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December 9, 2025
Bog Walk Gorge remains closed due to roadway being blocked by utility poles - NWA
The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising that the Bog Walk Gorge in St Catherine will remain closed to motor vehicles, out of an abundance of caution, due to the roadway still being blocked by…
December 9, 2025
Holness says systematic response now in place for Melissa relief and recovery
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says the Government is ramping up Hurricane Melissa relief efforts and has now embarked on a systematic response. Holness, speaking at a press conference at Jamaica…
December 9, 2025
Over 50 patients seen at Black River field hospital, two more field hospitals coming
Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton says the field hospital which was opened in Black River, St Elizabeth, yesterday, has seen about 50 patients over the last 24 hours. Tufton made…
December 9, 2025
Gov’t to deploy mobile gas stations to hurricane-damaged areas - Vaz
The Government is to deploy 10 mobile fuel stations to parishes facing shortages amid Hurricane Melissa. Energy Minister Daryl Vaz says the deployment will happen on Monday, noting that the stations…
December 9, 2025
Dancehall superstar Vybz Kartel carries out Hurricane Melissa relief mission
Dancehall entertainer Vybz Kartel and his Adidja Palmer Foundation today carried out a Hurricane Melissa relief mission in western Jamaica. The entertainer returned to the island earlier this week…
December 9, 2025
Clarendon woman desperate to find family in hurricane-ravaged St Elizabeth
A Clarendon woman is making a desperate plea for help in re-establishing contact with her daughter-in-law and one-year-old grandson of Mocho, St Elizabeth, who she has been unable to reach since…
December 9, 2025
New York, Los Angeles and Chicago among 40 major US airports targeted for flight cuts due to gov’t shutdown
America’s busiest airports, including those in New York, Los Angeles, Dallas and Chicago, were set to face hundreds of flight cuts starting Friday due to the government shutdown, according to a list…
December 9, 2025
Gov’t to help small community shops to reopen, including loaning them generators
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says the Government is working on a plan to get the local economy in hurricane-affected areas back up and running, arguing that having community shops operational is…
December 9, 2025
90,000 families in Western Jamaica impacted by Hurricane Melissa
Approximately 90,000 families in western Jamaica were directly affected by the passage of Hurricane Melissa on October 28. This is according to the initial damage assessment by Office of Disaster…