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Brown treble leads Harbour View over Spanish Town Police as JPL resumes
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – Rohan Brown scored a hattrick to lead Harbour View to a resounding 5-2 win over promoted Spanish Town Police as the Jamaica Premie...
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Bignall Law dedicates tree-lighting to hurricane victims, calls for better housing solutions
December 7, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Bignall Law Commercial Centre in Half-Way-Tree illuminated its building on Saturday night in tribute to the victims of Hurrica...
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Church group treks into remote Westmoreland community to deliver vital Hurricane relief
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November 26, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Several families in Westmoreland, ravaged by the Category 5 Hurricane Melissa in October, were grateful for a major relief effort ...
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ISSA announces resumption of high school competitions
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ISSA announces resumption of high school competitions
November 14, 2025
The Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) has announced the resumption of inter-school competitions beginning the week of November 24. Man...
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Over 116,000 buildings severely damaged by Hurricane Melissa — Holness
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Over 116,000 buildings severely damaged by Hurricane Melissa — Holness
November 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — More than 116,000 of the 428,000 buildings in the database of the National Spatial Data Management Branch sustained severe damage ...
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NHF deploys mobile pharmacies in western Jamaica as part of recovery efforts
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NHF deploys mobile pharmacies in western Jamaica as part of recovery efforts
November 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Health Fund (NHF) says it has launched mobile pharmacy services for three parishes in western Jamaica that were heavi...
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Transport Authority warns public passenger vehicles against ‘exorbitant prices’
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Transport Authority warns public passenger vehicles against ‘exorbitant prices’
November 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Transport Authority is warning public passenger vehicle (PPV) operators to immediately stop the illegal practice of raising fa...
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Trelawny residents join long queues to fetch river water after Hurricane Melissa
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Trelawny residents join long queues to fetch river water after Hurricane Melissa
November 4, 2025
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — As National Water Commission (NWC) customers await the restoration of piped water in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, long queu...
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Hurricane Melissa leaves pregnant mother homeless in Westmoreland
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Hurricane Melissa leaves pregnant mother homeless in Westmoreland
BY VANASSA MCKENZIE Observer Online reporter mckenziev@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 4, 2025
With only weeks to go before welcoming her fourth child into the world, Satnerine Tomlin of Whitehouse, Westmoreland, is facing the unimaginable as sh...
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IICA launches emergency fund to aid Caribbean agriculture after Hurricane Melissa
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IICA launches emergency fund to aid Caribbean agriculture after Hurricane Melissa
November 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) has established an emergency fund to assist the agriculture sec...
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#MelissaAftermath: Grange announces launch of volunteer registry
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#MelissaAftermath: Grange announces launch of volunteer registry
November 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, has announced the launch of the National Registry of Voluntee...
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Restaurant Associates Limited joins relief efforts after Hurricane Melissa
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Restaurant Associates Limited joins relief efforts after Hurricane Melissa
November 2, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Restaurant Associates Limited (RAL) has joined national relief efforts following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. On S...
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MBJ waives all landing and parking fees for Hurricane Melissa relief supplies
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MBJ waives all landing and parking fees for Hurricane Melissa relief supplies
November 2, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica - With limited commercial flight operations resuming Saturday,  MBJ Airports Limited (MBJ), operators of Sangster International Airp...
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GEM ready to repair/replace 50,000 roofs says Capponi
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GEM ready to repair/replace 50,000 roofs says Capponi
November 2, 2025
Founder and President of Global Empowerment Mission (GEM), Michael Capponi, says the organisation is committed to repair/replace up to 50,000 roofs in...
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Ferncourt High begins clean-up after Hurricane Melissa
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Ferncourt High begins clean-up after Hurricane Melissa
BY: SANDENA JAMES Social media Editor 
November 2, 2025
ST ANN, Jamaica — Cleanup and recovery are under way at Ferncourt High School following damage sustained during the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Prin...
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PNP launches first hurricane relief mission to Westmoreland
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PNP launches first hurricane relief mission to Westmoreland
November 2, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The People’s National Party (PNP) on Sunday launched its first official hurricane relief mission to Westmoreland, as part of the P...
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WATCH: Life spared but livelihood lost: Scott’s Cove flattened after Hurricane Melissa
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WATCH: Life spared but livelihood lost: Scott’s Cove flattened after Hurricane Melissa
BY KELSEY THOMAS Online coordinator thomask@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 2, 2025
What was once a bustling haven for escovitch fish, lobster, bammy, and conch soup along Jamaica’s south coast now lies in piles of debris. Scott’s Cov...
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Melissa is the most powerful hurricane to make landfall in 90 years—AFP
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Melissa is the most powerful hurricane to make landfall in 90 years—AFP
October 29, 2025
PARIS, France (AFP)—Melissa tied the 1935 record for the most intense hurricane to make landfall when it battered Jamaica on Tuesday, according to an ...
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Bodies found in Black River in aftermath of Hurricane Melissa
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Bodies found in Black River in aftermath of Hurricane Melissa
October 29, 2025
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Superintendent Coleidge Minto has confirmed that two bodies have been discovered in the Black River area of St Elizabeth in th...
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Tufton says efforts underway to relocate patients from Black River Hospital
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Tufton says efforts underway to relocate patients from Black River Hospital
October 29, 2025
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, says efforts are underway to relocate patients from the Black River Ho...
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Santa Cruz resident says hometown is ‘unrecognisable’
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Santa Cruz resident says hometown is ‘unrecognisable’
October 29, 2025
ST ELIZABETH , Jamaica — A resident of Santa Cruz described the devastation left behind by Hurricane Melissa as “unimaginable”, saying parts of his ho...
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Minister McKenzie confirms severe damage to St James
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Minister McKenzie confirms severe damage to St James
October 29, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Desmond McKenzie, says St James suffered extensive damage due to the passage o...
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#EyeOnMelissa: No fatalities reported as yet — McKenzie
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#EyeOnMelissa: No fatalities reported as yet — McKenzie
October 29, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Desmond McKenzie, says he is yet to receive any reports of fatalities followin...
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