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The health ministry says vector control activities, including fogging, larviciding, and community inspections, are likely to be temporarily disrupted following the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

Stock up on mosquito repellent amid anticipated increase in pest population after Melissa - MOH

The Ministry of Health & Wellness is advising Jamaicans to stock up on mosquito repellent to protect themselves from mosquito bites in anticipation of a significant increase in the mosquito…
From left: Poet Kacy Garvey, co-founder and managing director of JAIKU; Jodiann Edwards, executive assistant; and poet Britton Wright, co-founder of JAIKU.
December 9, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

Growth & Jobs | JAIKU promoting poetry as a business

JAMAICA HAS produced some great poets. Many of them were more than writers, engaging in other endeavours to eke out a living, and they perhaps did not see poetry as a structured business as we know it…
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December 9, 2025

KSAMC: Persuasion not force being used to relocate homeless amid TS Melissa

In light of public concern regarding the relocation of homeless individuals across the municipality, the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) says it has taken a rights-based and…
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December 9, 2025

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa now closer to Jamaica

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Hurricane Melissa, now a Category 5 storm with winds in excess of 160 miles per hour, is inching towards Jamaica on Monday and is expected to move near or over the Caribbean…
The UHWI said essential employees who are required to report for duty may do so only if it is safe to travel.
December 9, 2025

UHWI tells non-essential staff not to report to work in light of Melissa

The management of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) has advised all non-essential employees to remain at home until further notice in light of the adverse weather conditions associated…
Firefighters have indicated that they are unable to determine the cause of the fire at this time.
December 9, 2025

Fire leaves three homeless in Portland ahead of Melissa

As Portlanders braced for Hurricane Melissa, another kind of disaster struck, as fire of unknown origin left three people homeless in Port Antonio on Sunday night. The fire, which reportedly started…
Rocky Point in Jamaica's south coast in Clarendon is one of the areas covered by a mandatory evacuation ordered issued by Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness on October 26, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Mandatory evacuations ordered for seven flood-prone communities as Hurricane Melissa nears

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness on Sunday ordered the immediate evacuation of several vulnerable communities across Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa bears down on the island with life-threatening rain…
Jewham Davis Davis (left) and Trevor Barnes are two of the three persons presently staying in the shelter at the New Forest High School in Manchester on October 26, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Fearing floods - Two Manchester residents seek shelter early as Hurricane Melissa draws near

Fearing their homes in New Forest, Manchester, would flood, 65-year-old Jewham Davis and 57-year-old Trevor Barnes were two of three men who proactively sought shelter as slow moving Hurricane Melissa…
A crane towers above unfinished buildings at a construction site in Mammee Bay, St Ann on October 26, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Police urge crane operators to secure equipment ahead of Hurricane Melissa

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is urging construction companies and crane operators to lower and secure erected cranes immediately as Hurricane Melissa approaches. “The police are issuing an…