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Leesa Kow, managing director of JN Bank.
December 9, 2025

JN Bank, JN Money roll out waivers, discounts to customers for Melissa recovery

Beyond the on-the-ground humanitarian efforts being provided through its JN Foundation and Jamaica Automobile Association, the JN Group is channelling direct support to its members- providing…
A worker tries to remove a zinc sheet that was entangled on a wire at the Falmouth Hospital in Trelawny after several roofs were blown off during the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

... Foundation strengthens humanitarian response for Melissa recovery

As the devastating picture of the widespread damage and destruction wrought by Hurricane Melissa continues to unfold, especially across western parishes, the JN Group has deepened humanitarian support…
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December 9, 2025

SIA landing, parking fees suspended for Hurricane Melissa relief supplies

With limited commercial flight operations resuming on Saturday, MBJ Airports Limited (MBJ), operators of Sangster International Airport (SIA), has opted to waive all landing and parking fees for…
Cynthia Watt, from Lorrimers, Trelawny, chops fallen banana trees in her field that were blown down during the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Sashana Small

Trelawny yam farmers face ruin after Melissa

A distraught Cynthia Watt stood with arms outstretched, mourning the ruins of her once-thriving yam farms surrounding her home in Lorrimers, Trelawny. The 73-year-old farmer’s property was among many…
Mortician Dywite Spence, a worker at Doyley’s Funeral Service, takes a break at 3 a.m. on Thursday at the Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital in Westmoreland after spending the last 10 hours retrieving the bodies of hurricane victims across the paris
December 9, 2025 by Kimone Francis

‘Bodies all over the place’

In the wake of Hurricane Melissa’s devastation, the air in Westmoreland hung heavy with dust and debris as mortician Dywite Spence began a grim journey – retrieving the bodies of those the storm had…
A damaged section of Foreshore Road, near the Falmouth Hospital, in the Trelawny capital.
December 9, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

Gratitude in the rubble

Despite the destruction, despair, and chaos left behind in Trelawny by Hurricane Melissa, residents who have suffered immense loss – including some now homeless – are expressing deep gratitude for…
Steve Brown, uncle of Monique Coke, who died during the passage of Hurricane Melissa when their home was ripped apart by fierce winds in Waterworks, Petersfield, Westmoreland.
December 9, 2025

A Westmoreland family’s deadly fight against the storm

A Westmoreland family’s desperate attempt to escape the stinging conditions of Hurricane Melissa ended in tragedy when the house they were fleeing from crumbled, killing 18-year-old Monique Coke. The…
Mount Hermon United Church in Westmoreland.
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Faith shaken, not broken

WESTERN BUREAU: Hurricane Melissa has shattered hundreds of Jamaica’s churches, from wooden chapels tucked in sugar-belt villages to grand cathedrals that survived slavery and emancipation. The storm…
St John’s Anglican lies in ruins in the heart of Black River, St Elizabeth.
December 9, 2025 by Corey Robinson

Survivors navigate hellish aftermath in Black River

Devastation, desperation, and the acrid stench of death and despair – that was Black River, the capital of St Elizabeth, two days after Hurricane Melissa’s rampage. The scene was apocalyptic.…