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December 9, 2025
Police probing shooting and robbery attempt in St Andrew
Police are investigating a daring early morning shooting and robbery attempt along Oxford Road on Wednesday. Explosions were reportedly heard about 8:50 a.m., and men seen running away from the…
December 9, 2025
Rebuild with concrete, not containers, engineering groups urge after Hurricane Melissa
Three of the leading construction and engineering groups in Jamaica are urging the Government to prioritise permanent, hurricane-resilient housing over temporary container units as the country moves…
December 9, 2025
PNP councillor-caretaker seeking help for families struggling after Hurricane Melissa
Abigail Malcolm, People’s National Party councillor-caretaker for the Cornwall Mountain Division in Westmoreland, said she has been seeking assistance to help persons rebuild and bury their loved ones…
December 9, 2025
World Bank estimates Hurricane Melissa damage to agriculture at J$60 billion - Green
Minister of Agriculture Floyd Green has indicated that the World Bank has estimated the damage to Jamaica’s agricultural sector at J$60 billion or US$300 million. Green, speaking at a press briefing…
December 9, 2025
Support Jamaica donations to be used to rebuild homes, Westmoreland being prioritised - Morris Dixon
Information Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon has disclosed that the millions collected by the Government through the Support Jamaica Hurricane Melissa relief website will be used to buy building…
December 9, 2025
SLB to provide $60,000 grants to students in five hardest-hit Melissa parishes
The Students' Loan Bureau (SLB) has announced that students attending schools in Westmoreland, St James, Hanover, St Elizabeth, and Trelawny will each receive a $60,000 grant under a new…
December 9, 2025
Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility to launch micro insurance in Jamaica amid Hurricane Melissa
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) on Wednesday said that it will launch a new initiative in Jamaica this week in the wake of the disaster…
December 9, 2025
60,000 NWC customers in western Jamaica still without water
Some 60,000 customers of the National Water Commission (NWC) in western Jamaica are still without piped water more than a month after the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Director General of the Office…
December 9, 2025
Massive power outage hits Cuba’s western region after transmission line fails
HAVANA (AP) — A blackout hit Havana and the rest of the western half of Cuba on Wednesday, leaving millions of people without power on an island struggling with chronic outages blamed on a crumbling…