THE GLEANER MINUTE: Chinese hospital ship in JA | Jamaica’s first female resident magistrate dies at 108
Dec 4th, 2025 | Category: The Gleaner Minute | 1:46#JamaicaGleaner DECEMBER 4, 2025: More than 100 Chinese medical personnel have arrived in Jamaica aboard the hospital ship, Silk Road Ark, as China also hands over US$4 million dollars in disaster relief support to Jamaica… Jamaica has recorded 71 suspected, probable, or confirmed cases of Leptospirosis, including 26 confirmed cases and 12 deaths, seven confirmed… The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has acknowledged it does not have the capacity to fully and independently verify the monetary value of losses submitted by utility companies… Trailblazing jurist Ena Collymore-Woodstock, the country’s first female resident magistrate and a World War II veteran, died Tuesday at the age of 108… IN SPORTS: Eltham High and Jamaica College have advanced to the Manning Cup Quarter-Finals, while
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THE GLEANER MINUTE: Chinese hospital ship in JA | Jamaica’s first female resident magistrate dies at 108


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