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Health Promotion and Education Officer for Westmoreland, Gerald Miller.

Westmoreland Health Department Monitoring Emergency Shelters

By: SERENA GRANT, October 27, 2025

The Westmoreland Health Department is monitoring emergency shelters across the parish to ensure that proper hygiene and disease-prevention measures are in place during Hurricane Melissa. “We have visited three shelters...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., addressing Friday’s (October 24) special press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister.

Labour Ministry’s Warehouses Stocked and Pre-Positioned To Deploy Relief Supplies

By: JUDANA MURPHY, October 25, 2025

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses a recent function hosted by the National Commercial Bank (NCB) Foundation at the S Hotel in Kingston, to give an update on the Building a Better Jamaica Fund, which was launched on July 8, 2024, to support the country’s Hurricane Beryl relief efforts.

Gov’t Acting on Recommendations of Disaster Risk Management Review Committee

By: Rochelle Williams, July 15, 2025

Hurricane Relief & Recovery 11 months ago PM Hails Impact of Fund Set Up to Support Hurricane Beryl Recovery
By: Rochelle Williams, July 12, 2025
National Security and Peace 11 months ago Westmoreland Police Prepared to Respond During Hurricane Season
By: Serena Grant, July 11, 2025
Local Government 11 months ago St. James Ramps Up Hurricane Readiness
By: Okoye Henry, June 20, 2025

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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative for Jamaica, Kishan Khoday (left), addresses a panel during a Hurricane Ready & Resilient forum on Tuesday (June 10) at the UNDP Multi Country Office in Kingston. Listening is UNDP Communications Analyst, Gillian Scott.

12 months ago Hurricane Relief & Recovery

US$500,000 in Grants for Jamaica under New Disaster Risk Reduction Programme

Jamaica will benefit from up to US$500,000 in grant support to strengthen disaster resilience and recovery under a new Disaster Risk Reduction Programme for the Caribbean. The initiative involves collaboration...

By: Donique Weston, June 11, 2025

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaks at the National Disaster Risk Management Council Meeting, held on Wednesday (June 4) at the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development on Hagley Park Road in Kingston.

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Government Commits to Ensuring that Accountability Systems Continue to Work During Disasters

The Government has affirmed its commitment to ensuring that systems of accountability continue to work during disasters. Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, said that there is an...

By: Judana Murphy, June 4, 2025

Acting Parish Disaster Coordinator at the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation, Rasha A. Lloyd.

1 year ago CommunityDevelopmentHurricane Relief & RecoveryLocal Government

St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation Begins Preparation for Hurricane Season

The St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation has begun intensive preparations for the 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season, which runs from June 1 to November 30, with shelter inspections already under way since...

By: Okoye Henry, May 20, 2025

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, greets Social Development Commission (SDC) Community Development Officer, Allison Hurge, during the SDC’s National Staff Summit at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston on Tuesday (May 6).

1 year ago Hurricane Relief & RecoveryLocal Government

Gov’t to Engage SDC in Hurricane Season Preparations

The Government is looking to incorporate the Social Development Commission (SDC) in preparations for the 2025 Hurricane Season. This was disclosed by Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon....

By: DONIQUE WESTON, May 7, 2025

1 year ago Hurricane BerylHurricane Relief & Recovery

Over $1.5 Billion Disbursed To Families Affected By Hurricane Beryl

Over $1.5 billion in direct assistance has been disbursed to families across the island who were affected by Hurricane Beryl last year. Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel...

By: Garwin Davis, March 22, 2025

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), speaks with Hurricane Beryl relief cheque beneficiary Lorna Langley (left) while holding her grandson Nickao Beech. Occasion was the cheque handover ceremony at the St. Gabriel's Anglican Church in May Pen, Clarendon, on March 11.

1 year ago Hurricane Relief & RecoveryLabourSocial Security

PHOTOS: Hurricane Beryl Cheque Presentation, Clarendon

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), speaks with Hurricane Beryl relief cheque beneficiary Lorna Langley (left) while holding her grandson Nickao Beech. Occasion was the...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (seventh left); Minister of State in the Ministry, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn (fourth left), and Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dione Jennings (sixth left), with recipients of Hurricane Beryl cheques under the Government’s Rebuild Jamaica initiative, at a ceremony held at the Church of God of Prophesy on Old Harbour Road in St. Catherine, on February 25.

1 year ago Hurricane Relief & RecoveryLabourSocial Security

Residents of Old Harbour Receive Hurricane Beryl Cheques

More than 100 residents of communities in Old Harbour, St. Catherine, have received support under the Government’s Rebuild Jamaica initiative for persons who were impacted by Hurricane Beryl in July....

By: Garfield L. Angus, February 26, 2025

Beneficiaries of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), hurricane Beryl Livelihoods Recovery initiative (from left) Keisha Wint, Trishana Brown and Maya Biggs, share in conversation with UNDP Resident Representative, Kishan Khoday, during a ceremony held at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville on January 31.

1 year ago DevelopmentEconomic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentHurricane Relief & Recovery

54 Women Entrepreneurs Receive Assistance from UNDP

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), as part of its support to the Government of Jamaica’s hurricane Beryl recovery programme, has donated small grants and inputs to 54 female micro...

By: Barbara Ellington, February 1, 2025

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US$500,000 in Grants for Jamaica under New Disaster Risk Reduction Programme

Government Commits to Ensuring that Accountability Systems Continue to Work During Disasters

St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation Begins Preparation for Hurricane Season

Gov’t to Engage SDC in Hurricane Season Preparations

Over $1.5 Billion Disbursed To Families Affected By Hurricane Beryl

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Residents of Old Harbour Receive Hurricane Beryl Cheques

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