Communities in Hurricane-Ravaged Jamaica Still Cut Off as Death Toll Climbs

The authorities have yet to reach dozens of areas in Jamaica, raising the question of how many people really died in last week’s storm.
Opinion

Four urgent lessons for Jamaica from Puerto Rico's troubled hurricane recovery

Across Jamaica, streets are littered with torn-off roofs, splintered wood and other debris left in the wake of Hurricane Melissa. Downed power lines have left communities in the dark, and many flooded ...

Hurricane Melissa Ravages Jamaica & The Caribbean, 700,000 Children Caught In Chaos | WATCH

Unseen drone footage reveals the catastrophic aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, the Category 5 monster that ripped through ...

Flooding Remains in Some of the Hardest Hit Areas in Jamaica

Three days after Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica, floodwaters have continued to rise in St. Elizabeth Parish because of blocked ...

4 urgent lessons for Jamaica from Puerto Rico’s troubled hurricane recovery – and how the Jamaican diaspora could help after Melissa

(THE CONVERSATION) Across Jamaica, streets are littered with torn-off roofs, splintered wood and other debris left in the wake of Hurricane Melissa. Downed power lines have left communities in the ...

TV Talk: Pittsburgh native Margot Bingham brings Pittsburghese to CBS’s ‘Watson’

Sherlock Holmes (Robert Carlyle) returned, after being presumed dead, to investigate “The Pittsburgh Mystery,” and there were ...

Hurricane Melissa: Category 5 storm threatens Jamaica with devastation

Hurricane Melissa is edging toward Jamaica and is set to make landfall as a historic Category 5 storm, with winds of more ...
The St. Kitts-Nevis Observer

New School Bus Programme Drives Kids To School in Rural Jamaica.

Photo: Jhomo Hutchinson. JIS. Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Transport Minister Vaz pose in front of some of Jamaica's new buses. As of October 7, 2025, about 16,600 students are being taken to ...
The Jamaica Observer

Let facts, not perception, take the lead

For more than five years Jamaicans have watched, wondered, and argued about the Market Me contract involving the Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW). That debate has now reached a clear turning ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

New Milwaukee reading coalition hopes to make a difference in literacy for the city’s kids

Milwaukee is facing a significant reading crisis affecting the majority of its students. Milwaukee education and civic leaders have formed a new coalition to unite various school sectors on this issue ...
The Jamaica Observer

Winsome Wishes for Kids helps with reading support

SOME 250 Jamaican students benefited from urgent reading support this summer with help from the Winsome Wishes for Kids (WWK) organisation. WWK is a non-profit that helps with skill sets and tools ...
KHQ

New information on embezzlement from fund for tribal foster kids

SPOKANE, Wash. – In a statement issued on September 11, the Spokane Tribe of Indians announced Tahwnee Colvin was convicted on more than two dozen counts of bank fraud and theft from a Tribal ...