JamaicaLocal NewsStorm Watch Light & Power crew assisting Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa by Barbados Today 15/11/2025 written by Barbados Today 2 min read In a strong demonstration of Caribbean unity and resilience, the Barbados Light & Power Company Ltd (Light & Power) has answered the urgent call for assistance from the Jamaica Power … Continue Reading 15/11/2025 0 comments FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Local NewsWeather Field hospital to deploy to Jamaica for humanitarian mission by Sheria Brathwaite 13/11/2025 by Sheria Brathwaite 13/11/2025 Barbados is dispatching a field medical hospital to Jamaica for humanitarian aid, marking a landmark Caribbean response to Hurricane Melissa and illustrating regional solidarity, the head of the Barbados Defence … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Climate ChangeLocal News Annual kettle appeal to ‘lend helping hand’ to hurricane-hit Jamaica by Barbados Today 08/11/2025 by Barbados Today 08/11/2025 Barbadians are being urged to give generously this season as the Salvation Army launches its Christmas Kettle Appeal — with a special focus on aiding Jamaica’s recovery from the devastation … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Local NewsWeather Flash-Flood Watch issued for Barbados by Barbados Today 07/11/2025 by Barbados Today 07/11/2025 The Barbados Meteorological Services (BMS) has issued a Flash-Flood Watch for the island as excessive rainfall is expected to affect Barbados today, Friday, November 7.In a bulletin issued recently, the … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
RegionalStorm Watch Jamaica’s Firewater Mineral Healing Spring survives Hurricane by Shanna Moore 04/11/2025 by Shanna Moore 04/11/2025 In Windsor, St Ann, where homes are still roofless and trees lie broken along the roadside, one local landmark survived the terrifying Hurricane Melissa: the famous Firewater Healing Spring. … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
RegionalStorm Watch Windsor Road residents rally together to improve community by Shanna Moore 04/11/2025 by Shanna Moore 04/11/2025 Along the narrow, mud-caked lanes of Windsor Road, the sound of hammers and power saws now fills the air where Hurricane Melissa left silence and ruin. Men climb atop … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
JamaicaStorm Watch Jamaica’s Black River Hospital in ruins, but every patient saved by Shanna Moore 02/11/2025 by Shanna Moore 02/11/2025 Doctors and nurses at the Black River Hospital in St Elizabeth are recounting scenes of chaos and courage as Hurricane Melissa tore through the southern Jamaican parish earlier last week, … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
JamaicaStorm Watch Jamaica police move to restore order in hurricane-hit Black River by Shanna Moore 02/11/2025 by Shanna Moore 02/11/2025 Senior Superintendent Dennis Brooks has given the assurance that Jamaica’s security forces remain fully capable of maintaining law and order in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, even as officers work … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
JamaicaStorm Watch Jamaica’s ‘Home of Champions’ among schools ravaged by Hurricane Melissa by Shanna Moore 02/11/2025 by Shanna Moore 02/11/2025 One of the most celebrated secondary schools in southern Jamaica, St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS), has been left in ruins following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, which devastated central … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
JamaicaStorm Watch ‘A God save me’: Survivors recount horror as Hurricane Melissa leaves hundreds homeless in Jamaica by Shanna Moore 02/11/2025 by Shanna Moore 02/11/2025 Hundreds of residents in Jamaica’s southern and western parishes have been left homeless following the passage of Hurricane Melissa, which ripped through the island earlier this week leaving scenes of … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
