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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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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,...

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 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: 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...

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...

Retired former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson has indicated that the island’s two main political parties and parliamentary system must be pivotal in the rebuilding efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, and that now is not the time for...

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 taken on a scorched appearance – leaves browned,...