On March 28, the nonprofit group Right Now for Jamaica (RNFJ) held an inaugural gala dinner and concert to raise money for long-term relief in the wake of Hurricane Melissa’s October 2025 devastation of the island. Audrey Marks, Jamaica’s ambassador to the United States from 2010 to 2012 and again from 2016 to 2025, received RNFJ’s Inaugural President’s Award.
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Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Antony Anderson had been on the job for exactly five months as Jamaica’s ambassador to the United States when his country suffered its worst natural disaster in history. On Oct. 28, Hurricane Melissa—a Category 5 storm with sustained winds of 185 mph— came ashore at New Hope, about 90 miles west of Kingston, the capital.
