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Backed-up traffic with motorists spending hours trying to make their way through Holland Bamboo in St Elizabeth last Thursday after Hurricane Melissa battered the western section of the island.
December 9, 2025 by Corey Robinson

Hurricane gridlock

Unless it is necessary, Jamaicans are urged not to venture into western parishes hit hard by Hurricane Melissa as the influx is causing heavy traffic, which has been slowing down official emergency…
The double bronze medal winning Jamaica Robotics team at the FIRST Global Robotics Olympics in Panama City.
December 9, 2025 by Lester Hinds

Jamaican team mines two bronze at Robotics Olympics despite hurricane delay

Jamaica’s 11- member team to the just-completed First Robotics Competition held in Panama City won two bronze medals at the 9th annual event, even after missing the first two full days of the…
Residents scramble to get gasolene for their vehicles, generators and the like at Total gas station, Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, on October 31.
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Cash proves it’s king in aftermath of Melissa

WESTERN BUREAU: When Fernando Davis stepped out last Saturday morning, four days after Hurricane Melissa battered Jamaica, he thought recovery had begun…with money in his account, a charged phone, and…
Gregory McMichael at the S Hotel in Montego Bay, St James.
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

Hotel gets ‘10-star’ praise amid hurricane

WESTERN BUREAU: When Hurricane Melissa howled through Montego Bay, St James, most of the tourism capital’s guests prayed for safety. Gregory McMichael got something more – comfort, care, and the calm…
Senator Aubin Hill (left), minister of investment, industry and commerce; Delano Seiveright, state minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment, and Commerce, led by Gloria Henry, vice-president of the Port Authority of Jamaica, on a tour of the Monteg
December 9, 2025 by Albert Ferguson

Port Authority, BPO sector show resilience after hurricane

WESTERN BUREAU: The Port Authority of Jamaica and the Global Services Association of Jamaica (GSAJ), representing the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector, have been lauded for their rapid…
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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…
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…
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…