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Corporate Public Relations Manager at the National Water Commission (NWC), Charles Buchanan, is assuring that the Commission is working to restore some of its systems during the course of on (Sept. 30). "Some areas have had some restoration in power supply and so those systems that were being affected solely by power supply issues, we should be able to have...

With the passage of Tropical Storm Nicole and the resulting infrastructural damage, a large percentage of the island's labour force have had to remain at home. As such, the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service is reminding public servants that in the circumstances resulting in absenteeism from work during the inclement weather, persons are guided by Circular No. 23,...

The Ministry of Health is hopeful that the full range of services offered at public hospitals and health facilities can be restored to all institutions, by next week. "If all goes well and there is no more rain, I would say, by next week, hopefully, we should be back in order," Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health, Dr....

CARICOM's Special Representative on Haiti's Reconstruction, former Jamaica Prime Minister, the Most Hon P. J. Patterson, will be the guest lecturer at the 12th Annual Eric Williams Memorial Collection Lecture Series, Friday (October 15) at Florida International University (FIU), Miami. The lecture series is titled "The Renaissance of Haiti: A Template for Caribbean Integration". Mr. Patterson will speak on Haiti's...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, has appealed to a Jamaican/Canadian charitable organisation to assist Grade Four students in the Jamaican education system. "Grade Four is that critical grade when you have to show mastery in numeracy and literacy in order to do well in the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT)," Mr. Bartlett told patrons attending the fifth annual Jamaica...

The new Breadnut Hill Basic School in Ocho Rios was officially handed over to the community by the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund on Tuesday (September 28). The school, which caters to approximately 30 students, was upgraded and equipped at a cost of $12 million. Minister of Education, Hon. Andrew Holness, who was a special guest at...

Scholarships valued at approximately $500,000 were awarded to three students of high schools in western Jamaica by the St. James 4-H Advisory Council, at a press conference at the Sunset Beach Resort, Spa and Water Park, Montego Bay on Tuesday (September 28). Recipients of the 4-H's 10th annual presentations of scholarships were: Vanessa Anglin, University of Technology (UTech), who received...

Corporate Public Relations Manager at the National Water Commission (NWC), Charles Buchanan, says the company will continue to work closely with the Jamaica Public Service (JPS), and other partners, to maintain its systems as much as possible. This as heavy rains associated with a tropical depression continue to severely impact the island, affecting electricity and water systems. He was speaking...

Director of Emergency Disaster Management and Special Services in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Marion Bullock Ducasse, has said that the island's emergency response capabilities are intact, and the health sector remains operational and fully able to respond to emergencies. She was speaking at a press conference at Jamaica House Wednesday (September 29), where she provided an update on the...

The Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd (JPS) has continued its efforts to restore power to customers affected by outages caused by the lightning and heavy winds associated with Tropical Storm Nicole. The Company's emergency teams have been working in all parishes to restore the just under 100,000 customers who remained without power up to this morning. JPS estimates that most...

Against the background of moderate improvements in the weather and the forecast for a continuation of this trend, the Ministry of Education (MOE), after consultation with the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is advising that it is deemed safe for most schools to reopen on Friday, October 1, 2010. The MOE/ODPEM advise that for schools located in...

Chief Education Officer in the Ministry of Education, Grace McLean has announced that weather permitting, all schools should re-open tomorrow (October 1). She further noted that a team from the Ministry is in the field doing assessments of damage to schools. "Our officers are on the ground monitoring the situation and assessing whether there are any major repairs to be...