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Real Madrid players celebrate after a La Liga match against Barcelona in Madrid, Spain, on Sunday.
December 9, 2025

Real Madrid to seek compensation from UEFA

MADRID (AP): REAL MADRID will seek compensation from UEFA after a Spanish court dismissed appeals filed by the European football body against a ruling that said the governing body breached EU…
Residents walk through Lacovia Tombstone, Jamaica, in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

US sending dozens of relief workers to help with fallout from Hurricane Melissa

WASHINGTON (AP):The United States is deploying several dozen disaster relief workers, including urban search and rescue teams, to Caribbean island nations as they deal with devastation caused by…
PNP President and Leader of the Opposition, Mark Golding. - File photo.
December 9, 2025

Golding encourages Jamaicans to remain resilient, pledges support for Hurricane Melissa recovery

Leader of the Opposition Mark Golding is encouraging Jamaicans to come together and remain resilient as the country begins to pick up the pieces from the devastation caused by the Category 5 Hurricane…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness speaks with a resident during a tour of sections of St Elizabeth on Wednesday.
December 9, 2025

Rebuilding Black River will be a ‘massive task’ after Hurricane Melissa - Holness

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says it is going to be “a massive task” to rebuild the town of Black River in St Elizabeth, confirming reports that the parish capital was flattened by Hurricane…
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December 9, 2025

BOJ remains closed for Hurricane Melissa clean-up, to reopen on Friday

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) says its building suffered minor impacts as a result of the passage of Hurricane Melissa. As a result, the location will remain closed while clean-up operations take place…
A damaged Rubis service station on Howard Cooke Boulevard in Montego Bay, St James, following Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025
Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon, speaking at press briefing held at the National Emergency Operations Centre at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management in St Andrew on October 29.
December 9, 2025

Permanent Secretaries to decide on reopening of government offices

Permanent Secretaries across government are now making assessments to determine when offices will reopen. Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon said that…
The section of the concourse housing gates 1 to 5 at Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, which sustained significant damage during the passage of Hurricane Melissa on Tuesday, October 28, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Damage to Sangster International mostly confined to small section - Vaz

Transport Minister Daryl Vaz says the damage to the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James, is not as extensive as appears on videos that have been shared widely. He says the videos…
Dr Dayton Campbell
December 9, 2025

Like an apocalyptic movie - MP says Melissa has left Westmoreland in ruins

Member of Parliament for Westmoreland Eastern Dr Dayton Campbell says the constituency has been left in ruins following the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Campbell told The Gleaner that wooden houses…