WESTERN BUREAU: The devastation in Falmouth, Trelawny, rivals that of Black River, St Elizabeth, according to Minister of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie, who described the post-hurricane destruction there as “...
Western Bureau: As the after effects of Hurricane Melissa continues to take a heavy toll on the lives of residents in western Jamaica, nurses at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in Montego Bay, St James, are complaining of hellish conditions on...
Western Bureau: The faith and resolve of members of the Porto Bello Pentecostal Worship Centre at Cornwall Court in Montego Bay, St James was on full display yesterday as they gathered at the site where Hurricane Melissa obliterated their church to...
Western Bureau: The fear that there would be a shortage of farm produce at the Charles Gordon Market in Montego Bay, St James, over last weekend amid the destruction Hurricane Melissa wreaked in the premier farming belt – St Elizabeth, Trelawny and...
The Jamaican diaspora has reacted with shock and disbelief at news that Jamaica’s Consul General to New York Alsion Roach-Wilson has died following her battle with breast cancer. Roach-Wilson died at home in New Jersey in the early hours of...
The World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are urging Jamaica to turn the devastation from Hurricane Melissa into an opportunity to “reimagine” its reconstruction and resilience systems. Their call comes as the country...
As he trudged through thick mud covering the roadway outside his home in Westgreen, Montego Bay, 77-year-old John Lee paused to scratch his face. The retired firefighter, his boots caked with muck, expressed deep concern about the worsening health...
For Aneita Williams, the night Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica will forever haunt her. Trapped inside her flooded home in The Estuary, a housing scheme in Friendship, St James, she came face to face with death as water mixed with sewage...
A chorus of fury has erupted among homeowners of Edmund Ridge Estates in St James after Hurricane Melissa tore through the three-year-old housing scheme, ripping off roofs and flattening structures, leaving several families in distress. After...
Hurricane Melissa has left more than 4.8 million tons of debris strewn across Jamaica, blocking roads and cutting off access to schools, hospitals, farms and markets, according to satellite-based analysis from the United Nations Development...
Residents of the Pridees Housing Scheme in Milk River, Clarendon, breathed a collective sigh of relief earlier this week, as water once again flowed through their pipes. It was a welcome return to some semblance of normality after days of...
A Kingston woman has filed a lawsuit seeking over $21.7 million against luxury auto dealer ATL Autobahn Limited, claiming that her brand-new 2022 Mini Cooper, purchased for nearly $9.4 million, burst into flames while charging at her home,...
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 Jamaica has joined forces with World Central...
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 Tourist Association (JHTA) has stepped in with...
A leading disaster-mitigation specialist and a social-development specialist have both cautioned against placing the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) under the jurisdiction of the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM),...
Diaspora disaster relief mobilisation has moved into a targeted phase where relief supplies are being sourced to assist critical areas to get the country back up and running. To this end, relief efforts are being focused on getting generators,...
The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) is advising that the Government has extended the timeframe, to December 31, for the suspension of import duty and general consumption tax (GCT) on relief items imported in support of Jamaica’s national recovery...
WESTERN BUREAU: Architectural designer and construction project manager Curtis Hylton believes that it is time for Jamaica to embrace a housing model once dismissed as “unconventional” - retrofitted container homes - as a practical solution for...
The Police High Command is to investigate reports that women have been sexually assaulted in shelters established following the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Responding to questions posed by The Gleaner during yesterday’s special press briefing on...
The official number of communities marooned a week after the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa has moved up to 27 even as the Government says it has intensified its efforts to reach people desperately in need of aid. On Monday, there were 25...
Western Bureau: When the full history of the $1-trillion devastation left behind in western Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa is written, several of the region’s historic landmarks will be numbered among the facilities that were either badly damaged or...
Western Bureau: Despite the massive dislocation and spin-off hardship left behind by Hurricane Melissa, residents in western Jamaica are determined to make the best of a bad situation, demonstrating tremendous resilience and courage, not only...
Jamaica Broilers Group Limited (JBG) says it has a significant inventory of chicken products and restarted distribution on October 31, three days after the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Ian Parsard, JBG’s senior vice-president of finance and...
Several residents of St Catherine who suffered significant damage to their homes as a result of Hurricane Melissa’s outer bands are expressing frustration that their cries for help have gone unanswered by the authorities. Although the core of the...
Taxi operators between Santa Cruz and several hurricane-ravaged communities in northern St Elizabeth have hiked their fares by more than 400 per cent, angry residents have complained. Instead of the $350 fare that existed before the passage of...
