Tag: Jamaica
BDF deploying its field medical hospital to Jamaica
The Barbados Defence Force (BDF) will this weekend deploy its field medical hospital to Jamaica for the first time in its history as part...
CCRIF to make another multi-million dollar payment to Jamaica
The Cayman Islands-based Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility Segregated Portfolio Company (CCRIF SPC) Thursday announced that it is making a second payment of US$21.1 million to...
Guterres holds talks with Prime Minister Holness
United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres has spoken by to Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness emphasising afterwards that “international support is crucial” as the...
Shelter now the only home for some Jamaicans after Melissa’s destruction
“Water rushed in and the roof came down. We walked in the hurricane to the shelter.”That was how 35-year-old Shaneeka Spooner, of Newell, St...
Liberty Caribbean Foundation mobilises hurricane relief for Jamaica
The Liberty Caribbean Foundation has activated an urgent regional response to support colleagues, families, and communities across Jamaica following the devastation caused by Hurricane...
Jamaica confirms four deaths as a result of Hurricane Melissa
The Jamaica government Wednesday confirmed that four people had been killed after Hurricane Melissa, a then category 5 storm tore through the island on...