The Government says most of the homes under a joint Hurricane Melissa rebuilding programme involving the Jamaica Defence Force and engineers from Guyana will be constructed in Westmoreland Eastern… Three of Jamaica’s leading construction and engineering groups are urging the Government to prioritise permanent, hurricane-resilient housing over temporary container units as the country rebuilds… Almost 2,000 Students’ Loan Bureau loans beneficiaries attending schools in Westmoreland, St James, Hano

Residents of St James still struggling to recover from Hurricane Melissa are set to benefit from relief supplies donated by the Chinese business community in Montego Bay. The Fujian Association of Jamaica, with support from the Trinidad Chinese Chamber of Commerce, today handed over the supplies. Read more: https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20251204/chinese-business-communities-montego-bay-and-trinidad-provide-relief-supplies #GLNRToday | Jamaica Gleaner

For thousands of Jamaicans, the warmth of Christmas will be more than a memory this year. Hurricane Melissa, now recorded as the most violent storm ever to strike the island, has left families facing not only structural ruin but emotional collapse. In lower Darliston, Westmoreland, Natasha Tomlinson stands on the bare concrete foundation where her four-bedroom board house once stood. Today, it is a graveyard of splintered lumber — nails pulled, boards stacked — a desperate preparation for help t