The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has advised that a flash flood warning is now in effect for southern parishes and a flash flood watch for the rest of the country until 5:00 pm on Tuesday (November 5). The Tropical Storm warning has been discontinued, effective noon today. This as the centre of Tropical Storm Rafael continues...

The St. Thomas Municipal Corporation says assessments are underway across the parish to ascertain the extent of the impact of Tropical Storm Rafael, which passed near Jamaica on Tuesday (November 5). Chief Engineering Officer, Odel Felix, told JIS News that landslides were reported in remote areas of Cedar Valley, Trinity Ville and Bath. He said a Municipal Corporation team is...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is reporting that four shelters across the island are currently open, consequent on the passage of Tropical Storm Rafael. Speaking with JIS News on Tuesday (November 5), ODPEM’s Acting Director General, Richard Thompson, said two shelters have been opened in Clarendon, at Rocky Point, and the Drop-In Centre in May Pen....

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, is urging continued vigilance as Cyclone #18 continues developing and Jamaica remains under a Tropical Storm Warning. “I am asking everyone to take due care, and to heed the Advisories being published. I also want to assure everyone that the Government has taken the necessary measures to secure lives and...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left); Spanish Town Mayor, Councillor Norman Scott (centre), and Mayor of St. Ann’s Bay, Councillor Michael Belnavis, hold hands while participating in Sunday’s (November 3) Local Government Month church service at Webster Memorial United Church in St. Andrew.

The Aural, Read, Respond, Oral, Write (ARROW) Literacy Software Training, provided under the UK/Jamaica Violence Prevention Partnership Programme (VPPP), is the first activity under the programme now in active implementation. The opening ceremony was held on Wednesday (October 30), at Immaculate Conception High School in Kingston. Seven volatile communities across Jamaica are set to benefit from a six-year United Kingdom...

Voters in the Morant Bay and Aenon Town Divisions in St. Thomas and Clarendon, respectively, will head to the polls on November 22 to elect new Councillors. This follows the deaths of former Morant Bay Councillor, Rohan “Washy” Bryan, on May 1, and former Aenon Town Councillor, Marjorie McLeod, on September 1. The announcement was made today (October 30), during...