More than 50 shelter managers and key stakeholders across St. Elizabeth gathered to discuss strategies to safeguard communities against disaster, during a Shelter Management Conference held in Santa Cruz on Wednesday (June 26). Held under the theme ‘Be Disaster Aware: Plan, Mitigate and Prepare’, the event focused on readiness, community engagement and the vital role that shelter managers play in...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is looking to quickly complete assessments of damage sustained across Jamaica from Hurricane Beryl’s passage in order to effect the requisite responses. “We are now in the disaster response phase, and this is the first phase, which is the assessment. We want to wrap up the assessments quickly and then...

We are very fortunate that Hurricane Beryl did not make landfall in Jamaica as the trajectory of the centre of the hurricane Beryl passed 45 miles south of Kingston and continued just off Jamaica’s south coast. Though there was significant damage in sections of the island, in many other parts, including much of Kingston, the ackees and mangoes remain on...

The Government has pledged swift and substantial support for farmers in the hardest-hit parishes of Jamaica, in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl. Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, announced that resources are being mobilised to aid recovery efforts, particularly in St. Elizabeth, Manchester and Clarendon. The Government’s response comes after Minister Green toured the affected areas with...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has thanked public health personnel in St. Elizabeth for their selfless devotion in caring for the sick during the passage of Hurricane Beryl on Wednesday (July 3). He expressed these sentiments during a visit to the Black River Hospital on Thursday (July 4), where he met with the institution’s staff as well as...

This week, Hurricane Beryl made landfall in the Caribbean region, bringing winds of 140 to 160 mph, and becoming the first hurricane on record to reach category 5 so early in the Atlantic. In Jamaica, and the Eastern Caribbean, entire communities have been flooded, houses destroyed, livelihoods wiped out, and the full scale of this event is not yet known....

The Government of Jamaica expresses its deepest condolences to the families of Alrick Moncrieffe and Kayon Sterling who died as a result of the passage of Hurricane Beryl. Our thoughts and prayers are with their families during this difficult time. Hurricane Beryl has brought significant hardship to our nation, and any loss of life is a profound tragedy. On behalf...