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December 12, 2025
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Dozens of puppies are being rushed to the Jamaica Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (JSPCA), suffering from severe gastroenteritis, bloody diarrhoea, and agonising pain before many ultimately die. Veterinarians say they are locked in a race against time to save the young animals from a surge in canine parvovirus infections – now proving even more deadly than leptospirosis in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.
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Wayne Kublalsingh | Decoding Tobago radar
Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister, her ministers and her defenders are involved in a fantastic and unconvincing attempt to deceive the public. Why have the Americans deployed their flotilla, including the US Joint Task Force, into the Caribbean? All for drug-trafficking. Nothing to do with a US regime change operation against Venezuela. Yet, here is the line-up of US military assets North of Venezuela:
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Jamaica's Matthew Samuda elected president of UN Environment Assembly; he pledges inclusive action on climate crisis
Jamaica's Minister of Water, Environment, and Climate Change, Matthew Samuda, has been elected president of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA). The 193-member UNEA is the world’s highest-level decision-making body for matters related to the environment. Samuda is leading the Jamaica's delegation to the seventh session of the UNEA (UNEA-7) in Nairobi, Kenya. His election by acclamation was presided by Abdullah Bin Ali Al-Amri, the outgoing president of the assembly.
UNESCO to provide learning kits and grants to support hurricane-hit students and teachers in Jamaica
UNESCO is to support Jamaica’s hurricane-battered education sector by helping with the provision of learning kits for students in grades 7-9, and targeted grants to 100 student-teachers at Sam Sharpe Teachers College in St James. The assistance aims to ensure continuity of learning, particularly for students and student-teachers from the hardest-hit communities, a statement said. It will help with printing of the kits.
CANINE CRISIS
Dozens of puppies are being rushed to the Jamaica Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (JSPCA), suffering from severe gastroenteritis, bloody diarrhoea, and agonising pain before many ultimately die. Veterinarians say they are locked in a race against time to save the young animals from a surge in canine parvovirus infections – now proving even more deadly than leptospirosis in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.
Holland High: Two months of Melissa misery
Nearly two months after the passage of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa, the devastation continues to weigh heavily on the athletes of Holland High School and their head coach Garth Smythe. Smythe said that many students are still struggling to recover from the disaster, which ravaged the western end of the island on October 28 and claimed the lives of more than 50 Jamaicans.
Big voices, good vibes at Deh Yah
The hills were indeed alive with the sound of music as it echoed along Skyline Drive in the cool climes of St Andrew last Friday. Young entrepreneurs turned artistes, Friday Night Cru, held a post-Melissa musical fundraiser, inviting several artistes to pass through and bless the venue with their voices, all for a worthy cause as 100 per cent of the proceeds went to charity.
GK reorganises insurance arm
GraceKennedy Limited has announced leadership changes in its insurance segment, the latest shuffle in the conglomerate’s strategic evolution, according to Steven Whittingham, CEO of GraceKennedy Financial Group Limited. Insurance accounts for around 14 per cent of GraceKennedy’s groupwide holdings and is the second largest revenue earner for the food and financial services group, whose businesses are spread across Jamaica, the Caribbean, North America, United Kingdom, and elsewhere.
Something Extra | Thursday
The Treasure Beach Food, Rum and Reggae Benefit Festival at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre on Sunday brought together foodies, music lovers, and festival-goers for a lively one-day celebration. Adjusted from its original three-day plan due to the recent hurricane, the event delivered an unforgettable mix of flavours, fun, and energy. Something Extra captures the social highlights from a day full of smiles, great food, and good vibes.
Editorial | Westmoreland after Melissa
Even within the widespread destruction and human misery caused by Hurricane Melissa in western Jamaica, the parish of Westmoreland is a special special case. It is in need of urgent and specific interventions. It is not merely that Westmoreland was the epicentre of the Category 5 storm, which made landfall at the community of New Hope, the hurricane laid bare – as several commentators have pointed out – the parish’s old problem of economic under-development and social inequities. Not least of these are the fragility of its land tenure and limited employment opportunities.
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Pearl Harbor survivors watch a vintage WWII airplane fly over Pearl Harbor at the ceremony commemorating the 72nd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, in 2013, in Honolulu.
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Members and volunteers of the Ananda Marga pose for a photograph as they prepare to head out to distribute relief supplies to people affected by Hurricane Melissa in western Jamaica.
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Glenmuir High School players in a celebratory mood.
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Friday Night Cru’s Djavan Warner (left) and Damani Gardner (right) flank Davida-Mae Chambers Bedassie, brand manager of Legend.