The following are current reports from the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) of the impact of Hurricane Dean on Jamaica: Casualties To date the ODPEM has confirmed...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has said that its operations are now in full relief mode, with the emergency distribution of relief supplies such as bedding...

Hundreds of persons who sought shelter from Hurricane Dean in Western Jamaica on August 19, have since returned home. Some 2,270 residents from low-lying flood prone areas in western Jamaica...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is processing the list of relief supplies pledged by overseas donors, so that it can better match and meet the needs...

The Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPSCo) is expected to complete its assessment of the extent of the damage caused by Hurricane Dean today (August 21), even as power is...

The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office has withdrawn its advice against travel to Jamaica. The official advice against all travel to Jamaica was imposed in anticipation of Hurricane Dean affecting...

Minister of Industry, Technology, Energy and Commerce, Phillip Paulwell, has said that normality is being restored to the commercial sector in the wake of Hurricane Dean and there is adequate...

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller is assuring Jamaicans that the State of Public Emergency that was declared Sunday night, following the passage of Hurricane Dean, is designed to protect lives...

The Hurricane warning was lifted for the island of Jamaica at 10:00am by the Meteorological Service. In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Dean the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency...

Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, has said that island-wide assessments are now underway to determine the extent of the damage caused by Hurricane Dean. Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller (left),...

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security will as of tomorrow (Aug. 21) be opening registration centres across the island for persons affected by the passage of Hurricane Dean. Speaking...