Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) says it is working closely with the banks to ensure the restoration of normal banking services across the island in the shortest possible time. However, BOJ noted that the absence of utility services across the island, the...

The Ministry of Health & Wellness is advising members of the public that the risk of being infected with diseases such as leptospirosis increases after the passage of heavy rainfall. Leptospirosis is a disease that spreads from animals to...

The police are now seeking to ascertain the identity of a man whose body washed up on  Port Henderson Beach in Portmore, St Catherine. The body was reportedly discovered by a fisherman about 11 a.m. and he alerted the police. A team...

The Judiciary of Jamaica says due to the effects of Hurricane Beryl all courts across the island will remain closed for the rest of the week. It says comprehensive assessments of all court facilities are being conducted today and tomorrow to...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness says it has been advised of three cases of carbon monoxide poisoning related to the use of generators. Carbon monoxide is a colourless, odourless, tasteless gas and is produced when fuel and other carbon-...

United Kingdom, AP – Voters in the United Kingdom are casting their ballots in a national election to choose the 650 lawmakers who will sit in Parliament for the next five years. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak surprised his own party on May 22...

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) has advised that its tax offices remain closed to the public today. It says its teams are conducting impact assessments and procedures to safely bring systems back online. Operations are expected to resume on Friday...

Government offices across the island are to reopen today following the passage of Hurricane Beryl. A statement from the Office of the Prime Minister said normal operations will resume and all public sector workers are to return to office today....

 The Jamaica Urban Transit Company Limited (JUTC) is advising commuters that service will resume on a phased schedule. In a statement on Thursday, it said an assessment is under way and data on passable routes is being reviewed to determine...

Operations at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in Kingston are expected to resume tomorrow, while the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay reopened at 8 a.m. today following the passage of Hurricane Beryl. A report from the...

The United Nations has announced that US$4 million will be made available from the Central Emergency Response Fund to kickstart humanitarian operations in Jamaica, Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the wake of Hurricane...

Hurricane Beryl has left a trail of devastation across the southern parishes of Manchester and St Elizabeth where infrastructure was severely impacted by the system's strong winds and driving rain. Member of Parliament for Southwest St...

HURRICANE BERYL has barreled across the Caribbean over recent days, leaving in its wake billions of dollars in damage, death and devastation; together with a powerful reminder that small island developing states (SIDS) are living climate change. “...

WESTERN BUREAU: Some of Trelawny’s rural communities have taken a battering from the heavy winds and rain associated with Hurricane Beryl. Residents of Troy lamented the loss of several banana trees and other crops. “There is heavy rain and a lot...

NEW YORK: The Jamaican community in North America is being mobilised and placed on high alert to assist recovery efforts in the island in the wake of Hurricane Beryl. Jamaica felt the brunt of the weather system on Wednesday as its eye passed just...

As the outer bands of Hurricane Beryl lashed St Catherine on Wednesday, some fisherfolk at the Forum Fishing Village were cooking and having a grand time at the Rum Party HQ bar while others relaxed in makeshift cottages. Robert Williamson told The...

Jamaica has discontinued its hurricane warning as Beryl moves away from the island, leaving dozens of communities and farmlands devastated. The Met Service announced a flash-flood watch for the country. It says rising water levels will continue to...

The Meteorological Service of Jamaica says Hurricane Beryl is about to begin moving away from the island. However, it says a hurricane warning is still in effect as Beryl remains close to the southwestern tip of Jamaica. At 7 p.m. the centre of...

The Jamaica Public Service Company is reporting that more than 400,000 Jamaicans, or about 65 per cent of its customers, are without power.  Director of Corporate Communications, Winsome Callum, says remote restoration of power supply is being...

Members of the Jamaica Defence Force and the Jamaica Fire Brigade are frantically searching for 20-year-old Alrick Moncrieffe, otherwise called 'Colanji' or 'Lala', who fell in a gully and was washed away by floodwaters this...

President and Chief Executive Officer of the Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ), Audley Deidrick, says an assessment will be done of conditions at the island's airports, once Hurricane Beryl has passed. He told JIS News that the assessment is...

The Manchioneal police have been temporarily relocated to the Manchioneal All-Age School in Portland after heavy rains and gusty winds caused by hurricane Beryl on Wednesday damaged the police station and flooded the compound. The station,...

A 20-year-old man, identified only as 'Lala', was washed into a gully in Havana in Arnett Gardens, St Andrew, this afternoon during rains associated with Hurricane Beryl, The Gleaner has learnt. Members of the Jamaica Fire Brigade and the...

The roof of the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in Kingston, has been damaged as Hurricane Beryl wreaks havoc with its ferocious winds and rain. Head of the Airports Authority of Jamaica, Audley Deidrick, told The Gleaner that the damage...

As Hurricane Beryl approached the shores of St Catherine on Wednesday, fisherfolk at the Forum Fishing Village were cooking and having a grand time at the Rum Pary HQ bar or relaxing in their make-shift cottages. According to those present, it...

Declaring that Jamaica has not yet seen the worst damage Hurricane Beryl could cause, Prime Minister Andrew Holness is urging citizens to continue to shelter in place. Holness, who was speaking at a press briefing at the Office of Disaster...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is reporting that 70 people from various sections of Old Harbour Bay in St Catherine have been evacuated amid the passage of Hurricane Beryl. In a post on social media platform X...

The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) says it is pausing efforts to restore power to areas where service has been disrupted because of the deteriorating weather conditions. "Our teams have been making every effort to restore supply to...

While eastern Jamaica is being drenched by rain and rocked by strong winds, things have been quiet in Hanover as Hurricane Beryl makes its way from east to west. Acting chief executive officer of the Hanover Municipal Corporation, Romeo Daley...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) says 488 people are in shelters across the island amid the passage of Hurricane Beryl. ODPEM's acting Director General Richard Thompson said of that figure, 109 people are...

Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie is warning Port Royal residents that the Holness administration will be scouring the Disaster Risk Management Act (DRMA) to determine how it can impose a mandatory evacuation order on the community during...

With approximately 50 persons already at the emergency shelter at Old Harbour High School, Chairman of the St Catherine Parish Disaster Committee, Dr Kurt Waul, is urging other persons in flood-prone areas to seek shelter before...

The Meteorological Service of Jamaica (Met Service) says the eye of Hurricane Beryl is not as clearly defined as it was previously and so the system could “wobble” as it approaches the island. The centre of the category 4 storm, which...

Chairman of the Portmore City Municipality, Leon Thomas, is lamenting the lack of cooperation from residents in flood-prone communities to move to evacuate, as the powerful Hurricane Beryl approaches the island. 

With outer bands from Hurricane Beryl lashing the island with heavy rain and gusty winds, a concern is emerging that the Friendship community in Trelawny could be isolated if the roadway to neighboring Wakefield floods.