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• One-Minute Reads: News from across Jamaica

  Emergency support for persons with disabilities

• BALCO founder Conte is dead

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• STETHS sports programme suffers massive hit

  Kerry-Lee Ricketts, senior coach at St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS), says the institution's sports programme has suffered a massive setback in the wake of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa, which devastated the western end of the island last Tuesday.

• Woman's body spent two days in closet - Residents recall hurricane victim's final moments

  Patricia Dillon was beside herself and appeared to be in a daze when THE STAR spoke with her last Friday.

• Melissa causes billion-dollar damage

  In a statement to Parliament on Tuesday, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness told Parliament that a preliminary estimate of Hurricane Melissa's impact, based on benchmarks of comparable regional disasters to physical infrastructure, is estimated at between US$6 billion (approximately J$963 billion) and US$7 billion (approximately J$1.1 trillion).

• Christie: Mount Pleasant must finish the job

  Sporting Director of Mount Pleasant Academy, Paul Christie, says his team will not be taking any chances despite holding a commanding 5-1 advantage over Trinidad and Tobago's Defence Force heading into today's Concacaf Caribbean Cup semi-final second leg at the National Stadium. Kick off time is 6 p.m.

• Pedro Cays fisherfolk 'lucky' to survive storm

  Seventeen people who refused to leave the Pedro Cays ahead of Hurricane Melissa's wrath are lucky to be alive, after the storm flattened most of the fishing camps and even damaged the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) outpost on the tiny island.

• WEIRD STUFF

  Britain's reign as the world's cleanest team has come to an end -- with the country's litter-picking champs losing their sparkle at this year's Spogomi World Cup in Tokyo, Japan.

• Transport Authority warns greedy taxi drivers stop overcharging after Hurricane Melissa

  The Transport Authority is warning public passenger vehicle (PPV) operators to stop overcharging riders in the wake of Hurricane Melissa.

• Creek saves Parottee residents from Melissa

  When the sea rose to claim Parottee, St Elizabeth, during the passage of Hurricane Melissa, it was a creek that fought back.

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