key areas of the recovery process, offering…
18 Nov, 2025
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Pencils4Kids delivers $2m in relief to hurricane-hit Quickstep, Donegal
New York City-based charity Pencils4Kids has stepped in with relief support for the residents of Quickstep and Donegal in St Elizabeth, following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. The…
18 Nov, 2025
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‘This is survival’
BELEM, Brazil (AP): Battered by last month’s ferocious climate-fuelled hurricane, Jamaica joined other small island nations and impoverished countries at Monday’s United Nations climate talks to…
17 Nov, 2025
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Community colleges struggle to bounce back from Melissa’s battering
A senior official in the Ministry of Education says community colleges heavily damaged by Hurricane Melissa have received interim clean-up grants to help remove debris from their campuses. With…
17 Nov, 2025
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Couples Resorts sets up disaster relief fund as more than 100 staff lose homes
WESTERN BUREAU: Couples Resorts has launched a multimillion-dollar relief initiative to support employees and surrounding communities devastated by Hurricane Melissa, which struck western Jamaica on…
17 Nov, 2025
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Melissa’s fury sparks demand for temporary protection for J’cans in US
New York Attorney General Letitia James has called on the Trump administration to extend its Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Jamaicans in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa.…
17 Nov, 2025
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Barrel shortage
NEW YORK: As relief efforts intensify following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, shippers in the United States say they are now grappling with a shortage of barrels needed to send supplies…
17 Nov, 2025
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STRIKING DISTANCE
Twenty-eight years and two days to the day, Jamaica’s senior men’s football team secured historic qualification to FIFA’s World Cup Finals – France ‘98 – with a goalless draw against Mexico at…