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December 9, 2025
Emergency dental services now available across western parishes
The Western Regional Health Authority is advising the public that emergency dental services are now available at designated facilities across the western region. Operations began on Monday, November…
December 9, 2025
Arrangement put in place to apply for free access to toll roads for hurricane relief missions
The Ministry of Transport is reporting that an arrangement has been put in place to allow persons and entities doing relief missions to apply for permission to access toll roads for free. Many…
December 9, 2025
May Pen, St Ann’s Bay and Santa Cruz tax offices reopen
The Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is reporting that its May Pen, St Ann’s Bay, and Santa Cruz tax offices have now joined other locations that have been reopened following the passage of Hurricane…
December 9, 2025
JTA allocates $35 million to assist hurricane-affected teachers
The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) has announced the allocation of an initial $35 million to support teachers severely impacted by Hurricane Melissa. JTA says this initial sum was approved at a…
December 9, 2025
Update | 2 dead after small plane on hurricane relief mission to Jamaica crashes in Florida neighbourhood
A small turboprop plane on a hurricane relief mission to Jamaica crashed Monday morning into a pond in a gated residential neighbourhood of the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Coral Springs, killing two…
December 9, 2025
Several health centres in Westmoreland reopen following Melissa
The Western Regional Health Authority is advising the public that several health centres in Westmoreland have reopened and are currently offering limited services following the passage of Hurricane…
December 9, 2025
Dunn’s River Falls among UDC attractions to reopen following Melissa
The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) says starting tomorrow, several of its properties, including Dunn’s River Falls and Park, the Ocho Rios Bay Beach, and Harmony Beach Park in Montego Bay, St…
December 9, 2025
Water Resources Authority says flooding in Brighton, St Elizabeth due to increase in surface water
The Water Resources Authority (WRA) is reporting that the flooding currently being experienced in Brighton district in St Elizabeth is being caused by increased surface water settling in sections of…
December 9, 2025
Portmore man accused of shooting at police freed in Gun Court
Portmore, St Catherine mechanic Oshane Hayles, who was shot during an alleged shoot-out with police and later charged, was today freed in the Gun Court. Hayles, 35, was charged with possession of a…