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OpinionAdeniyi Bamidele | Rebuild Black River’s economy now before poverty takes root : At 8 p.m., Black River once became quiet by habit. Shop lights dimmed ...
jamaica-gleaner.com/article/commentary/20261011/adeniyi-bamidele-rebuild-black-rivers-economy-now-poverty-takes-root
Court proceedings to resume in Black River and Savanna-la-Mar before the end of the year - Chuck
jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20261005/court-proceedings-resume-black-river-and-savanna-la-mar-end-year-chuck
PNP accuses gov’t of partisan politics in Black River rebuilding talks : The Opposition People's National Party (PNP) has accused the Government of engaging ...
jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20260908/pnp-accuses-govt-partisan-politics-black-river-rebuilding-talks
Donna Parchment Brown | Hurt people, blue tarpaulins and broken businesses : Hurricanes Beryl and Melissa have given us an opportunity to do some new things and ...
jamaica-gleaner.com/article/focus/20260913/donna-parchment-brown-hurt-people-blue-tarpaulins-and-broken-businesses
Mayor fully on board for Black River reset : WESTERN BUREAU: Black River Mayor Richard Solomon is embracing the idea of rebuilding the town ...
jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20260808/mayor-fully-board-black-river-reset
Documentary to revisit 1962 execution of J’can man in Britain : Ubuntu Productions and the Black River Film Festival (BRFF) have officially secured the rights to ...
jamaica-gleaner.com/article/entertainment/20260429/documentary-revisit-1962-execution-jcan-man-britain
The National Works Agency (Nsays it is moving to implement a solution for a damaged section of the Belmont main road in Westmoreland ... Show more
NWA working to repair damaged Belmont main road in Westmoreland, temporary detour being planned
NWA working to repair damaged Belmont main road in Westmoreland, temporary detour being planned
Jamaica ready to welcome tourists again after devastating hurricane: Jamaica's tourism sector showing signs of recovery after Hurricane Melissa.
thestar.com.my/lifestyle/travel/2026/02/01/jamaica-ready-to-welcome-tourists-again-after-devastating-hurricane
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is mourning the death of one of its members in St Elizabeth on Tuesday. Corporal Caple Ferraro ... Show more
Mandeville Hospital under pressure: What began as a temporary emergency response to Hurricane Melissa has evolved into a sustained healthcare crisis at ...
jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20260118/mandeville-hospital-under-pressure
The St Elizabeth police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating six individuals wanted or listed as persons of interest in ongoing criminal ... Show more
Jamaica’s tourism sector showing signs of recovery after Hurricane Melissa: Months after Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica, the country’s tourism sector is ...
miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/article314080174.html
Christmas joy…JPS mobile power unit to bring electricity to Black River on Thursday
jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20251224/christmas-joyjps-mobile-power-unit-bring-electricity-black-river-thursday
Parottee resident still searching for $500,000 ‘pardna draw’ six weeks after Melissa
jamaicaobserver.com/2025/12/18/parottee-resident-still-searching-500000-pardna-draw-six-weeks-melissa/
Generator-powered Christmas tree for Black River as recovery efforts continue: WESTERN BUREAU: A gasolene generator will be used to power a scaled-down Municipal ...
jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20251215/generator-powered-christmas-tree-black-river-recovery-efforts-continue
60 homes in 30 days : WESTERN BUREAU: A crippled man in Hertford, Westmoreland, a father and his two sons in Black River, St Elizabeth ...
jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20251210/60-homes-30-days
Paid articlePaywall A major debate is developing over the wisdom of residents to rebuild in this Hurricane Melissa-ravaged community which is a few kilometres south-east of the ... Show more
Parottee predicament
Parottee predicament
The Urban Development Corporation will, for the first time, stage New Year’s Eve fireworks in Black River, St Elizabeth, and Long Bay Beach in Negril ... Show more
Jamel Banton | After Melissa: What future do we choose for Black River?: Hurricane Melissa ravaged the birthplace of so many of us, and, in the aftermath ...
jamaica-gleaner.com/article/focus/20251130/jamel-banton-after-melissa-what-future-do-we-choose-black-river
St John’s Church history: “175 years seems like a good long time for this church building to have been in existence. But when you consider that worship has been ...
jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20251207/st-johns-church-history
From homes to makeshift clinics: From homes to makeshift clinics
jamaicaobserver.com/2025/11/30/homes-makeshift-clinics/
Hurricane Melissa: Fuel queues for days, diseases spreading, and thousands homeless one month on from devastation
independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/hurricane-melissa-one-month-later-cuba-jamaica-b2874386.html
Christopher Burgess | Hurricane Melissa: Unprecedented and underprepared: Hurricane Melissa’s landfall in Westmoreland, marked an unprecedented chapter in ...
jamaica-gleaner.com/article/focus/20251116/christopher-burgess-hurricane-melissa-unprecedented-and-underprepared
McKenzie: Falmouth devastation as bad as Black River: WESTERN BUREAU: The devastation in Falmouth, Trelawny, rivals that of Black River, St Elizabeth ...
jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20251110/mckenzie-falmouth-devastation-bad-black-river
Jamaica relief drive vastly exceeds expectations: A BermudAir craft packed with humanitarian aid touched down at Norman Manley International Airport at noon ...
royalgazette.com/general/news/article/20251105/jamaica-relief-drive-vastly-exceeds-expectations/
Entire communities in Jamaica demolished or isolated by direct hit from Hurricane Melissa: Officials
Key FactsHurricane Melissa Devastates Caribbean, Claims 49 Lives
Oct 31, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: reuters.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: reuters.com
- Melissa resulted in at least 49 fatalities, with 30 in Haiti and 19 in Jamaica, triggering severe floods and widespread destruction.
- The hurricane struck Jamaica as a Category 5, ranking among the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record by wind speed.
- In Cuba, 735,000 people were evacuated and although homes and crops were heavily damaged, no deaths were reported.
- Melissa passed Bermuda as a Category 2 storm, prompting authorities to close schools and suspend ferry services as a precaution.
I just want to forget it and things come back to normal.— Alfred Hines describes his narrow escape from rising floodwaters in Jamaica.
Amid the chaos triggered by looting in Black River, St Elizabeth, last Thursday, one supermarket operator won high praise from staff and other residents for ... Show more
Kindness amid chaos
Kindness amid chaos
While trekking through the rubble of a demolished home, CNN's David Culver met a 4-year-old boy who survived Hurricane Melissa by sheltering in the closet ... Show more
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Wolverhampton organisers hosting dance and collection in aid of Hurricane Melissa victims
expressandstar.com/news/2025/11/06/wolverhampton-organisers-hosting-dance-and-collection-for-hurricane-melissa-victims/
Desperation in Black River, Jamaica, after Hurricane Melissa: People in Black River have not seen any aid, telling the BBC that they are fighting to survive.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0jdd186l0go
Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba pick up the pieces after Melissa's destruction: Communities across the northern Caribbean are dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane ...
npr.org/2025/10/30/g-s1-95941/haiti-jamaica-cuba-hurricane-melissa-recovery
Residents today rushed a woman, identified as Isha Shand, to the Black River Police Station after she collapsed at her home in Arlington, St Elizabeth ... Show more
LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY: There was a pall of gloom hanging over Black River, St Elizabeth, yesterday, as four bodies, three men and a woman ...
jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20251030/long-road-recovery
n the morning of October 27, 2025, septuagenarian Charles Ferguson told his cousin he would try to consume the milk, crackers ... Show more
‘I cried the whole night’: Reaching Cobie Ridge – a quiet settlement about seven miles southeast of Black River and roughly five miles from Santa Cruz– on ...
jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20251030/i-cried-whole-night
‘I don’t know what to do now’: ‘I don’t know what to do now’
jamaicaobserver.com/2025/11/02/dont-know-now/
How climate change fuelled Hurricane Melissa- and why it’s going to get worse: Jamaica contributes barely anything to global carbon emissions, yet has been ...
independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/climate-change-hurricane-melissa-b2856168.html
At least four hospitals ‘significantly damaged’ by Hurricane Melissa - Tufton: Hurricane Melissa has caused “significant damage” to at least four major hospitals ...
jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20251028/least-four-hospitals-significantly-damaged-hurricane-melissa-tufton
The parish of St Elizabeth is “under water” as Hurricane Melissa continues to pound Jamaica, leaving widespread flooding and damage across several parishes ... Show more
Patients and workers at the Black River Hospital in St Elizabeth were unharmed Tuesday despite the administrative block losing its roof ... Show more
Black River High prioritising STEM delivery for 2025/26 academic year: ST JAMES, Jamaica - Students attending Black River High School in St Elizabeth are being ...
jamaicaobserver.com/2025/09/09/black-river-high-prioritising-stem-delivery-2025-26-academic-year/
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The moment Black River Festival has been waiting for has finally arrived.#masicka #jamaica #dancehall #Blackriver #jamaicaobserver #alwaysahead
Inmate shot by lawman identified: KINGSTON, Jamaica - The inmate who was shot and killed by a lawman in Ocho Rios, St Ann on Wednesday has been identified ...
jamaicaobserver.com/2025/08/14/inmate-shot-lawman-identified/
Black River fish market to be renovated: ST JAMES, Jamaica—The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining will commence full renovation works on the Black ...
jamaicaobserver.com/2025/08/14/black-river-fish-market-renovated/
Black River Hospital gets $1 m donation from in-service education department: ST JAMES, Jamaica — The In-service Education Department at the Black River Hospital ...
jamaicaobserver.com/2025/08/11/black-river-hospital-gets-1-m-donation-service-education-department/
WATCH: Black River Day kicks off in St Elizabeth: ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica— Scores of people are now gathering for the annual Black River Day celebration here in ...
jamaicaobserver.com/2025/07/25/black-river-day-kicks-off-st-elizabeth/
PNP's Zuleika Jess promises $2 million welfare fund to assist needy in St Elizabeth North East
jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20250717/pnps-zuleika-jess-promises-2-million-welfare-fund-assist-needy-st-elizabeth
For the love of grandma — scholarships for St Elizabeth Primary: For the love of grandma — scholarships for
jamaicaobserver.com/2025/07/14/love-grandma-scholarships-st-elizabeth-primary/
The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is to expand its monitoring of the Black River under its Jamaica Coastal Area and River-based Management ... Show more
Protecting a ‘living treasure’
Protecting a ‘living treasure’
UNLABELLED, UNTESTED, UNFAIR: Foska maker presses for fair play as
jamaicaobserver.com/2025/06/18/unlabelled-untested-unfair/
Car crashes into Black River hospital A&E, no reports of injuries: ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — A car crashed into the Black River Hospital in St Elizabeth on ...
jamaicaobserver.com/2025/06/18/car-crashes-black-river-hospital-ae-no-reports-injuries/
The humble rotary phone: Before the era of cellphones and push-button-operated landline telephones, there was the humble rotary landline telephone ...
jamaica-gleaner.com/article/art-leisure/20250615/humble-rotary-phone
WATCH: Black River inmates benefit from second pre-Father’s Day initiative: ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — For the second consecutive year, inmates at the Black River ...
jamaicaobserver.com/2025/06/13/watch-black-river-inmates-benefit-second-pre-fathers-day-initiative/
Mason River as beacon of hope for environmental protection: Mason River as
jamaicaobserver.com/2025/05/23/mason-river-beacon-hope-environmental-protection/
Smuggled animal is an ocelot not tiger, says veterinary expert: ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica – Dr Sophia Ramlal, the director of veterinary services in the Ministry of ...
jamaicaobserver.com/2025/05/07/smuggled-animal-ocelot-not-tiger-says-veterinary-expert/
Smuggled tiger cub goes missing in Black River: KINGSTON, Jamaica — A tiger cub, which was among several animals being smuggled into the country ...
jamaicaobserver.com/2025/05/07/smuggled-tiger-cub-goes-missing-black-river/
There were frantic scenes here on Good Friday as Jamaicans rushed to rescue an American man who got into difficulty while swimming in the sea ... Show more
Good Friday rescue
Good Friday rescue
Trainee teachers from at least four colleges in Jamaica have pointed to what they say are concerning gaps in the special education component of their training ... Show more
‘Bare minimum’
‘Bare minimum’
In her 300th race as a professional, sprinting icon Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce got her 2025 season off to a solid start on Saturday ... Show more
POCKET ROCKET LAUNCHED!
POCKET ROCKET LAUNCHED!
Splash resource centre opens at the Black River Primary and Infant School: ST JAMES, Jamaica — Grade-five teacher at the Black River Primary and Infant School in ...
jamaicaobserver.com/2025/04/19/splash-resource-centre-opens-black-river-primary-infant-school/
Student dies in St Elizabeth bike crash: ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — A female pillion died as a result of injuries she sustained in a crash in Black River ...
jamaicaobserver.com/2025/03/23/student-dies-st-elizabeth-bike-crash/
Mt Alvernia schools, Chetwood Memorial Primary kick off centennial celebration with mass
jamaicaobserver.com/2025/01/25/mt-alvernia-schools-chetwood-memorial-primary-kick-off-centennial-celebration-mass/
WATCH: Two die in fiery St Elizabeth crash: ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Two people died in a fiery crash on the Hodges main road near Black River on Saturday ...
jamaicaobserver.com/2025/01/25/watch-two-die-fiery-st-elizabeth-crash/
Jamaicans urged to protect themselves from respiratory illnesses: MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica — The St Elizabeth Health Department is urging residents of the parish ...
jamaicaobserver.com/2025/01/08/jamaicans-urged-protect-respiratory-illnesses/
Detectives assigned to the St Elizabeth Police Division have charged two teens, a 13-year-old and a 17-year-old, with house breaking ... Show more
St Elizabeth teens charged for stealing food, money from man’s house | News | Jamaica Gleaner
St Elizabeth teens charged for stealing food, money from man’s house | News | Jamaica Gleaner
Black River Mayor Richard Solomon has issued a firm warning to the criminals targeting the New Market township and surrounding commercial areas in St Elizabeth ... Show more
‘We don’t want it here’ | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner
‘We don’t want it here’ | Lead Stories | Jamaica Gleaner