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TUI UK passengers on arrival into the arrivals hall just outside customs at the Sangster International Airport earlier this month. They were among the first UK passengers to arrive on a charter flight from the UK since the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

TUI resumes UK charter flights after Melissa

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica’s arrival numbers remain sharply down three weeks after Hurricane Melissa battered the island, leaving thousands of hotel rooms offline until well into 2026. But on Monday, a…
Digicel representatives are joined by a student and parent in offloading relief packages to benefit parents of special needs students at the Catherine Hall Primary School. The handover took place at the Catherine Hall Primary School’s Special Education U
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | Digicel Foundation donates water tank to Catherine Hall Primary School

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December 9, 2025

Robbery at bar in Ginger Ridge district, St Catherine

The police in Browns Hall, St Catherine are investigating a robbery at a bar in Connors in the Ginger Ridge district. It is reported that about 1:35 on Monday morning, a female worker locked up the…
December 9, 2025

Police probing shooting and suspected suicide incidents in Above Rocks

The police are now processing two crime scenes in Above Rocks, St Catherine, after a shooting and suspected suicide which investigators say are related. The Gleaner was told that in the first…
The St Ann’s Bay Criminal Investigation Branch is probing the incident. - File Photo
December 9, 2025

Man reportedly chopped to death by mob in St Ann

An unidentified man was chopped to death early Tuesday morning in Hermitage, St Ann. The Gleaner understands that he was set upon by an angry mob about 12:10 a.m. No further details regarding the…
Century Aluminum’s executives, Eliezer Batista (second left) and Kenneth Calloway (centre), along with Jamalco equipment operator, Keon Sutherland (right), distribute tarpaulins to residents of Vineyards, St Elizabeth. They were part of a 30-member Jamal
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | Jamalco delivers aid to hurricane victims

From left: Minister of National Security and Peace Dr Horace Chang; Ambassador of the  European Union to Jamaica, Dr Erja Askola; Ambassador of France to Jamaica, Marianne Ziss; and Ambassador of Germany to Jamaica, Hendrik Van Thiel, share lens after at
December 9, 2025

EU, Gov’t tout Citizen Security Plan in post-Melissa recovery

The Government of Jamaica and the European Union (EU) have praised their partnership on the multibillion-dollar Citizen Security Plan (CSP), saying the initiative has achieved major milestones in…
Member of Parliament for Hanover Western Heather Miller-Bennett Westmoreland speaking at a People’s National Party press conference on November 25, 2025.
December 9, 2025

Hanover MP urges gov’t to restart rural school bus service amid transportation costs affecting students following Melissa

A call is being made for the Government to quickly resume the rural school bus programme to help offset transportation costs being faced by students who have gone back to school following the passage…
Through Campus Elite, the student engagement network led by founder and CEO Sandré Malcom, university students mobilised quickly to support peers affected by Hurricane Melissa. Campus Elite volunteers became the backbone of the operation. From packaging s
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | Campus Elite rallies round affected students with help from Legend Beer