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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…
December 9, 2025
Earth Today | After Melissa
HURRICANE MELISSA has come and gone, but her lessons remain – to be reflected upon, analysed and applied with urgency. This is according to Eleanor Jones, sustainable development professional and…
December 9, 2025
Earth Today | ‘SIDS must have special consideration’
IN THE aftermath of Hurricane Melissa’s brutal blows to Jamaica, local civil society actors have renewed their call for special consideration for small island developing states (SIDS), as this year’s…