Members of the Jamaican community in the United Kingdom (UK) have started to send donations to the Jamaican High Commission for its Hurricane Dean Relief Fund. The Fund was launched...

A plane loaded with emergency relief supplies valued at more than US$398,000 arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport from the United States, on (August 22), to assist families affected...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is assisting vulnerable groups in the society, who have been affected by the onslaught of Hurricane Dean. In an interview with JIS News,...

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is appealing for truck operators to assist the agency in the massive clean-up process, in the aftermath of Hurricane Dean. "We are having...

Three days after the passage of Hurricane Dean, the tourism sector is back on track and today welcomed cruise passengers from 'Freedom of the Seas' into Ocho Rios. The passenger...

Ministry of Labour and Social Security Parish Manager for Manchester, Arthur Boswell Smith, has said that relief supplies are being provided to the 34 shelters, which were opened across the...

Relatives of persons living in St Elizabeth can breathe a sigh of relief, as the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has said that the impact of Hurricane...

HURRICANE DEAN HIT JAMAICA ON SUNDAY WITH A LEVEL OF DEVASTATION IN SECTIONS OF THE ISLAND WHICH WAS EVEN GREATER THAN WHAT WE EXPERIENCED WITH HURRICANE IVAN. THANKFULLY WE DID...

Some 350 officers from the Ministry of Labour and Social Security along with members of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) have commenced assessment of damage sustained by Jamaicans following the...

As the clean-up work gets underway in the aftermath of Hurricane Dean, the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) said that efforts will be concentrated on towns and main thoroughfares...

Scrap metal hunting thieves and the sharing of Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) utility poles by other service providers have added to the damage already sustained to the utility company's...