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December 9, 2025
Jamaica thanks hemispheric partners for post-Hurricane Melissa support
Jamaica has indicated its gratitude for the outpouring of solidarity and assistance from Organization of American States (OAS) member countries since Hurricane Melissa struck the island last week.…
December 9, 2025
Timeframe extended for exemption of import duty, GCT on hurricane relief supplies
The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) is advising that the Government has extended the timeframe, to December 31, for the suspension of import duty and general consumption tax (GCT) on relief items…
December 9, 2025
Sea Major-Campbell | Hurricane Melissa: God or nature?
EVERYONE SHOULD spend some time sitting with the newspapers. Engage a necessary processing of the raw truth of a catastrophic event in our country, from which many of us were spared. And yet, we are…
December 9, 2025
Hello Mi Neighbour | How to engage in feel-good communication
Hope that we are all recovering nicely from Melissa and assisting others to recover just as nicely. Every pound of rice, “every pound of flesh” every pack of crackers, every tin of milk, every piece…
December 9, 2025
by Livern Barrett
HURRICANE FARE HIKE
Taxi operators between Santa Cruz and several hurricane-ravaged communities in northern St Elizabeth have hiked their fares by more than 400 per cent, angry residents have complained. Instead of the…
December 9, 2025
by Ruddy Mathison
Feeling forgotten
Several residents of St Catherine who suffered significant damage to their homes as a result of Hurricane Melissa’s outer bands are expressing frustration that their cries for help have gone…
December 9, 2025
by Erica Virtue
Patterson: Include political parties, churches and artistes in rebuilding process
Retired former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson has indicated that the island’s two main political parties and parliamentary system must be pivotal in the rebuilding efforts in the aftermath of…
December 9, 2025
by Neil Armstrong
Some Jamaican farm workers returning from Canada have lost homes
Several Jamaican workers of the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) in Canada have lost their homes and businesses as a result of Hurricane Melissa, and some are still unable to reach their…
December 9, 2025
Some courts closed today as judiciary embarks on clean-up and relief exercise at Western courts
The Court Administration Division is advising that a clean-up and relief exercise is being undertaken at courts in western parishes that are affected by Hurricane Melissa. The division says teams…