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The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) wishes to advise that as the Hurricane Warning remains in effect, the Meteorological Service is reporting that the island should start experiencing rain and wind going into tonight, with conditions deteriorating into morning. The entire island is expected to experience rainfall, so persons living in flood-prone and low lying communities MUST...

Major distributors and retailers of basic foods have today advised the Government that there are enough supplies in the island to provide the consuming public in the event of a disaster. The reports were provided by representatives of the Disaster Management Sub-committee of the Distributive Trade group, which met with Minister of Commerce, Science and Technology, Hon. Phillip Paulwell and...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has been advised by the National Meteorological Service, that Hurricane Emily, currently a Category 2 hurricane, will pass close to the island's south coast on Saturday, as it moves towards the Northwestern Caribbean. This means that Hurricane Conditions could start affecting the island within 36 hours. Showers, thunderstorms and increasing wind...

The Red Hills Road multi purpose park, a project of the Rotary Club of Kingston, was on Tuesday (July 12) handed over to the residents of the Red Hills Road and Dunrobin communities in St. Andrew. The new facility replaces the former dustbowl across from the Dunrobin Primary School, which was a major health hazard for children and adults alike....

Thirty eight students from across the island have been awarded for their good saving habits by the Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS), through its School Savers Programme. The programme seeks to encourage students to save and to develop thrift among young persons. The recipients are from basic, preparatory, primary and high schools. They were presented with their awards at a...

Approximately 100 students of the Montego Bay Community College's Development and Outreach Department, graduated on July 12 after completing 12 weeks of training in a variety of competencies, aimed at empowering them for employment. The first graduation exercise of the outreach programme took place at the college campus in Montego Bay, with graduates, who are mainly from the Bogue Hill,...

As efforts continue to help hurricane affected persons in Portland, supplies are being distributed to victims in the Rio Grande Valley area of the parish. Supplies being distributed include foodstuff, beds, sheets, towels and blankets, and is being carried out by the welfare sub-committee of the Portland Disaster Committee. The Rio Grande Valley community was among the areas worst hit...

Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor Johnathan Bartley has said that a plan has been formulated to seek to solve the problem of flooding in the Wakefield division. The area, he said, had always experienced flooding as a result of heavy rains and road surface water that entered the area from the direction of the parish of St. James and flowed into...

Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor Johnathan Bartley has said that a plan has been formulated to seek to solve the problem of flooding in the Wakefield division. The area, he said, had always experienced flooding as a result of heavy rains and road surface water that entered the area from the direction of the parish of St. James and flowed into...

A new National Farm Queen will be crowned on day one of the 53rd staging of the Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show, which is scheduled to take place from July 30 to August 1 in May Pen, Clarendon. Coordinator of the farm queen competition, Janet Pullen told JIS News that the show was in its second year of a re-branding...

There was no severe damage to the road infrastructure in western Jamaica from the passing of Hurricane Dennis on July 7. Community Relations Officer with the National Works Agency (NWA) in western Jamaica, Stephen Shaw told JIS News that this was achieved through continuous road maintenance by the agency in that part of the island. He said that except for...

The Government will not be making any hasty announcements of the total financial allocation to be made for hurricane relief and reconstruction efforts, until the extent of the damage is ascertained, and a proper financial assessment is reached. Responding to a call from Opposition Spokesman on Finance, Audley Shaw, that the government should immediately implement an emergency fund in light...