A seminar on the promotion of disaster risk management for journalists, will highlight activities for this year’s observance of Earthquake Awareness Week, which will be held from January 20 to...

Jamaicans are being urged to begin preparations for the dry period, by increasing water storage and conservation measures. The advice, from the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM),...

Several interest groups in the tourism Mecca of Negril have thrown their support behind a US$3 million project that is seeking to restore the beach and environment in the area....

Residents of 10 communities in St. Catherine, who have been trained in emergency management, were on December 20 presented with emergency radios to enhance their response during times of disaster....

The National Water Commission (NWC) is reporting that at the end of November its monthly billing for areas in Stony Hill, St. Andrew, reflected a 56 per cent increase, due...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill has informed that recent negotiations on climate change have resulted in a number of significant achievements, which will benefit...

Jamaica Bedding and Ojay Koolers will be donating 2,000 plastic drums to the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), to assist in their cleaning-up efforts in the Spanish Town, Old...

Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Luther Buchannan, has informed that some 5,000 residents have been issued with Hurricane Sandy relief cheques, as part of...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, has called for increased action by developed countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions, so as to reduce the worst...

The Government has enlisted the assistance of the Jamaica Defence Force's (JDF) engineering unit to expedite the construction of some 500 houses for residents, whose homes were destroyed during the...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy, says that vulnerable states in the Caribbean and Latin America must commence “serious plans” for...