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From left: Minister of National Security and Peace Dr Horace Chang; Ambassador of the  European Union to Jamaica, Dr Erja Askola; Ambassador of France to Jamaica, Marianne Ziss; and Ambassador of Germany to Jamaica, Hendrik Van Thiel, share lens after at
December 9, 2025

EU, Gov’t tout Citizen Security Plan in post-Melissa recovery

The Government of Jamaica and the European Union (EU) have praised their partnership on the multibillion-dollar Citizen Security Plan (CSP), saying the initiative has achieved major milestones in…
TUI UK passengers on arrival into the arrivals hall just outside customs at the Sangster International Airport earlier this month. They were among the first UK passengers to arrive on a charter flight from the UK since the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Janet Silvera

TUI resumes UK charter flights after Melissa

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica’s arrival numbers remain sharply down three weeks after Hurricane Melissa battered the island, leaving thousands of hotel rooms offline until well into 2026. But on Monday, a…
Opposition Spokesman on Health Dr Alfred Dawes addresses a press conference on Tuesday as other People’s National Party officials look on.
December 9, 2025 by Karen Madden

Dawes presses Gov’t on testing capacity, clean-up failures amid rising disease risks

Opposition Spokesman on Health Dr Alfred Dawes is warning that Jamaica could “pay with lives” if it fails to prepare for a major public-health crisis following the devastation caused by Hurricane…
Through Campus Elite, the student engagement network led by founder and CEO Sandré Malcom, university students mobilised quickly to support peers affected by Hurricane Melissa. Campus Elite volunteers became the backbone of the operation. From packaging s
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | Campus Elite rallies round affected students with help from Legend Beer

Century Aluminum’s executives, Eliezer Batista (second left) and Kenneth Calloway (centre), along with Jamalco equipment operator, Keon Sutherland (right), distribute tarpaulins to residents of Vineyards, St Elizabeth. They were part of a 30-member Jamal
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | Jamalco delivers aid to hurricane victims

Digicel representatives are joined by a student and parent in offloading relief packages to benefit parents of special needs students at the Catherine Hall Primary School. The handover took place at the Catherine Hall Primary School’s Special Education U
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | Digicel Foundation donates water tank to Catherine Hall Primary School

From left: Nurse Miller; Annalene Clarke-Christie, office manager; Keishawna Pinnock, assistant blood donor organiser, and Chevon Lewis, MPOWA brand manager at Wisynco Group Limited, share a moment at the official handover of 50 cases of MPOWA to the Natio
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | MPOWA partners with National Blood Bank to boost blood donors

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Floyd Green (third right, front row), shakes hands with the GraceKennedy (GK) Group’s Head of General Insurance, Tammara Glaves-Hucey, during the symbolic handover of a $2.88 million insurance payout to 98 R
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | Young farmers thankful for GK Weather Protection Programme’s hurricane recovery support

From left: Perrin Gayle, CEO of NCB Foundation; Kathy Calderon, missions manager at Global Empowerment Mission (GEM); Thalia Lyn, chair of NCB Foundation and Lyn Family Trust; and Michael Capponi, founder and president of GEM, prepare relief packages for d
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | NCB Foundation, GEM mobilise Hurricane Melissa relief supplies