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December 9, 2025
JMDA says CRH in 'devastated state' following Hurricane Melissa
The Jamaica Medical Doctors' Association (JMDA) has written to Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton requesting an urgent meeting with his ministry amid what it said are statements by officials…
December 9, 2025
Woman killed in St Thomas hit and run
The Bath police in St Thomas are searching for the driver of a motor car who failed to stop after their vehicle killed a 68-year-old woman on Thursday. The victim has been identified as Paulette…
December 9, 2025
St John Ambulance, JN deliver first aid in St Elizabeth, Westmoreland
As communities begin to recover from Hurricane Melissa’s recent landfall, more than 250 volunteers mobilised by St John Ambulance Jamaica and the JN Foundation delivered first-aid to nearly 800…
December 9, 2025
by George Ruddock
UK Jamaicans mobilise to assist country in aftermath of Hurricane Melissa
LONDON: The UK Jamaican diaspora community has mobilised in great numbers to assist Jamaicans at home whose lives have been upended by the devastation brought on by the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025
by Keisha Hill
Coping forum launched to offer therapy solutions post-Melissa
In the wake of Hurricane Melissa, grief, shock, anxiety and uncertainty have settled across the communities most severely affected, as well as the wider Jamaican society still reeling from the storm’s…
December 9, 2025
Religious and faith-based task force formed to support hurricane relief
A National Religious and Faith-Based Hurricane Task Force has been established to identify the needs of religious organisations and their members, and to coordinate relief efforts across more than 775…
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…
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…
December 9, 2025