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#EyeOnMelissa: Hospitals in emergency mode, clinics to close early as storm approaches
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#EyeOnMelissa: Hospitals in emergency mode, clinics to close early as storm approaches
October 23 03:24 PM
All public hospitals in Jamaica have entered emergency mode and all clinics will close as of 4:00 pm Thursday as the country braces for Tropical Storm...
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#EyeOnMelissa: TMC prepares to relocate Trelawny Infirmary residents to shelter
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TRELAWNY, Jamaica — With Tropical Storm Melissa approaching, the Trelawny Municipal Corporation (TMC) has advanced preparations to once again relocate...
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#EyeOnMelissa: Airports to close if hurricane watch upgraded to warning
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Jamaica’s two international airports would shutter their operations within 24 hours of the hurricane watch now in effect for the island being upgraded...
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#EyeOnMelissa: Westmoreland in state of readiness as tropical storm approaches
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WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, Councillor Danree Delancy, says Westmoreland is in a state of readiness as Tropical Storm Melissa app...
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ST ANN, Jamaica — Mayor of St Ann’s Bay, Councillor Michael Belnavis, says that all government agencies are actively engaged in dialogue as preparatio...
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuela's defence minister said Thursday any CIA operation against his country "will fail," after United States (US) Pres...
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#EyeOnMelissa: JUTC buses to continue to operate as long as conditions allow, says Vaz
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#EyeOnMelissa: JUTC buses to continue to operate as long as conditions allow, says Vaz
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For commuters who rely on the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), buses will continue to operate as long as it is safe for the company to do so. The...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica—Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett departed the island on Tuesday for London, England, where he will participate in a series of hig...
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LONDON, England — Owen Gray, the Ska singer who helped introduce Jamaican music to the United Kingdom, died here on Sunday at age 86. His daughter, An...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica are through to the final of the Unity Cup in London after outscoring Caribbean neighbours Trinidad and Tobago 3-2 in the s...
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