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    Gov’t spent over $225M on food for Hurricane Melissa emergency response

    Team_Jamaica 14By Team_Jamaica 14December 12, 2025No Comments1 Min Read
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    Authorities has thus far spent over $225 million on meals for the Hurricane Melissa emergency response.

    Social Safety Minster Pearnel Charles Junior mentioned this contains over $170 million, publish hurricane.

    Meantime, over 340,000 meals packages have been distributed by the federal government so far.

    Director Basic of the Workplace of Catastrophe Preparedness and Emergency Administration (ODPEM), Commander Alvin Gayle, identified that almost all went to affected individuals in western parishes.

    He added that the meals help working group distributed over 3 million sizzling meals.

    They had been talking on the publish cupboard press briefing yesterday.



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