Head of the Meteorological Service of Jamaica, Evan Thompson, says the 2016 hurricane season is not expected to be overly active. He said projections from the National Hurricane Center are for “between 10 and 16 tropical storms this year, hurricanes from anywhere between four and eight, and major hurricanes between one and four.” Mr. Thompson was speaking at the launch...

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, is imploring persons living in at-risk communities to comply with mandatory evacuation orders issued during the 2016 hurricane season. He warned that “those who resist will face the full force of the law.” “Whenever the warning is given, I don’t believe anybody should tell us they are not going to move....

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, says the Government will be looking to engage graduate studies scholars in the Jamaica House Fellowship. He said they would be charged with conducting research to advance policy development. Dr. Chang was addressing the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) Evening of Excellence to...

Wigton III, the 24-megawatt expansion of the wind farm in Rose Hill, Manchester, was officially commissioned into service today (June 2) by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. The new facility, which began supplying energy to the national grid in March, consists of 12 two-megawatt wind turbines, a 9.6 kilometre transmission line and a new substation. It is projected...

For Road Safety Month, to be observed in June, major emphasis will be placed on educating motorcyclists on the proper use of the roads, in order to reduce the fatalities occurring in this group as a result of accidents. President of the Jamaica Gasoline Retailers Association (JGRA), Leonard Green, says statistics supplied by the Road Safety Unit in the Ministry...

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information will be integrating the Junior Achievement Company of Entrepreneurs (JACE) programme into the ninth grade curriculum as of September 2016. Portfolio Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid, said the objective is to cultivate a culture of entrepreneurship among students. The programme, implemented by Junior Achievement Jamaica (JAJ), is in secondary schools across the...

Tullow Jamaica Limited has completed its preliminary seismic survey for evidence of oil in Jamaica, in its Production Sharing Agreement with the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ). The United Kingdom (UK) based oil company, which signed the agreement in November 2014, began the initial survey in February 2016 and completed it in early March 2016. Manager of Oil and Gas...