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Hurricane spares Kingston, Jamaica, from worst of its wrath so far, religious brother says

The director of apostolates for a Jamaica-based religious community serving the poor in Kingston said Oct. 28 that the ...

Operation BBQ Relief packs 113,000 meals for Jamaica with surprise help from Pinellas Park city workers

From counting packets to filling boxes, dozens of volunteers and Pinellas Park city employees teamed up to help pack food ...

Homeland Hero: Shaggy Mobilizes Private Air Fleet To Rush Critical Hurricane Aid To Jamaica

Shaggy quickly joined forces with key organizations to deliver relief aid to his native Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa’s ...

Streets in Kingston heavily flooded as Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica

Melissa is a Category 5 storm with sustained wind speeds of 185 mph (295 kph). It was expected to slice diagonally across the ...

Satellite Images Reveal Scale of Melissa Destruction in Jamaica

Now, satellite images reveal in detail the areas ravaged by Melissa and, for hard-hit Black River, the scale of destruction.

Did Steven Tyler send helicopters loaded with aid to Jamaica?

The story claimed that within just 24 hours, Tyler organized a fleet of helicopters filled with generators, food, clean water ...

Desperate survivors in Jamaica try to kickstart recovery as they wait for help for the living — and the dead

A lifeless body in a home. A toddler looking at her broken bed. A mom with a prescription and nowhere to fill it. This is what CNN found in Jamaica’s devastation after Hurricane Melissa.

Reggae stars step up to help Jamaica after monster storm: ‘Really dire’

Another reggae superstar, Shaggy, is also rallying for his home country. For the artist, known for such hits as “Boombastic,” ...

MJ Trucking on the move as Jamaica begins hurricane recovery

AS Jamaica begins recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Melissa, Kingston-based haulage and logistics company MJ Trucking ...