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October 30, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Dr Andrew Wheatley is warning the public about fraudulent websites...
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#MelissaAftermath: Near chaos at service stations in St James
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October 30, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — The few petrol stations that opened in Montego Bay, St James on Thursday have come under heavy pressure from buyers. Motorists and...
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#MelissaAftermath: Some Kingston schools to reopen on Monday
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October 30, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Education Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon has announced that schools in areas of Kingston that were not badly affected by Hurricane ...
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#MelissaAftermath: Over 490,000 still without electricity — Vaz
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#MelissaAftermath: Over 490,000 still without electricity — Vaz
October 30, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Energy and Telecommunications Daryl Vaz provided a comprehensive update on the country’s electricity restoration effor...
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#MelissaAftermath: Trelawny police clear fallen trees after ‘devastating impact’ in parish
October 30, 2025
TRELAWNY, Jamaica – Trelawny police were out in their numbers Wednesday as they worked to clear some of the wreckage caused by Hurricane Melissa in th...
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#MelissaAftermath: Residents flock Gutters service station to restock fuel and food supplies
October 30, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Scores of residents converged at the Mid-Island Service Station at the border of Manchester and St Elizabeth on Thursday, clutch...
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#MelissaAftermath: Chicken & Tings partners with World Central Kitchen to distribute meals
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Popular food joint Chicken and Tings has teamed up with international non-profit World Central Kitchen (WCK) to provide thousands ...
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Optimum Jamaica helping families to stay connected across US and Jamaica
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October 30, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — As Jamaica continues to recover from the devastating impacts of Hurricane Melissa, Optimum Jamaica is offering free calls and text...
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Samaritan’s Purse prepares disaster relief for Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa
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October 30, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — International Christian relief organisation, Samaritan’s Purse, says its disaster response teams and supplies are on standby to be...
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Melissa’s muddy mark
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Hurricane leaves huge piles of mud, downed poles and damaged roofs in sections on Montego Bay
October 30, 2025
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So close, but so far
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Jamaicans try to reach family, Lacovia residents describe battle with Melissa
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October 30, 2025
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‘We need help’
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October 30, 2025
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Body blow for Black River
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Body blow for Black River
Historic town reduced to near rubble by Melissa; up to 90% of buildings in St Elizabeth without roofs
October 30, 2025
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Reggae Girlz pay tribute to homeland after Hurricane Melissa with 4-1 win over Trinidad and Tobago
BY RACHID PARCHMENT Digital sports coordinator parchmentr@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 30, 2025
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Misery amplified
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Portland Cottage residents say they expect to be neglected again when aid for Hurricane Melissa is dispensed
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October 30, 2025
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MYSTIC THAI for World Central Kitchen
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October 30, 2025
Ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Melissa, local eatery Mystic Thai stepped into action, partnering with the humanitarian food relief organisation Wor...
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‘We just have to help each other’
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BY BRITTANIA WITTER Observer online reporter witterb@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 29, 2025
CLARENDON, Jamaica — For two nights in a row, Althea “Tia” Brown barely slept. As one of the shelter managers in Hayes, Clarendon she was responsible ...
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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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#EyeOnMelissa: Holness, Tufton and Vaz to conduct damage assessments on Wednesday
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October 29, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness on Wednesday will be surveying the damage done to the country due to the passage of Hurricane Mel...
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#EyeOnMelissa: Gov’t gives ‘all-clear’ to commence restoration efforts
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October 29, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government of Jamaica has issued an "all-clear" following the passage of Hurricane Melissa. This means that all utility compan...
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October 29, 2025
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