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Damaged light pole in St Ann following Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Paul H. Williams

Carnage and Cashless out west

I left St Andrew on the morning of Monday, November 3, for familial and professional reasons – all because of Melissa, who had turned our lives upside down, quite literally, and for some, into a…
Ainsley Henry
December 9, 2025 by Olivia Brown

Forests show signs of ‘burn’ after Melissa

In the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa – a Category 5 system that ravaged sections of Jamaica – Jamaica’s forests tell a story of both devastation and endurance. Across several parishes, trees have…
December 9, 2025

ADRA delivers hot meals, trains volunteers

ADRA Jamaica, the humanitarian arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Jamaica, has been actively providing aid to those in need before and in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, which swept…
One of the many houses that was damaged by Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

Earth Today | After Melissa

HURRICANE MELISSA has come and gone, but her lessons remain – to be reflected upon, analysed and applied with urgency. This is according to Eleanor Jones, sustainable development professional and…
Children gather around to get porridge in Oxford, St Elizabeth.
December 9, 2025

Earth Today | ‘SIDS must have special consideration’

IN THE aftermath of Hurricane Melissa’s brutal blows to Jamaica, local civil society actors have renewed their call for special consideration for small island developing states (SIDS), as this year’s…
Keenan Falconer, economist.
December 9, 2025 by Edmond Campbell

Melissa leaves big bill behind

At least one economist has indicated that the damage to the country’s infrastructure, spanning housing, water, electricity, telecommunications, and roads could reach an estimated US$16 billion (J$2.5…
The Netherlands and European Union deliver another shipment of vital relief supplies to Jamaica yesterday in response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa last week. The Dutch Navy support ship, HNLMS Pelikaan, docked in the Kingston Harbour yest
December 9, 2025

The Netherlands, EU deliver another shipment of vital relief supplies after Melissa

The European Union (EU), The Netherlands and international partners have delivered an additional shipment of emergency relief supplies to support Jamaica’s recovery, following the devastation caused…
Sixty year old Juliet Clarke of Ipswich, St. Elizabeth, sits atop the rubble of her three bedrood board house after it collapsed during the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025 by Livern Barrett

‘God is good and we still have life’

An open cellar beneath the ruins of her house is where Juliet Clarke now lives with her three-year-old granddaughter and a mentally-disabled man she cares for, but that has not shaken her faith. The…
Dr Christopher Tufton (left), minister of health and wellness; with Lieutenant Colonel Gail Ranglin Edwards (second left), director of the Health Services Corps of the Jamaica Defence Force, at the Ministry of Health and Wellness PAHO/WHO Health Cluster Hu
December 9, 2025 by Sashana Small

EMTs ready to roll

Twenty-one emergency medical teams (EMT) from 14 international organisations have expressed their readiness to support Jamaica’s recovery efforts following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa.…