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Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica

Gov't launches Support Jamaica website for Melissa relief

Nearly 6,000 in shelters amid Hurricane Melissa

Category 5 Melissa now set to make landfall in St Elizabeth

Approximately 240,000 JPS customers without power

Attempted robbery of wholesale in Montego Bay foiled by police

No pick 3, just category 5! Hurricane Melissa washes out lottery games

Tufton: Three killed, 13 injured while preparing for Hurricane Melissa

KSAMC says claims that persons are being charged to access shelters not true

Reporting conditions for persons out on bail paused until November 3

UWI postpones graduation ceremonies due to passage Hurricane Melissa

‘Kush’ hopeful Melissa will spare Treasure Beach

Jamaicans must comply with no-movement and evacuation orders under disaster measures - Police

Measures in place to keep prisoners safe, says corrections department

Mandeville residents flock bakery to stock up on bread

JUTC bus services paused due to Melissa

Up to 50,000 Jamaicans could be relocated due to Melissa -McKenzie

Over 51,000 Jamaicans without power so far due to Melissa

Trucks remove 500 loads of silt from Sandy Gully

Hurricane Melissa now expected to make landfall in Westmoreland

Rocky Point and Portland Cottage residents heed warning to evacuate

Treasure Beach farmer worried for residents with zinc roofs and board houses

St Elizabeth farmer offers his house to community for shelter as Hurricane Melissa nears

Relief supplies from Florida-based groups on standby for Jamaica

'Shelters are safe': McKenzie urges residents in vulnerable areas to seek refuge

Lone woman flees as Port Royal residents defy Hurricane Melissa warning

Gov't moves to curb price gouging ahead of TS Melissa

Storm fears lead to low fish sales in Old Harbour Bay

TS Melissa reforms over Central Caribbean

TS Melissa shifts east but Jamaica not in the clear yet

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Soldiers among six injured in downtown Kingston crash
October 17, 2025

Man jailed after stabbing brother with scissors unprovoked
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Janitor beats odds to become math teacher - Mark Bolton moved from cleaning classrooms to delivering lessons
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Police nab security guard linked to $15M Beryllium theft
October 17, 2025

Walk away before it is too late! - Abuse survivor urges victims to flee evil spouses
October 17, 2025

The George Alleyne Hall of The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus.

UWI mourns passing of student resident
October 17, 2025

14-y-o charged with murder
October 17, 2025

Dr Jaysson T Brooks, orthopaedic surgeon from Dallas, Texas, shares a moment with a young patient and her mother before her surgery last Thursday at Kingston Public Hospital. Brooks was part of the visiting Back to Healing Foundation mission team dedicated to correcting severe spinal deformities and improving patients’ quality of life.

Seven receive scoliosis procedures
October 17, 2025

Jamaica to plant American-like apples
October 17, 2025

Lifelong farmer Pearlina Cunningham (centre) is flanked by her daughter, Hazelyn Nesbeth (left), and her sister, Francis Brown, at the family home in Logwood, Hanover.

Farming a family tradition for three rural women
October 17, 2025

WEEKEND HOROSCOPE
October 17, 2025

George Alleyne Hall, Castries Drive, UWI, Mona.

Female student found dead at UWI Mona
October 16, 2025

Beryllium probes theft from company truck
October 16, 2025

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