The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is advising that the Jamaica Urban Transport Corporation (JUTC) will resume transportation of evacuees to the relevant emergency shelters this morning....

It has come to the attention of the ODPEM that persons in the designated areas to be evacuated are refusing the Evacuation Order. ALL PERSONS WHO LIVE IN COMMUNITIES CLOSE...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has urged all Jamaicans to unite as the nation prepares for the passage of Hurricane Dean this weekend. She was addressing a...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Registrar General's Department (RGD), Dr. Patricia Holness is reassuring customers that all documents stored at the agency will be safe, should the island be...

In light of the threat posed by Hurricane Dean, the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands is advising all animal owners to exercise extreme caution to safeguard human life and livestock....

The Ministry of Tourism, Entertainment and Culture and the Jamaica Tourist Board wish to advise all tourism partners and the public that effective 8:00 a.m. Saturday, August 18, the Tourism...

Persons in the United Kingdom and the United States can call free of charge to Jamaican Radio Station Power 106 FM, to get updates on Hurricane Dean and convey information...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has been advised by the Meteorological Service of Jamaica that a Hurricane Watch is now in effect for Jamaica as Hurricane...

The Government of Jamaica today (Aug.17) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Dilieu Technology for the acquisition of an electronic monitoring system for the Department of Correctional Services. The...

Some 130 young probationers from across the island are participating in the 5th staging of the Department of Correctional Services' Challengers Camp now underway at the new Montpelier Juvenile/Remand Correctional...

The Education Transformation team recently conducted several training workshops across the island for teachers preparing students for the Grade Four Literacy Intervention Programme. "These workshops came about because we felt...