A digital relief mapping and management platform designed to help coordinate disaster relief across the island, has been launched in response to the devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa. The system, called Relief Link Jamaica, connects donors,...
Outside the Samaritan’s Purse field hospital on the grounds of Black River High School, a small act of kindness recently unfolded, capturing the spirit of resilience following Hurricane Melissa. From the back of a car, Earl Whyte of Brucefield...
WHEN DISASTERS strike, they touch everyone – but not equally. The devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa across Jamaica has shown that factors such as gender, age, physical ability, and location all shape how deeply people are affected and how...
THE HUNT for financing to support adaptation to climate change is on, with the Adaptation Fund announcing it had secured some US$133 million in pledges at the global climate talks (COP30), which close tomorrow (November 21) after two weeks of...
EVEN AS the catastrophic consequences of climate change rain down on the developing world – as evidenced by the destruction and devastation brought to Jamaica’s shores by the Category 5 Hurricane Melissa recently – new research reveals that the...
The Department of Co-operatives and Friendly Societies (DCFS) has launched a special registration window for charitable organisations to support national relief and recovery efforts after Hurricane Melissa. Minister of Industry, Investment and...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri has escalated its attempt to seize Chinese government-owned property across the United States, asking the Trump administration for help collecting on a roughly $25 billion court judgment related to the COVID-19...
Motorists will pay more for gas come Thursday. The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to move up by $3.06 to sell for $155.42 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 will go up by $3.06 to sell for $162.03. Automotive diesel oil will...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says it is "likely" that the Government will have to borrow to help to finance Jamaica's rebuilding in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, which devastated the island when it made landfall on October 28. Holness...
The Government has determined it will use "pre-built containerised modular solutions" as it seeks to rapidly rebuild the housing stock destroyed by Hurricane Melissa. Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness told a press conference on Wednesday that the...
The Jamaican Government has announced the establishment of a National Reconstruction Resilient Authority (NRRA) to lead the island’s rebuilding and recovery efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. At a press conference on Wednesday, Prime...
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness today disclosed that, based on projections, it could take up to six months to achieve full electricity restoration to all affected communities following Hurricane Melissa. Thousands of Jamaicans, particularly...
The Government has started the process of decommissioning hurricane shelters and is exploring suitable alternatives to relocate Jamaicans still residing at these facilities, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has disclosed. Currently, 97 shelters...
Stating that he has enough entities on his plate to deal with, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness said the reassignment of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) to the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) is not meant to...
Acting Chief Public Health Inspector for St James, Sherika Lewis, is recommending the establishment of communal sanitation systems for residents affected by Hurricane Melissa. “We are aware that there are some communities that predominantly have...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police and army units held a parade Wednesday involving helicopters, K-9 dog units and officers on motorcycles in a show of force ahead of expected protests around this weekend’s Group of 20 world leaders summit...
The St Mary police recovered a shotgun from a grave at Robins Bay in the parish during a pre-dawn operation on Tuesday. According to a police report, about 2:20 a.m., a team from the St Mary Criminal Investigative Branch (CIB) conducted an...
Motorists are being advised that the westbound lane of the Mandela Highway in the vicinity of the entrance to the PJ Patterson Highway is closed following a fatal shooting incident on Wednesday. The police say the eastbound lane has been turned...
Residents of Parottee in St Elizabeth are calling for urgent counselling as they grapple with the trauma and loss caused by Hurricane Melissa, which ravaged their homes and upended their lives. Ranny Bennett, a fisherman and deacon of the...
