News
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…