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Laura Littlebear, vice president, Greater Good Charities.
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Bees of hope

When Hurricane Melissa flattened crops and stripped Jamaica’s hillsides bare, few thought about the smallest victims – the bees. But for Laura Littlebear of Greater Good Charities, saving these…
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…
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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…
Jamaican ceramic ocean activist artist, Anna-K Cuffe, with her pieces at the second Art in Motion exhibition titled ‘Eco Art Expressions’ held at Withrow Common Gallery at Exhibition Place in Toronto.
December 9, 2025 by Neil Armstrong

Artist urges Canadians to support Hurricane Melissa relief efforts

TORONTO: Jamaican artist Anna-K Cuffe has urged an audience in Toronto, Canada, to donate to the Government’s Hurricane Melissa relief effort website, supportjamaica.gov.jm, to help rebuild…
Dr OmiSoore Dryden.
December 9, 2025

Jamaican-Canadian professor named Canada Research Chair

TORONTO: Dr OmiSoore Dryden, a full professor at the School of Nursing in the Faculty of Health at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, has been awarded a prestigious research professorship…
Despite facing significant damage to its own St Mary farm operations, the JP Farms team mobilised swiftly to deliver a truckload of food items – fresh bananas, plantains and assorted St Mary’s snacks – to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security Sa
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | JP Farms delivers food items to hurricane relief effort

Employees of Hah-R-Mony Entertainment Limited assist with post-Hurricane Melissa cleanup efforts in Montego Bay, St James.
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | Corporate volunteers support MoBay’s post-hurricane recovery efforts

Employees of Hah-R-Mony Entertainment Limited, Jamaica’s largest entertainment company, joined cleanup efforts in Montego Bay, St James, on October 31. The employees focused their efforts on clearing…
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

Dwight Fletcher | Jesus is the Lord of all

I HAVE been praying earnestly for Jamaica and for you over the past two weeks. The road to recovery may look long and hard, but my encouragement is that Jesus Christ is Lord over His creation.