State-owned refinery, Petrojam, is reporting that fuel reserves remain healthy, with two to three weeks of supply in storage and more than 20 million litres of aviation fuel currently available. This update was provided by Minister of Energy, Transport and Telecommunications, Hon. Daryl Vaz, during a press conference at Jamaica House on Tuesday (November 11). He further indicated that repairs...

Mayor of Kingston, Councilor Andrew Swaby, says the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Company is working to restore power to Corporate Area communities that have been without the utility since the passage of Hurricane Melissa on October 28. Approximately 6,160 customers in Kingston and St. Andrew remained without electricity as of Monday (November 10), he reported. Mayor Swaby said that the...

The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) is reporting that electricity has been restored for approximately 300,000 customers, representing 64 per cent of its service base across sections of the island, in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. “This is a solid milestone, given the scale of destruction that we have all seen,” stated President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Hugh Grant,...

Power and water restoration efforts across St. James are progressing steadily in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, according to Montego Bay Mayor, Councillor Richard Vernon. Speaking with JIS News after a follow-up meeting of the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) held at the St. James Municipal Corporation in Montego Bay on Monday (November 10), Councillor Vernon noted that operations teams remain...

The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Company is reporting that power has been restored to 55 per cent of customers. “We have been making significant progress in regard to overall restoration. [Immediately following] the passage of Hurricane Melissa, we had 23 per cent of customers in service. To date, we have 55 per cent of customers in service. That is over...

The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) is advancing electricity restoration efforts in St. James, following widespread outages caused by the recent passage of Hurricane Melissa. Speaking during an Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) meeting at the St. James Municipal Corporation in Montego Bay on Thursday (November 6), JPS’s Director of Customer Solutions, Leroy Reid, said the company is steadily re-energising critical facilities...

The Government has tasked the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), the nation’s primary electricity provider, with exploring the underground placement of sections of the national grid. This strategic consideration is aimed at enhancing the grid’s resilience and safeguarding its integrity in the face of natural disasters. In a statement to the House of Representatives on Tuesday (November 4), Prime Minister,...