The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is engaging additional trucks and contractors as the agency works to clear the increase in garbage across the island, says Minister of Local...

Credit card donations to the Government’s official disaster relief and recovery portal, supportjamaica.gov.jm, reached US$1.08 million and J$53.2 million, as of 8:07 a.m. on Tuesday (November 11). This was disclosed...

Power and water restoration efforts across St. James are progressing steadily in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, according to Montego Bay Mayor, Councillor Richard Vernon. Speaking with JIS News after...

The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information is urging corporate partners and all Jamaicans who are able to assist to prioritise the education system, as schools across the island,...

The Government is reporting that more than 600 educational institutions sustained damage during the passage of category-five Hurricane Melissa. “In the affected parishes, we have a little bit over 450...

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, says despite the “very difficult time” caused by Hurricane Melissa, community spirit is evident in many...

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government is prioritising the resumption of learning, through innovative and flexible arrangements, for students in parishes worst affected by Hurricane...

Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, has announced that the Ministry has mobilised a team of more than 30 psychiatrists and psychologists...