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S Hotel building one-bedroom houses for hurricane victims in time for holidays
JAMAICA OBSERVER
MONTEGO BAY, St. James, Jamaica- S Hotel has launched an ambitious humanitarian drive to construct 60 one-bedroom houses, valued at more than $21 million in total, for people in western Jamaica who lost their homes during the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
UWP rejects Chastanet’s resignation for second time
ST. LUCIA TIMES
CASTRIES, Saint Lucia- For the second time in four years, the United Workers Party’s (UWP) National Council has rejected a resignation from its political leader, Allen Chastanet.
Winair expands with new St. Kitts-Barbados route
THE DAILY HERALD
SIMPSON BAY, Sint Maarten- Winair has announced that it will be flying a new route between Barbados and St. Kitts, a move the St. Maarten government-owned airline calls “another milestone in Winair’s strategic growth”.
Jamaica: Melissa adds $29B to 2025-26 budget
JAMAICA OBSERVER
KINGSTON, Jamaica- The third supplementary estimates of expenditure for the 2025-26 fiscal year, tabled in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, sees the Government increasing its planned spending to $29.3 billion.
Gov’t allocates $10m per constituency to kick-start national clean-up campaign
KINGSTON, Jamaica- Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has announced that $10 million will be allocated to each of the island’s 63 constituencies to kick-start the national clean-up exercise post-Hurricane Melissa.
Police officer detained for ‘links to criminal group’
TRINIDAD EXPRESS
SANTA ROSA, Trinidad and Tobago- A police officer has been detained after a Preventive Detention Order (PDO) was issued for his alleged association with an Organised Crime Group (OCG).
Kamla ‘handed over’ T&T territory
TRINIDAD EXPRESS
PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has compared Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to her Caricom counterparts, alleging that the Prime Minister “handed over” local territory amid tensions between the United States and the South American country.
New springs won’t last, says Water Resources Authority
JAMAICA OBSERVER
MONTEGO BAY, St. James, Jamaica- With no water flowing from their taps, many residents in Hurricane Melissa-battered areas have happily made use of numerous springs that have surfaced since the storm dumped several inches of rain as she lingered over Jamaica’s south-west.
CARILEC Disaster Assistance Programme deploys 19 regional utilities & private contracting firms to Jamaica
ANTIGUA OBSERVER
KINGSTON, Jamaica- The Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation (CARILEC) has activated its Disaster Assistance Programme (CDAP), to support electric utility member Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), following the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
5,661 kilogrammes of food condemned after Melissa
JAMAICA OBSERVER
KINGSTON, Jamaica- The Public Health Department has condemned 5,661 kilogrammes of food in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa which has left several south-western parishes with little or no electricity since it impacted Jamaica on October 28.
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