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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 being restored to certain sections of the island. Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller made this announcement yesterday (August 20), at a special post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House, to provide...

The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office has withdrawn its advice against travel to Jamaica.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 the island. "Hurricane Dean passed 40 miles south of Jamaica on the August 19. The Foreign Office has now withdrawn its advice against all travel to Jamaica. However, there has...

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 supply of food items. The Minister, who chaired a meeting with major distributors and importers of food items and lumber today (Aug. 21) at his PCJ offices in Kingston, said...

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 and property and to ensure the safety of all persons in Jamaica and its territorial waters during the disaster. The Prime Minister gave this assurance on Monday (August 20) while...

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 Management (ODPEM) reports that, regrettably, two persons were confirmed dead from the parishes of Clarendon and St. Thomas. BLOCKED ROADWAYSA number of blocked roads have been reported from the Kingston...

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), in discussion with Minister of Local Government and Environment, Dean Peart (right), and Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Desmond McKenzie during a tour of Caribbean Terrace in East Kingston that has...

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 in an interview with JIS News, Marlene Miller, Disaster Manager at the Ministry, said that these centres will operate from all Seventh Day Adventist churches and Salvation Army centres across...

Whereas the Island of Jamaica and its territorial waters are threatened by the calamitous forces of nature caused by hurricane Dean, with imminent physical and economic damage to persons and property, And whereas the threat is of such a nature and on so extensive a scale as is likely to endanger the public safety and to deprive the community of...

The Jamaica Consulate General and the Diaspora Foundation Advisory Board, Southern United States are co-ordinating emergency relief for Jamaica, in light of the threat posed by Hurricane Dean. Drop off points have been set up at several churches, including Holy Family Episcopal Church in North Miami, Kendall Community Church in Kendall, and Holy Sacrament Episcopal Church in Pembroke Pines. Items...

A Hurricane Emergency Relief Committee has been established to co-ordinate relief efforts in Toronto, Canada, following the passage of Hurricane Dean and its devastating impact on Jamaica. The Committee is headed by Consul General, Anne-Marie Bonner. Four bank accounts have been opened in the Toronto area to accept monetary donations. The Consulate's Hurricane Relief Fund is at the Bank of...

Air Jamaica regrets to advise that all flights scheduled to depart from Norman Manley Airport today, Monday, August 20, have been cancelled. Flights scheduled to operate from Montego Bay, today, Monday, August 20 will be on a limited basis. As soon as information is available regarding flights that will operate from Montego Bay Airport only, this will be aired. Air...

Minister of Justice and Attorney General, A.J. Nicholson, has said that the state of public emergency issued last night (Aug. 19) by the Governor General, on the advice of Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, is to ensure the protection of life and property of Jamaicans in the aftermath of Hurricane Dean. "It is the duty of the government to protect,"...