Date: September, 10, 2026 Time: 2:30 am - 4:30 pm Location: York Lanes Room 280N A Documentary Film by Kaneal Gayle Film Overview In the immediate aftermath of a devastating hurricane, communities across Westmoreland, St. Elizabeth, Trelawny, and St. James in Jamaica were thrust into a fragile reality where survival, grief, and resilience unfolded side … Continue reading CERLAC Presents: Official Screening of “After Melissa – Survival is only the beginning”
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Report also highlights devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa, which tore through Jamaica in October 2025. Photograph: Raquel Cunha/Reuters Natricia Duncan July 29, 2026 Findings can inform conversations about global climate reparations and financing for mitigations, researchers say Caribbean nations suffered $53.2bn (£40bn) of damage from climate-fuelled disasters between 2000 and 2024, research into the cost of … Continue reading Caribbean bears brunt of £43bn climate-fuelled damage to developing islands
An overhead view of a Black River community in St Elizabeth, revealing widespread roof loss in the wake of Hurricane Melissa. (Photos: JIS News) 01 July 2026 Kingston, Jamaica — Jamaica’s international development partners and the Government of Jamaica met on Tuesday, June 30th at the Fourth Jamaica Development Partners Forum to chart a coordinated path … Continue reading Development Partners and Government Rally Behind Jamaica’s Recovery at the Fourth Development Partners Forum
June 2, 2026 Twenty-five (25) representatives from seventeen (17) Caribbean countries and territories have strengthened regional efforts to improve early warning systems, following the successful conclusion of the Regional Workshop on Impact-Based Forecasting and Warning Services (IBFWS) and the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP), held from 26–29 May 2026 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. … Continue reading Caribbean Countries Advance Impact-Based Forecasting as 2026 Hurricane Season Begins
Hot sauce producers in Jamaica are struggling with a shortage of key chilli peppers Gemma Handy, Business reporter, St John’s, Antigua May 30, 2026 Hot pepper sauce in Caribbean cuisine is as pervasive as ketchup in the US. The fiery flavouring is a staple of dining tables regionwide, the obligatory accompaniment for everything from rice … Continue reading Caribbean hot sauce producers warn of shortages and higher prices
By Jamie Hailstone, Contributor. Jamie Hailstone is a U.K-based reporter, who covers sustainability. Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are being systematically locked out of climate finance, because the global financing system deems them too small and too fragmented to fund, according to a new analysis. A new report by the ocean research initiative Back to Blue, … Continue reading Small Island States Locked Out Of Climate Finance, Study Finds
Workers from Holland Power Services pose beneath an enormous tree that was downed near the Jamaican power utility headquarters in Paradise. (Submitted by Steve Hansen) Jennifer Sweet · CBC News · Posted: Jan 14, 2026 Two months after Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica, recovery continues, and among those doing the work are utility contractors from New Brunswick, including Holland Power Services, … Continue reading Power crews from New Brunswick are still hard at work in Jamaica
Northern Caribbean University psychologists, Dr Grace Kelly (2nd left) and Dr Venese Madden (4th left) captures the moment with firefighters at the Black River Fire Station after conducting a session on psychological first aid December 11, 2025. Dr Venese Madden, chair for the department of Graduate Psychology at NCU, said the impact of the category 5 hurricane … Continue reading NCU Psychologists Train Emergency First Responders
The Manchester-based university aims to plant more than 10,000 fruit-bearing trees in the western-most parishes of the island to support the national food security programme. Natural science students and faculty from Mandeville-based Northern Caribbean University (NCU) recently planted 100 fruit trees in Cave district, Westmoreland in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa which ravaged vegetation in … Continue reading NCU Students Plant Fruit Trees in Aftermath of Melissa
CMAT’s Team Bravo with local staff outside their field clinic, from left to right: Roshane White (local logistician), Amy Chamberlain, Dr. Erin Hasinoff, Dr. Daniel Kollek, Simone Headley (local nurse), Jackson Rowell, Michaela Parenteau, Andrew Mills December 30, 2025 The line of patients snakes from our canvas tent into the parking lot of Cornwall Regional … Continue reading From Canada to Jamaica: Field Clinic becomes critical care hub after Hurricane Melissa