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Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Efficiency, Innovation, and Digital Transformation, Ambassador the Hon. Audrey Marks, addresses the media briefing for the ‘I Love Jamaica’ Fundraising Telethon held on Thursday, November 6 at the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, New Kingston offices in Kingston.

I Love Jamaica Fundraising Event Launched

The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, will be coordinating fundraising initiatives such as the I Love Jamaica Telethon and Concert series, to support Jamaica’s recovery efforts, following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. The ‘I Love Jamaica Telethon’,...

Director of Strategic Planning, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) Abigail M. Whittaker-Clarke (second left) and WRHA Customer Service Manager and member of the staff welfare committee, Elecia Whittingham Gayle (third left), collect donation on behalf of the WRHA staff members from the Burmese Community. The handover ceremony was held on Friday (November 7), at the Freeport Business Centre in Montego Bay.

Burmese Community Donates Care Packages to Western Regional Health Authority

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (left) engages in discussion with Chief Executive Officer of the Savanna-la-Mar Public General Hospital, Roan Grant (third right) and members of the Jamaica Defence Force, at the Westmoreland facility on Sunday (November 2).

Healthcare Workers Join Hospital Clean-Up Efforts

Managing Director at the Water Resources Authority (WRA), Peter Clarke.

Flooding in Brighton District Due to Increase in Surface Water

An employee of Kingston Wharves unloads cargo from a shipment of relief supplies sent to Jamaica from Guyana. The shipment arrived at the wharf in downtown Kingston on Friday (November 7).

Jamaica Receives Relief Items from Guyana

Principal of William Knibb Memorial High School in Falmouth, Trelawny, Linvern Wright.

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“It Is a Time for Care” – William Knibb Principal

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, makes a Statement in the House of Representatives on November 4.

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Official Platform to Mobilise Relief Support to Be Modified

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...

Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Company President and Chief Executive Officer, Hugh Grant, addresses Thursday’s (November 6) press briefing on Hurricane Melissa recovery activities at Jamaica House in Kingston.

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JPS Restores Power to 55 Per Cent of Customers

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...

Volunteers with the Jamaican Liaison Service in Canada assemble hurricane relief items for shipment to Jamaica.

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Jamaican Liaison Service in Canada Mobilises Employer Support for Hurricane Melissa Relief

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...

Director of Customer Solutions at the Jamaica Public Service (JPS), Leroy Reid, addresses an Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) meeting, held at the St. James Municipal Corporation on Thursday (November 6).

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JPS Restoring Electricity in St. James

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...

General Manager of Free Your Image Consultancy Group, Paula Pinnock (left), Principal of William Knibb Memorial High School, Linvern Wright (centre), and General Manager of JN Foundation, Claudine Allen (right), share a moment at the post-hurricane Melissa support project staged by For Your Image Consultancy (FYI) and Friends, at William Knibb Memorial High in Falmouth, Trelawny, on Wednesday (November 5).

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Falmouth Residents Receive Care Packages, Free Health Checks

Residents from Hague, Zion and surrounding communities in Falmouth received care packages and free health services at a post-hurricane Melissa support project held at the William Knibb Memorial High School in the Trelawny capital on Wednesday (November 5). The initiative was spearheaded by the For Your Image Consultancy Group (FYI) and Friends, which includes corporate sponsors and volunteers from the...

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, delivers an update on the health sector during a special press briefing on Hurricane Melissa recovery at Jamaica House on Thursday (November 6).

4 months ago Health & WellnessHurricane Relief & Recovery

Central Secretariat Established to Coordinate National Health Response Following Hurricane

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has established a central secretariat to oversee and coordinate the national health response in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. “That’s very important to avoid confusion and to ensure that the coordination is intact. There is an email – hurricaneresponse@moh.gov.jm – that you can send any request, any offer of support for health to, and...