Samuda details $US10B loss from Hurricane Melissa, urges global action on climate change

Reading Time: 3 minutesHe outlined that, sadly, extreme events are becoming the new norm and announced that preliminary estimates place damages around US$10 billion, or approximately a third of Jamaica’s GDP.

“No small island state can absorb losses of this magnitude. Excellencies, Jamaicans are resilient. But resilience must not be defined as surviving the unbearable. We did not create this crisis, but we refuse to stand as victims. We choose action.

Point-to-point inflation trending well below target in October 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutesDurrant Pate/Contributor Jamaica’s inflation continues to trend well below the four to six per cent target set by the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) with the latest out turn as at…

PM welcomes regional solidarity in hurricane restoration

Reading Time: 3 minutesPrime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says the Government welcomes the strong show of regional solidarity as Jamaica begins large-scale recovery efforts following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. He noted…

4 men killed along Linstead Bypass during alleged shootout with police identified

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe four men fatally shot last Wednesday during an alleged armed confrontation with police along the Linstead Bypass in St Catherine have been formally identified.

The deceased are:

Kemar Tucker, 19, of Penwood Road.

Kemar Williams, 27, otherwise called ‘Johnny’, of Verma Road.

Dane Lewis, 34, a shopkeeper.

Nicholas Singh, 40, a labourer.

UK deploys emergency medical team to Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe United Kingdom has deployed an emergency medical team to Jamaica to support health services heavily disrupted by Hurricane Melissa, which devastated western parishes. A 12-member team of doctors, nurses,…

NWA working to repair traffic signals in western parishes damaged by Hurricane Melissa

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe National Works Agency (NWA) is extensively repairing its traffic signal infrastructure across the Western parishes of St James, Trelawny, Westmoreland, and Hanover.

The parishes were among the worst affected by Hurricane Melissa.