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05 Nov, 2025
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Carnage and Cashless out west
I left St Andrew on the morning of Monday, November 3, for familial and professional reasons – all because of Melissa, who had turned our lives upside down, quite literally, and for some, into a…
05 Nov, 2025
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Green says relief support mobilised for agriculture sector, detailed damage assessments being done
Agriculture Minister Floyd Green says the Ministry is mobilising all efforts to restore livelihoods, production, and national food security as quickly and safely as possible in the aftermath of…
05 Nov, 2025
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Gemini AI to transform Google Maps into a more conversational experience
Google Maps is heading in a new direction with artificial intelligence sitting in the passenger’s seat. Fuelled by Google’s Gemini AI technology, the world’s most popular navigation app will become a…
05 Nov, 2025
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JDF establishes 22 disaster relief outposts
The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has established 22 humanitarian assistance and disaster relief outposts to scale up the response to marooned communities in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. Prime…
05 Nov, 2025
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Congress members urge US to shield Jamaicans from deportation after Hurricane Melissa
Forty-four members of the US Congress are calling on the Department of Homeland Security to grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Jamaican nationals in the United States, citing widespread…
05 Nov, 2025
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Gun recovered after men flee police stop in Florence Hill, St Andrew
The St Andrew North police are searching for two men who fled a stop by cops in Florence Hill last night, leaving behind a loaded gun. The police report that about 11:30 p.m., cops were on patrol…
05 Nov, 2025
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Policeman dies after collapsing at work
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is mourning the sudden death of one of its members who collapsed at work and later died in hospital. According to police reports, around 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday,…
05 Nov, 2025
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Editorial | Melissa and voluntarism
The Gleaner notes, and supports, Damion Crawford’s renewed proposal that Jamaica establishes a department of voluntarism to register – and align skills to needs – people who want to volunteer their…
05 Nov, 2025
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Letter of the Day | Let us emulate Cayman’s example of national unity
THE EDITOR, Madam: In a remarkable act of solidarity and national unity, the Premier of the Cayman Islands, André Ebanks, and Opposition Leader, Joey Hew, jointly arrived in Jamaica on the first…