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25 Oct, 2025
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ODPEM activates full emergency operations as Hurricane Melissa threatens Jamaica
The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has fully activated the National Emergency Operations Centre as Hurricane Melissa is projected to rapidly intensifies into a major…
25 Oct, 2025
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Social media claims of national power cut are fake - JPS
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) says claims circulating on social media that electricity would be shut off on Saturday due to the approaching Hurricane Melissa are fake. “There is no such…
25 Oct, 2025
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Melissa strengthens into Category 1 hurricane
Tropical Storm Melissa has been upgraded to a Category 1 hurricane, Principal Director of the Meteorological Service, Jamaica, Evan Thompson, confirmed. The system, at the southeast of Kingston…
25 Oct, 2025
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Neglect and fear collide in McGlashen as residents brace for Melissa
It’s been nearly a year since torrential rains caused a massive road collapse along the main thoroughfare in McGlashen, St Andrew – yet no repairs has been made. Now, with Hurricane Melissa…
25 Oct, 2025
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Holness, Golding to meet as Jamaica prepares for Hurricane Melissa
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says he has been in communication with Opposition Leader Mark Golding and that the two are scheduled to meet today as Hurricane Melissa churns toward Jamaica. …
25 Oct, 2025
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Oliver Barlow | How deep ecology can change the way we see the Earth
In Antibes, a city in the South of France, a pair of orcas helplessly circle their abandoned, algae infested enclosure. The two Orcas, Wikie and Keijo, are stuck in political limbo as officials debate…
25 Oct, 2025
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Editorial | Use finance and industrial policy to power Jamaica’s growth
Recently, both Standard & Poor’s (S&P) and the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) have sounded a quiet alarm. Despite macroeconomic stability and strong capital buffers, credit growth has slowed – from…
25 Oct, 2025
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Emma Woods | Learning from Costa Rica – Central America’s manufacturing maverick
Thirty years ago, Costa Rica was a resource-based economy reliant on raw exports. Today, however, it is a thriving manufacturing and innovation hub with over 90 MedTech multinationals operating within…
25 Oct, 2025
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McKenzie urges construction sites, billboards, and used cars to be secured ahead of Tropical Storm Melissa
Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie is urging all construction sites across Jamaica to remove loose materials immediately, warning that they could block drains and cause devastating damage…