The Water Resources Authority (WRA) is reporting that the flooding currently being experienced in Brighton District in St. Elizabeth, is being caused by increased surface water settling in sections of the community and not rising groundwater. Managing Director of the WRA, Peter Clarke, told JIS News that the flooding is the result of high levels of water coming from several...

Jamaica has received a shipment of critical relief items including tarpaulins, generators and chainsaws from the Republic of Guyana, to aid with the island’s recovery from Hurricane Melissa. The shipment, which was organised with the assistance of the private sector in Guyana, was dispatched from the Dominican Republic and arrived at Kingston Wharves in downtown Kingston on Friday (November 7)....

Principal of William Knibb Memorial High School, Linvern Wright, says the human and social needs of students and teachers in communities impacted by Hurricane Melissa must be prioritised even as focus is placed on the resumption of learning. “My appeal really is that all of us just need to understand that it is a time for care,” he said in...

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the official platform to mobilise support for Jamaica’s relief and recovery efforts in the aftermath of Category Five Hurricane Melissa will be modified. The modification will enable donors to better interface with the platform and donate to a specific institution or institutions. The supportjamaica.gov.jm online platform also aims to channel relief...

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 Jamaican Liaison Service (JLS) in Canada has been actively collaborating with employers and other stakeholders to contribute to the Hurricane Melissa relief efforts. Permanent Secretary, Jamaica Central Labour Organisation, with responsibility for the Jamaica Overseas Employment Programme, Colette Roberts Risden, told JIS News that the JLS has received donations of food and other relief items. “We have specifically been...

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...