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Dozens queue up for cash at Scotiabank ATM in Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay, the tourism capital of the island.
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

JHTA allocates $10 million to aid tourism workers hit by Melissa

WESTERN BUREAU: When Hurricane Melissa tore across Jamaica as a Category Five storm on October 28, thousands of tourism workers were left homeless, jobless, and uncertain. Now, the Jamaica Hotel and…
The RIU team preparing water to be dispatched with food organised in collaboration with World Central Kitchen.
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

RIU, World Central Kitchen serve thousands of hot meals to Melissa survivors

WESTERN BUREAU: When Category 5 Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica on October 28, thousands of families were left without electricity, gas, or clean water. In the storm’s aftermath, RIU Resorts…
Commander Alvin Gayle, newly appointed director general of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management, addresses yesterday’s special press briefing on Hurricane Melissa at Jamaica House in St Andrew.
December 9, 2025 by Edmond Campbell

‘Not a good move’

A leading disaster-mitigation specialist and a social-development specialist have both cautioned against placing the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) under the…
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness addressing yesterday’s special press briefing at Jamaica House in St Andrew.
December 9, 2025 by Edmond Campbell

I hear the cry of every baby, says PM

The official number of communities marooned a week after the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa has moved up to 27 even as the Government says it has intensified its efforts to reach people…
December 9, 2025 by Luke Douglas

Jamaica Broilers has ‘significant inventory of chicken’

Jamaica Broilers Group Limited (JBG) says it has a significant inventory of chicken products and restarted distribution on October 31, three days after the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Ian Parsard,…
A section of The Estuary in St James was seen flooded a day after the passage of the Category 5 Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Tanesha Mundle

Trapped and terrified

For Aneita Williams, the night Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica will forever haunt her. Trapped inside her flooded home in The Estuary, a housing scheme in Friendship, St James, she came face to…
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…