Director of Emergency, Disaster Management and Special Services at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Marion Bullock DuCasse, is urging all Jamaicans to take the necessary precautions to prevent the spread...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller today received an update from the National Disaster Committee, on the impact of Hurricane Sandy and the relief efforts now underway, especially in the hardest...

The National Water Commission (NWC) now continues islandwide assessment of the level of damage from Hurricane Sandy, while simultaneously effecting repairs to its facilities and systems. All water supply and...

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The Meteorological Service has discontinued the Hurricane Warning for Jamaica as significant improvement in weather conditions is now being experienced after the passage of Hurricane Sandy. The island is no...

  The issue of climate change was the hot topic for scores of students from schools across the island who participated in the 37th United Nations Model Assembly, held at...

  The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is advising the public to begin preparations in the event the country is impacted by a tropical storm. A Tropical...

  The Government has taken a further step towards improving the environment in which business-related activities are facilitated and conducted locally. This, through the establishment of a Bureaucracy Hotline, 1-888-REDTAPE...

The Manchester Parish Council is welcoming the move by Government to strengthen the country’s system of environmental planning and regulation, through the establishment of an Environmental Regulatory Authority (ERA). Spatial/Physical...

The second in a series of public consultations on the Green Paper for the establishment of an Environmental Regulatory Authority (ERA), was held at the Montego Bay Civic Centre, St....

Professor at the University of the West Indies, Anthony Clayton, says Jamaica needs a strong national planning agency to address matters relating to the environment and there are plans ahead...