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The period of relief is from October 29 to November 28 for supplies to private individuals or institutions.
December 9, 2025

Jamaica Customs outlines tax waiver on disaster relief supplies

The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service (MOFPS) has granted approval for the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) to waive Import Duty and General Consumption Tax (GCT) on relief supplies and donations…
Dr Trisha Bailey, philanthropist and entrepreneur, poses for the camera after her conferment of an Order of Distinction in the Commander class at the National Honours and Awards Ceremony on October 20.
December 9, 2025 by Lester Hinds

GoodHeart | Dr Trisha Bailey sets up relief centre in St Elizabeth

The Trisha Bailey Relief Center has been established in Newmarket, St Elizabeth, to receive goods and supplies for distribution to residents of the area. The centre, named after entrepreneur Dr Trisha…
Ranaldo Biggs (left) of Mount Pleasant and Universidad O&M’s Reyvin de la Rosa battle for the ball during their Concacaf Caribbean Cup match at the National Stadium on September 30. Mount Pleasant won 2-0.
December 9, 2025

Mount Pleasant to use Caribbean Cup for relief aid

WHEN MOUNT Pleasant Football Academy play their second-leg Concacaf Caribbean Cup semifinal against Defence Force of Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday, winning will be just part of the equation. The…
Issam Asinga, a track and field competitor, is introduced at the annual awards for high school athletes on July 11, 2023 in Los Angeles.
December 9, 2025

Asinga to serve four-year ban after CAS rejects appeal

PARAMARIBO, Suriname (CMC): Suriname sprinter Issamade Asinga will have to serve a four-year ban imposed by World Athletics after his appeal was denied by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on…
The organisations note that breastfeeding provides critical protection from infections, especially where safe water and sanitation is unavailable.
December 9, 2025

PAHO and UNICEF say breast milk best following disasters; discourage donation of formula

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and UNICEF have strongly recommended that mothers breastfeed their babies in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, while discouraging humanitarian partners…
Pakistan’s Babar Azam bats during the second T20 cricket match between Pakistan and South Africa, in Lahore, Pakistan yesterday.
December 9, 2025

Pakistan hammer South Africa

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP): Babar Azam broke Rohit Sharma’s record for most runs in men’s Twenty20s as Pakistan hammered South Africa by nine wickets and levelled their series yesterday. Saim Ayub returned…
Evan Thompson, principal director of the Meteorological Service of Jamaica.
December 9, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

‘That would really surprise me’

Evan Thompson, principal director of the Meteorological Service of Jamaica, has scoffed at online conspiracy theories that the island’s recent hurricane was “manufactured”, declaring that such an idea…
Dr Christopher Tufton, minister of health and wellness.
December 9, 2025

Tufton mobilises field hospitals to avert health crisis after Melissa devastation

Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says the Government is moving to deploy field hospitals across five western parishes after extensive damage to key medical facilities from Hurricane Melissa. …
Consultant Haematologist-Oncologist at Health Services Authority in the Cayman Islands, Dr Lundie Richards, with staff at the National Blood Transfusion Service (Blood Bank) in Jamaica. The country donated a supply of blood and plasma to Jamaica following
December 9, 2025

Cayman donates supply of blood and plasma to Jamaica to help with Hurricane Melissa recovery

The Cayman Islands Blood Bank, operated by the Health Services Authority, has dispatched a critical donation of 51 units of red cells and 72 units of plasma to the National Blood Transfusion Service…