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Employees of Hah-R-Mony Entertainment Limited assist with post-Hurricane Melissa cleanup efforts in Montego Bay, St James.
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | Corporate volunteers support MoBay’s post-hurricane recovery efforts

Employees of Hah-R-Mony Entertainment Limited, Jamaica’s largest entertainment company, joined cleanup efforts in Montego Bay, St James, on October 31. The employees focused their efforts on clearing…
Flow team members (from left) Adrian Stewart, Patrice Todd, and Katoya Mohalland pack essential supplies at Flow’s corporate offices in Kingston as they get ready to assist residents in St James who were impacted by Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

Corporate Hands | Flow Foundation extends helping hands to Hurricane Melissa survivors in St James

The Flow Foundation on Saturday brought much-needed relief and hope to several communities in Montego Bay following the devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa. With homes damaged, trees uprooted, and…
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December 9, 2025

Dwight Fletcher | Jesus is the Lord of all

I HAVE been praying earnestly for Jamaica and for you over the past two weeks. The road to recovery may look long and hard, but my encouragement is that Jesus Christ is Lord over His creation.
December 9, 2025

Gabriel Agbo | You will laugh again

“And Sarah declared, God has brought me laughter! All who hear about this will laugh with me. For who would have dreamed that I would ever have a baby? Yet I have given Abraham a son in his old age!”…
Pearnel Charles Jr, minister of labour and social security, addresses a special press briefing on the recovery from Hurricane Melissa at Jamaica House in St Andrew yesterday.
December 9, 2025 by Edmond Campbell

Relief angst

Almost a week after Hurricane Melissa delivered a catastrophic blow to sections of southern and western Jamaica, the Government reported yesterday that there are still 25 marooned communities. As the…
Persons gather outside the Naing Wholesale on Main Street in Lucea, Hanover, on Sunday to connect to a Starlink access point to get in touch with family and loved ones as the mobile networks remained non-functional across the parish.
December 9, 2025 by Jovan Johnson

Lucea residents battle isolation as networks remain down

On Sunday, in Lucea, Hanover, residents gathered in small groups outside shops and supermarkets, heads bowed to phones with fading bars, hoping for a message that would tell them family and friends…
Locals search among the rubble of a destroyed house after a 6.3 powerful in a rural area of the Khulm District, Samangan Province, northern Afghanistan, Monday, November 3, 2025.(AP Photo/Sirat Noori)
December 9, 2025

Powerful 6.3 earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing 20 and injuring at least 640

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake shook northern Afghanistan before dawn Monday, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 640 others, 25 critically, a disaster…
Fishermen at the Ocho Rios Fishing Village in St Ann return boats to the water following the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

St Ann fisherfolk credit early preparations for minimising Hurricane Melissa impact

Fisherfolk across several communities in St Ann have credited early and proactive preparations with helping to safeguard boats, equipment, and livelihoods ahead of Hurricane Melissa’s landfall on…
Damaged light pole in St Ann following Hurricane Melissa.
December 9, 2025

JPS warns customers against illegal Melissa power reconnection

The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) is urging customers without electricity not to pay anyone, including contractors, who offer to reconnect their power for a fee amid outages caused by Hurricane…