Jakes Hotel to Re-Open Following Hurricane Melissa on December 18, 2025

ST. ELIZABETH, Jamaica – On Jamaica’s magnetic south coast, Jakes Hotel has always existed slightly outside of time. It is a bohemian cluster of seaside cottages, verandas, an

Entire communities in Jamaica are demolished or isolated by direct hit from Hurricane Melissa."Communities and towns no longer look the same," said the Prime Minister. 

Video footage taken during Prime Minister Holness' helicopter tour of the hard-h