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Employees of Hah-R-Mony Entertainment Limited assist with post-Hurricane Melissa cleanup efforts in Montego Bay, St James.
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | Corporate volunteers support MoBay’s post-hurricane recovery efforts

Employees of Hah-R-Mony Entertainment Limited, Jamaica’s largest entertainment company, joined cleanup efforts in Montego Bay, St James, on October 31. The employees focused their efforts on clearing…
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December 9, 2025

74-year-old man killed in hit-and-run in St Ann

Seventy-four-year-old Rohan Murray, a security guard of Charlestown, St Mary, died as a result of injuries he sustained in a hit-and-run on Development Road in Ocho Rios, St Ann on Monday. Reports…
A man examines sections of one of the rooftops at St Elizabeth Technical High School destroyed by Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Robert Bailey

‘BIG SETBACK’

KERRY-LEE RICKETTS, senior coach at St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS), says the institution’s sports programme has suffered a massive setback in the wake of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa,…
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December 9, 2025

Sevana helping to rally aid for Westmoreland

In the wake of Hurricane Melissa’s devastation, reggae songbird Sevana is turning compassion into action, working with a team of local and international partners to bring sustained relief to her home…
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December 9, 2025

Island Traffic Authority temporarily relocates some services due to Melissa damage

The Island Traffic Authority says it has been forced to temporarily relocate some of its services from its Maxfield Avenue location due to damage from Hurricane Melissa. The services of vehicle…
Jamaican ceramic ocean activist artist, Anna-K Cuffe, with her pieces at the second Art in Motion exhibition titled ‘Eco Art Expressions’ held at Withrow Common Gallery at Exhibition Place in Toronto.
December 9, 2025 by Neil Armstrong

Artist urges Canadians to support Hurricane Melissa relief efforts

TORONTO: Jamaican artist Anna-K Cuffe has urged an audience in Toronto, Canada, to donate to the Government’s Hurricane Melissa relief effort website, supportjamaica.gov.jm, to help rebuild…
This image released by Sesame Workshop shows muppet characters Elmo (left), Grover (second left), and Abby (right), from the ‘Sesame Street’ episode ‘Elmo Runs the Race’.
December 9, 2025

Sesame Street launches Season 56 on Netflix

NEW YORK (AP): New home. Some format changes. Same monsters. Sesame Street launches its 56th season on November 10 with NASCAR champion Bubba Wallace as a guest, a slightly tweaked format and a new…
Matching in sleek Brandon Blackwood, Olandria Carthen and the designer himself turn heads. Blackwood also gives a first look at an unreleased drawer-style opening bag.
December 9, 2025

Something Extra | Wednesday

The 2025 CFDA Awards lit up New York City at the American Museum of Natural History on Monday night, with Teyana Taylor commanding the stage as host. Before the trophies were handed out, the red…
A pedestrian looks at a flooded car in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa in Petit-Goave, Haiti, Thursday, October, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Hurricane death toll rises to 43 in Haiti as aid pours in across the northern Caribbean

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government said Tuesday that the death toll from Hurricane Melissa rose to 43, with 13 others still missing. Crews were still trying to reach people in the…