Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Leeroy Williams, is urging citizens to take proactive steps to prepare for and mitigate the impact of natural disasters, including flooding. Addressing the St. James Municipal Corporation’s monthly meeting at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre on Thursday (November 12), Mr. Williams noted that Jamaica is prone to experiencing specific natural hazards, consequent on its location...

Kingston Mayor, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, says several potential alternative routes are being explored to restore access to communities along Gordon Town Road in St. Andrew, where many residents have been marooned as a result of landslides on that stretch. Sections of the road have also been severely damaged, consequent on recent rains, rendering the corridor impassable. Senator Williams said...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, is assuring residents living in communities surrounding National Heroes Park in Kingston that there will be no dislocation to facilitate the construction of the new Houses of Parliament building. The Minister, who leads the taskforce overseeing the project was speaking at a virtual public consultation on the Environmental Impact Assessment...

The proposed Youth in Agriculture Policy being developed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is expected to be completed and launched in 2021. This was disclosed by Portfolio Minister, Hon. Floyd Green, who said that the earmarking of at least 20 per cent of government-owned lands for agricultural use by young persons in the sector under age 35 is...

The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising the travelling public that effective immediately the Gordon Town road in St. Andrew is closed in the vicinity of Stand Up Hill. The Agency says the roadway is not safe for use by any mode of transportation. A section of the road embankment failed at the weekend following heavy rains associated with Tropical...

Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, is calling on Jamaican men to seek medical attention if they are not feeling well and suspect that they have been infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19). She said that most of the deaths related to the virus in the island, to date, are that of males at 123, compared to 102 females. “There is...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, says that with more than 9,600 infections and 225 deaths related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Jamaica, the use of a vaccine has to form a part of the country’s fight against the virus. “It is for this reason that Jamaica is among the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states on...