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Members of the Friends of Region 6 are joined by Jamaica Constabulary Force personnel and educators during a visit to the Brampton Primary and Infant School in St Elizabeth on November 28. The group distributed hurricane relief supplies valued at over $500
December 11, 2025

Corporate Hands | Friends of Region 6 distributes relief supplies to St Elizabeth schools

Pharmaceutical company, Dr Reddy’s Laboratory, has donated medication valued at US$215,000 to support Jamaica’s response to Hurricane Melissa. The National Health Fund (NHF) is the recipient of the donation, which was officially handed over on November
December 11, 2025

Corporate Hands | Dr Reddy’s donates US$215,000 in drugs for hurricane recovery

Guardian Life Limited, through its Guardian Group Foundation, handed over a combined $22.5 million in SHINE 5K proceeds to the Bustamante Hospital for Children and the Noel Holmes Hospital, supporting emergency paediatric services and ensuring reliable pow
December 11, 2025

Corporate Hands | Guardian Life hands over $22.5m in SHINE 5K proceeds to hospitals

From left: Orette Duncan, client and partner services manager, GK General Insurance (GKGI); Marva Allen-Simms, board director, Jamaica Network of Rural Women Producers; poultry farmer, Shariann Brown, who recently received a symbolic cheque of $2.2m for th
December 11, 2025

Corporate Hands | GKGI helps female farmers rebuild after Hurricane Melissa

December 11, 2025

Earth Today | ‘We choose’

THE LATEST publication of the Global Environment Outlook (GEO-7) has identified “five interconnected solution pathways” to achieve transformation it describes as being necessary for human and…
The post office in Albert Town, Trelawny that was severely damaged during the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
December 11, 2025

Growing climate costs

WITH THE global cost of climate-induced extreme weather events in the past two decades estimated at US$143 billion per year, the world’s climate tab is growing. “Costs have increased exponentially…
Inger Andersen, executive director of UNEP.
December 11, 2025

Earth Today | UN Environment Assembly opens in Kenya

THE SEVENTH session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) is now underway in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. UNEA-7 brings together Ministers of Environment, intergovernmental organisations,…
Rats carry the disease, leptospirosis.
December 10, 2025 by Corey Robinson

Embrace ‘One Health’

Medical experts are calling for stronger adherence to the global One Health mandate by Jamaican authorities, citing the outbreak of leptospirosis following Hurricane Melissa a month ago as a clear…
The Reverend Errol Rarray, chairman of the National Prayer Vigil Committee, and Dr Patricia Holness, chair of the Prayer and Promotions Sub-Committee, speak with the media during the National Prayer Vigil of Jamaica Executive Committee press conference hel
December 10, 2025 by Sashana Small

National Prayer Vigil Committee sees Jamaicans returning to God

Jamaicans are re-embracing Christianity to navigate the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Melissa as they seek spiritual reassurance and a source of comfort to deal with the trauma of the Category 5…