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23 Oct, 2025
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Great Huts promoting the Afro-Jamaican heritage
WE ARE still in Jamaica’s heritage month, and Heritage Week was concluded on Monday, October 20 with the annual National Honours and Awards Ceremony at King’s House. But, there is a place in Boston,…
23 Oct, 2025
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Jamaica now under tropical storm warning and hurricane watch
The tropical storm watch which was in effect for Jamaica has been upgraded to a tropical storm warning, while a hurricane watch is now in effect as Tropical Storm Melissa moves slowly across the…
23 Oct, 2025
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Mavado's son Dantay again charged by police
Dantay Brooks, the son of dancehall superstar Mavado, has been charged with gun-related offences. He was charged yesterday with assault at common law, unlawful wounding, possession of a prohibited…
23 Oct, 2025
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Police Corporal killed in Linstead crash
A policeman attached to the St Catherine North division has succumbed to injuries sustained in a vehicular crash along the Linstead Bypass in the parish on Wednesday night. He has been identified…
23 Oct, 2025
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NEPA outlines measures to protect environment and wild animals as storm approaches
The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is advising persons to undertake the necessary preparations to safeguard the environment and natural resources, including endemic species in their…
23 Oct, 2025
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Tropical Storm Melissa lumbers through the Caribbean, killing an elderly man in Haiti
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Melissa has been blamed for downing a large tree that killed an elderly man in the coastal town of Marigot in southern Haiti, while five other people were…
23 Oct, 2025
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Public hospitals in emergency mode as storm looms
As the country is now placed on a Tropical Storm warning and a hurricane watch, public hospitals have entered emergency mode which means that in-patient services and elective surgeries have now been…
23 Oct, 2025
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McKenzie appeals to Port Royal residents to comply if evacuation orders issued
As Tropical Storm Melissa moves closer to Jamaica, the Government has appealed to residents of Port Royal in Kingston to comply with directives to relocate whenever they are issued. In the past,…
23 Oct, 2025
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Vaz assures of adequate fuel supplies ahead of TS Melissa
Petrojam, the country’s sole oil refinery, has confirmed that it has sufficient fuel supplies as Jamaica braces for possible disruptions from Tropical Storm Melissa. Energy Minister Daryl Vaz…