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December 9, 2025
Cruise industry rallies behind Jamaica with over US$3 million in hurricane relief
Several of the world’s leading cruise companies have announced financial pledges totalling more than US$3 million in support of Jamaica’s Hurricane Melissa relief efforts. Carnival Corporation, Royal…
December 9, 2025
NWA reports steady progress reopening roads in Western Jamaica impacted by Hurricane Melissa
The National Works Agency (NWA) has been making steady progress in reopening roadways across western Jamaica that were impacted by Hurricane Melissa. Community Relations Officer for the NWA’s…
December 9, 2025
JCA urges donors to coordinate relief shipments through registered charities
The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) is urging individuals who intend to donate large quantities of relief items in response to Hurricane Melissa to coordinate with registered local charities. Chief…
December 9, 2025
Commander Alvin Gayle appointed as new head of ODPEM
Commander Alvin Gayle has been seconded from the Jamaica Defence Force to serve as Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM). This follows Prime…
December 9, 2025
Police await further analysis after autopsy finds UWI student died from asphyxia
The police are awaiting further analysis of evidence in the death of University Of the West Indies, Mona, student Victoria Hanley-Brown following an autopsy on Wednesday which said the primary cause…
December 9, 2025
by Lester Hinds
Congress members urge US to shield Jamaicans from deportation after Hurricane Melissa
Forty-four members of the US Congress are calling on the Department of Homeland Security to grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Jamaican nationals in the United States, citing widespread…
December 9, 2025
by Paul H. Williams
Carnage and Cashless out west
I left St Andrew on the morning of Monday, November 3, for familial and professional reasons – all because of Melissa, who had turned our lives upside down, quite literally, and for some, into a…
December 9, 2025
by Olivia Brown
Forests show signs of ‘burn’ after Melissa
In the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa – a Category 5 system that ravaged sections of Jamaica – Jamaica’s forests tell a story of both devastation and endurance. Across several parishes, trees have…
December 9, 2025
ADRA delivers hot meals, trains volunteers
ADRA Jamaica, the humanitarian arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Jamaica, has been actively providing aid to those in need before and in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, which swept…