Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Global Empowerment Mission volunteers distribute boxes of aid to people in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa devastated the island. ...

The road from Jamaica’s capital to the seaside town of Black River was known for its lush bamboo forest that formed a natural tunnel and glowed green in the bright sun. But its famed bamboo stalks lay ...

The severe and widespread destruction caused by Hurricane Melissa is becoming clear. On the road to Black River, two hours south of Kingston, the roads were blocked by debris, isolating the town. (AP/ ...

The cover of "Jamaica Road" beside author Lisa Smith. (Courtesy of Alfred A. Knopf) Deborah Becker speaks with British Jamaican author Lisa Smith about her debut novel "Jamaica Road." It centers ...

It is 1981 and Daphne is 12 years old when the proverbial stranger comes to town, the opening incident of Lisa Smith’s standout debut novel, “Jamaica Road.” One of the only Black girls in her South ...

The Government of Jamaica has announced plans to create a One Road Authority, a centralised mega agency that would absorb the National Works Agency (NWA) and the parochial road units within municipal ...

Lisa Smith’s debut novel Jamaica Road is a coming of age story and romance set in 1980s London. The story follows Daphne, a young girl born to a Jamaican family, and her best friend Connie over the ...

Complex and difficult humanitarian operations are underway in Jamaica and Cuba, with the U.S. government and nonprofits among those distributing vital aid. Jodie Long of Baker, West Virginia, was ...

Deborah Becker speaks with British Jamaican author Lisa Smith about her debut novel “Jamaica Road.” It centers around Daphne, a British-Jamaican girl growing up in 1980s London and her relationship ...

Six weeks after Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica and left behind an unprecedented trail of destruction, hundreds of people remain unable to return home, while many others are still without ...