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Architectural designer and construction manager, Curtis Hylton, lead for the St James chapter of the Small Business Association of Jamaica.
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Container homes proposed as quick fix for hurricane homelessness

WESTERN BUREAU: Architectural designer and construction project manager Curtis Hylton believes that it is time for Jamaica to embrace a housing model once dismissed as “unconventional” - retrofitted…
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December 9, 2025 by Lester Hinds

Diaspora disaster relief mobilisation moves to targeted areas

Diaspora disaster relief mobilisation has moved into a targeted phase where relief supplies are being sourced to assist critical areas to get the country back up and running. To this end, relief…
Rose Heights resident Cherry doing her laundry in the proximity of the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James.
December 9, 2025 by Adrian Frater

‘We just have to fight through’

Western Bureau: Despite the massive dislocation and spin-off hardship left behind by Hurricane Melissa, residents in western Jamaica are determined to make the best of a bad situation, demonstrating…
Minister of Education, Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon. - File photo.
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

Cops to probe reports of sexual assaults at shelters

The Police High Command is to investigate reports that women have been sexually assaulted in shelters established following the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Responding to questions posed by The…
The remains of the historic Ramble Anglican Church in Hanover.
December 9, 2025

Historic landmarks out west among Melissa’s many victims

Western Bureau: When the full history of the $1-trillion devastation left behind in western Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa is written, several of the region’s historic landmarks will be numbered among…
Members of the Chinese community out of western Jamacia with Floyd Green, member of parliament for St Elizabeth South Western, during a visit on Wednesday to Parottee in St Elizabeth, one of the areas hit hardest by Hurricane Melissa
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Chinese community secures $100m in hurricane relief support for western Jamaica

Western Bureau: The Chinese community in western Jamaica has secured more than $100 million in aid support to help families left homeless by Hurricane Melissa, dispatching busloads of care packages…
An aerial view of Black River, Jamaica, in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

Climate change boosted Hurricane Melissa’s destructive winds and rain, analysis finds

Human-caused climate change boosted the destructive winds and rain unleashed by Hurricane Melissa and increased the temperatures and humidity that fuelled the storm, according to an analysis released…
Persons at the hurricane shelter at the Petersfield High School in Westmoreland.
December 9, 2025

Low on food and water, shelter at Petersfield High in need of urgent help

Persons overseeing the hurricane shelter at Petersfield High School in Westmoreland, as well as those who evacuated their homes to safety, are appealing for urgent help, saying they are running low on…
Portlanders making home repairs on November 4, following the passage of Hurricane Melissa on October 28.
December 9, 2025

Portland makes steady progress in recovery effort

There has been steady progress in recovery and relief efforts in Portland, following the passage of Hurricane Melissa on October 28. Parish Disaster Coordinator, Denise Lewis, told JIS News in an…