The Government has announced a building support programme and set of relief measures by the National Housing Trust (NHT), including a six-month moratorium on mortgage payments to help families rebuild in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. “Across the island, our first priority has been to deliver food, water and medical support to every affected community, but we know that beyond...

Funds have been allocated to Members of Parliament (MP) for the trucking of water to communities now without the commodity due to the impact of Hurricane Melissa. Speaking in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (Nov. 4), Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, informed that constituencies in the most severely impacted parishes of Westmoreland, Hanover, St. James, St....

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is encouraging Jamaicans to remain positive as the nation prepares for the impact of category five hurricane Melissa. The system is expected to make landfall early Tuesday (October 28) as a powerful system bringing strong winds, heavy rainfall over the entire country, causing flooding and landslides. “Category five would be a really...

Jamaica has been receiving pledges of support for hurricane preparation and recovery from its regional and international partners, says Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. “We have received calls of support from our partners – the United Nations, United States, the British, the French, the European Union, the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA). “All the CARICOM countries...

With a Mandatory Evacuation Order issued for several communities along the country’s south coast, Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is urging citizens to obey the legal directive. The Mandatory Evacuation Order applies to several vulnerable communities along the south coast as Hurricane Melissa moves closer to the island. The communities include Port Royal in Kingston; Portland Cottage...

The Government has issued a mandatory evacuation Order for several communities along the south coast as Hurricane Melissa moves closer to Jamaica. The evacuation Order applies to Port Royal in Kingston; Portland Cottage and Rocky Point in Clarendon; Old Harbour Bay in St. Catherine; and New Haven, Riverton City and Taylor Land in St. Andrew. This Order was signed under...

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has outlined a multi-layered strategy for Jamaica’s quick recovery, following the passage of Hurricane Melissa. The major storm is expected to make landfall as a category four or five hurricane, bringing winds of more than 100 miles per hour, and heavy rainfall over the entire country, causing flooding and landslides. The Prime...