Paul H. Williams/Gleaner Writer

Arianna Lawrence (front, third from left) at the recent Kingston Creative FAME Incubator ‘Memo Day’.
24 Nov, 2025 0

Growth & Jobs | AriConnects people to purpose

“BIRTHED FROM a God-inspired vision in 2021 to merge administration, creativity, production, media and Kingdom purpose into one powerhouse platform, Arianna Lawrence, coined the term ASW. It began as…
Jack Sprat in Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth.
20 Nov, 2025 0

Jack Sprat reopens in Treasure Beach

There can be no conversation about Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth, without a mention of Jakes, a world-renowned hotel situated on the edge of the coastline, and Jack Sprat, the restaurant “considered…
Earl Whyte, left, shares a patty on November 11 at the field hospital in Black River operated by Samaritan’s Purse in St Elizabeth.
19 Nov, 2025 0

Good Samaritan spirit alive in St Elizabeth

Outside the Samaritan’s Purse field hospital on the grounds of Black River High School, a small act of kindness recently unfolded, capturing the spirit of resilience following Hurricane Melissa. …
Fishermen at Border fishing village who are affected by the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
14 Nov, 2025 0

‘Like a fish out of water’

On the St Elizabeth side of the border with Westmoreland, there once was an idyllic little fishing village. The village remains but, since Hurricane Melissa tore through, it is almost unsightly, and…
Hurricane Melissa dismantles several homes in eastern Westmoreland.
13 Nov, 2025 0

Melissa yanks the covers

It is said that a wise man builds his house on the rock, and a foolish man builds his upon the sands. For, in the event of a storm, the house on the rock will stand, but the house on the sand will…
Cornwall College was heavily damaged by Hurricane Melissa.
06 Nov, 2025 0

Hungry, broke and home again

Sangster International Airport (SIA) was partially damaged, and so too was the Knutsford Express (KEX) depot located on its property. I waited at the depot for three hours for my pick-up driver to…
Damaged light pole in St Ann following Hurricane Melissa.
05 Nov, 2025 0

Carnage and Cashless out west

I left St Andrew on the morning of Monday, November 3, for familial and professional reasons – all because of Melissa, who had turned our lives upside down, quite literally, and for some, into a…
Burnell Morris of Cobbla, Manchester, on Wednesday, uses a tarpaulin to cover his shop along the main road after the structure was damaged during the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
30 Oct, 2025 0

First quarter of 21st century ends with unspeakable destruction

IN THE first quarter of the 2000s, Jamaica was significantly affected by hurricanes, including hurricanes Ivan and Dean. Hurricane Ivan, a Category 3 system lingered on the land from September 10-12,…
A section of the farm at Eastern Banana Estates, shows how complete was the destruction caused by Hurricane Gilbert in September 1988.
29 Oct, 2025 0

More destruction in the 1800s and 1900s

THERE WAS a hurricane from October 12 to 14 in 1812, August 1813, October 1815, October and November 1818, August 1832, and October 1875. In the occurrence of August 18-19, 1880, in eastern Jamaica,…