The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is advising the motoring and general public to avoid using the Bog Walk Gorge as a number of incidences of rockfall have been reported as a result of the current heavy rains. Persons are urged to use the alternate routes via Barry and Sligoville

The Government will be providing support to the family of 12-year-old Raheem Davey of Broadgate, St. Mary, who died when boulders crashed into his home on November 11. His eight-year-old twin sisters were injured in the incident. One of the girls has been admitted at the Bustamante Hospital for Children in Kingston, where she is in critical condition, while the...

Access to the Riverton City disposal site in West St. Andrew has significantly improved with the completion of rehabilitation work on the 1.65 kilometres of roadway leading to the area. Undertaken through a US$1.8-million grant from the Mexican Government, the project included the concrete paving of the roadway and installation of a proper drainage. The road, which is managed by...

The Local Governance (Amendment) Act will be sent to a Committee of Parliament for its consideration and deliberation. This was noted by Leader of Government Business in the House of Representatives, Hon, Derrick Smith, today (November 9), after opposition was raised to the passage of the Bill. The Bill was laid on the table of the Lower House by Minister...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, has announced that local government elections are to be held on November 28 and that Nomination Day will be November 11. In an address at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown, Kingston, on November 3, the Minister said the time has come for persons to elect those offering themselves as...

Local Government Elections have been set for November 28, 2016. The announcement was made by Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie this afternoon at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston. Meanwhile, candidates who will be contesting the polls are to be nominated on Friday, November 11.

Fire Safety Awareness Week, which was observed from October 23 to 29, is being hailed as a success in educating Jamaicans about the need to prevent fires, particularly in bushes. Senior Deputy Superintendent at the Jamaica Fire Brigade, Emilio Ebanks, told JIS News that after analysing all the activities and their outcomes, the week was successful. “When we look at...