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Matthew Samuda, minister of economic growth and job creation of Jamaica, speaks during a plenary session at the COP30 UN Climate Summit on Monday.
18 Nov, 2025 0

‘This is survival’

BELEM, Brazil (AP): Battered by last month’s ferocious climate-fuelled hurricane, Jamaica joined other small island nations and impoverished countries at Monday’s United Nations climate talks to…
Dr Tamika Benjamin, assistant chief education officer in the Tertiary Unit in the Ministry of Education.
17 Nov, 2025 0

Community colleges struggle to bounce back from Melissa’s battering

A senior official in the Ministry of Education says community colleges heavily damaged by Hurricane Melissa have received interim clean-up grants to help remove debris from their campuses. With…
Alexandra Ghisays, Issa Trust Foundation board member, along with the team from Couples Tower Isle, preparing to distribute care packages to the staff of the hotel last Friday.
17 Nov, 2025 0

Couples Resorts sets up disaster relief fund as more than 100 staff lose homes

WESTERN BUREAU: Couples Resorts has launched a multimillion-dollar relief initiative to support employees and surrounding communities devastated by Hurricane Melissa, which struck western Jamaica on…
New York Attorney General Letitia James.
17 Nov, 2025 0

Melissa’s fury sparks demand for temporary protection for J’cans in US

New York Attorney General Letitia James has called on the Trump administration to extend its Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Jamaicans in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa.…
17 Nov, 2025 0

Barrel shortage

NEW YORK: As relief efforts intensify following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, shippers in the United States say they are now grappling with a shortage of barrels needed to send supplies…
Jamaica's Reggae Boyz go through their drills during a training session on Monday just ahead of today's World Cup Qualifier against Curacao.
17 Nov, 2025 0

STRIKING DISTANCE

Twenty-eight years and two days to the day, Jamaica’s senior men’s football team secured historic qualification to FIFA’s World Cup Finals – France ‘98 – with a goalless draw against Mexico at…
From left: Inter-American Development Bank President Ilan Goldfajn, Grenada's Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell, Guyana's President Irfaan Ali, Antigua and Barbuda's Prime Minister Gaston Browne, Jamaica's Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness, and Barbados' Prim
17 Nov, 2025 0

CARICOM leaders rally around Jamaica amid ‘unprecendented’ destruction

WESTERN BUREAU: Nearly one million Jamaicans have been affected and more than 150,000 homes damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Melissa, prompting a major regional response led by Guyana, which has…
JFF President Michael Ricketts.
17 Nov, 2025 0

JFF defends higher ticket prices for crucial WCQ match

The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) is defending the increased ticket prices for today’s World Cup Qualifying match against Curaçao at the National Stadium. Earlier qualifiers were priced at $10,000…
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley discusses plans her country has to help with disaster recovery in Jamaica with residents of Whitehouse, Westmoreland, on Monday. A field hospital designated for Savanna-la-Mar will arrive on the island today, along with
17 Nov, 2025 0

Mottley calls for fiscal space to help Jamaica bounce back from Melissa

WESTERN BUREAU: Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has called for urgent international support to ensure Jamaica gets the fiscal breathing room it needs to rebuild after Hurricane Melissa.…