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A volunteer from St John Ambulance and JN Group checks a resident’s blood pressure during a first-aid outreach in hurricane-hit St Elizabeth and Westmoreland.
07 Nov, 2025 0

St John Ambulance, JN deliver first aid in St Elizabeth, Westmoreland

As communities begin to recover from Hurricane Melissa’s recent landfall, more than 250 volunteers mobilised by St John Ambulance Jamaica and the JN Foundation delivered first-aid to nearly 800…
High Commissioner Alexander Williams.
07 Nov, 2025 0

UK Jamaicans mobilise to assist country in aftermath of Hurricane Melissa

LONDON: The UK Jamaican diaspora community has mobilised in great numbers to assist Jamaicans at home whose lives have been upended by the devastation brought on by the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
Clinical psychologist Dr Kai Morgan
07 Nov, 2025 0

Coping forum launched to offer therapy solutions post-Melissa

In the wake of Hurricane Melissa, grief, shock, anxiety and uncertainty have settled across the communities most severely affected, as well as the wider Jamaican society still reeling from the storm’s…
Bishop Herro Blair
07 Nov, 2025 0

Religious and faith-based task force formed to support hurricane relief

A National Religious and Faith-Based Hurricane Task Force has been established to identify the needs of religious organisations and their members, and to coordinate relief efforts across more than 775…
Dozens queue up for cash at Scotiabank ATM in Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay, the tourism capital of the island.
07 Nov, 2025 0

JHTA allocates $10 million to aid tourism workers hit by Melissa

WESTERN BUREAU: When Hurricane Melissa tore across Jamaica as a Category Five storm on October 28, thousands of tourism workers were left homeless, jobless, and uncertain. Now, the Jamaica Hotel and…
The RIU team preparing water to be dispatched with food organised in collaboration with World Central Kitchen.
07 Nov, 2025 0

RIU, World Central Kitchen serve thousands of hot meals to Melissa survivors

WESTERN BUREAU: When Category 5 Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica on October 28, thousands of families were left without electricity, gas, or clean water. In the storm’s aftermath, RIU Resorts…
Executive director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority, Audley Gordon (left), points out something to Mayor of Montego Bay Richard Vernon, during clean-up activities in the Catherine Hall area of Montego Bay, St James on Tuesday, November 4, 2
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Nari Williams-Singh, director general of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority.
07 Nov, 2025 0

Ice melts on engines of aviation executives’ salary suit

Director General of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), Nari Williams-Singh, and three senior executives have withdrawn their lawsuit against the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service…
Commander Alvin Gayle, newly appointed director general of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management, addresses yesterday’s special press briefing on Hurricane Melissa at Jamaica House in St Andrew.
06 Nov, 2025 0

‘Not a good move’

A leading disaster-mitigation specialist and a social-development specialist have both cautioned against placing the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) under the…