Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, is making a special appeal to persons in and around the Riverton area, including Duhaney Park, New Haven and Pembroke Hall to take...

The Jamaica Fire Brigade team in conjunction with the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) and other responders including ODPEM continues to work diligently to bring the fire which started...

Chairman of the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA), Dr. Andrei Cooke, is reminding members of the public that persons in areas affected by smoke from the Riverton Disposal Site...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) continues to support the efforts of the Jamaica Fire Brigade in the extinguishing of the Riverton fire. Additional resources have been...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is reporting that as of today (March 18) at 12 noon, approximately 60 per cent of the burnt area at the...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management wishes to advise that as at 10.00am today the following schools were closed due to the continued smoke nuisance resulting from the...

The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) is denying reports that the ports in Kingston were closed for three days due to the effects of the smog emanating from the fire at...

As extinguishing and cooling down operations continue at the Riverton City Disposal Site, the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is reminding persons that there could be periodic...