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Flow team members (from left) Adrian Stewart, Patrice Todd, and Katoya Mohalland pack essential supplies at Flow’s corporate offices in Kingston as they get ready to assist residents in St James who were impacted by Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | Flow Foundation extends helping hands to Hurricane Melissa survivors in St James

The Flow Foundation on Saturday brought much-needed relief and hope to several communities in Montego Bay following the devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa. With homes damaged, trees uprooted, and…
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December 9, 2025

Educators to be counselled on strategies for addressing hurricane trauma

In recognising how deeply traumatised many Jamaicans have been as a result of the ravages of Hurricane Melissa, the Pamella’s Sunrise Foundation, in collaboration with the Guidance Counselling Unit of…
Edmond Bartlett, minister of tourism. FILE
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Closed hotels set timelines for reopening after hurricane

Western Bureau: The powerful Category 5 Hurricane Melissa battered Hanover, Westmoreland, Trelawny, St Elizabeth, and sections of St James, forcing temporary hotel closures and displacing hundreds of…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness.
December 9, 2025

Holness not keen on imposing SOE in Hurricane Melissa’s wake

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says the Government may have to impose security measures such as curfews as the country’s recovery progresses, but noted that it is not yet at that point, as it does…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness. - File photo.
December 9, 2025

More than 116,000 buildings severely damaged by Hurricane Melissa

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness on Tuesday disclosed that about 116,000 structures were damaged during the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Holness told Parliament that the impact was “severe or…
This image released by A24 shows Adam Sandler in a scene from the 2019 film ‘Uncut Gems’.
December 9, 2025

Adam Sandler earns second AARP Movies for Grownups honour

LOS ANGELES (AP): Adam Sandler will be the next recipient of AARP’s Movies for Grownups career achievement award, the group said Tuesday. And maybe this time, the actor will wait for his signal. When…
Pastor Glen Samuels, president of the West Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
December 9, 2025

Gilbert was ‘chicken feed’ to Melissa, says Pastor Glen Samuels

The Black River Adventist Church, located in the capital of St Elizabeth, stands roofless and flooded after Hurricane Melissa tore through the area on October 28, damaging trees and property across…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness. - File photo
December 9, 2025

PM says JPS asked to explore relocating parts of power grid underground following Melissa

The Government wants the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS) to explore, where feasible, putting sections of the national power grid underground, as part of its current exercise to restore…
Dr Christopher Tufton (left), minister of health and wellness; with Lieutenant Colonel Gail Ranglin Edwards (second left), director of the Health Services Corps of the Jamaica Defence Force, at the Ministry of Health and Wellness PAHO/WHO Health Cluster Hu
December 9, 2025 by Sashana Small

EMTs ready to roll

Twenty-one emergency medical teams (EMT) from 14 international organisations have expressed their readiness to support Jamaica’s recovery efforts following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa.…