Persons undertaking clean-up activities after the passage of Hurricane Beryl are being urged to exercise caution. The call came from Acting Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Richard Thompson,...

The National Water Commission (NWC) will be providing a schedule for phased service restoration to customers now without piped water in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl. Some 335 NWC water systems islandwide were impacted during the hurricane's...

Amid destruction and displacement caused by Hurricane Beryl, this did not dampen the community spirit among residents in Manchester. The hurricane left a trail of downed trees, blocked roads and damage to property across communities. Most in-season...

The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) says more than 420,000 or 62 per cent of its customers now have electricity, as a result of the company's restoration efforts following the passage of Hurricane Beryl. While still in damage assessment mode, the...

The National Works Agency (NWA) is working to have all roads rendered impassable due to the passage of Hurricane Beryl cleared before Monday, July 8. Up to Friday, just under 200 roads were cleared of blockages to allow for at least single-lane...

The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) says the fishermen who went missing at sea have been rescued. Initial reports had indicated that 11 fishermen were missing but subsequent reports confirmed that number to be nine, the JDF stated. The fishermen...

NEW YORK: Daphne Mahoney, a well-known philanthropist, businesswoman and community leader in the New York Jamaican diaspora, died last Tuesday after ailing for some time. Mahoney is well known for her more than 30 years association with the...

Jennifer Richards Wilson, a Jamaican teacher living in China, is the conceptualiser of Activate Core’s Virtual Book Tour. The concept of the book tour emerged during the coronavirus pandemic, where authors who were unable to travel physically to...

MANCHIONEAL, Portland: Hard-hit by at least five previous hurricanes, including Gilbert, which dealt him tremendous losses, fisherman Kenneth ‘Shorty’ Carr of Manchioneal in Portland was taking no chances with Beryl. Thirty-six years of fishing...

As our needs change with age or special requirements, travelling can be daunting. With the support of a travelling caregiver, you can have a reliable companion by your side. Shelly-Ann Cawley, founder and CEO of Travelers Care, ensures clients are...

O’Neil Robinson and a few of his close pals braved Hurricane Beryl’s fierce winds and heavy rain in their southern St Elizabeth community of Mountainside late on Wednesday. Their goal was to clear fallen trees blocking the way to his mother’s house...

The Guanaboa Vale police in St Catherine have launched an investigation into the shooting death of a man and the injury of a 34-year-old woman last night in Naseberry  Grove. Dead is 31-year-old Kevin Smith. It is reported that about 11:00 p.M...

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is reporting that the current estimated cost for repairs to health facilities affected by Hurricane Beryl is $1.098 billion. The Ministry says post-hurricane assessments are ongoing and so far some 84 incidents...

A 31-year-old tiler was arrested by the Linstead police in St Catherine after he allegedly shot a worker on a construction site last night. He has been arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent and breaches of the Firearms Act. Reports are that...

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is urging the public to exercise extreme caution in areas close to swamps, rivers, gullies and other known crocodile habitats as the animal is likely to be displaced following the heavy rains...

The National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited (NCBJ), through its philanthropic arm N.C.B. Foundation, has announced the launch of a $300 million Disaster Relief Fund to support those affected by Hurricane Beryl. NCB says the foundation, working...

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) says that it has intervened and offered assistance to the children and their mother who were rescued from Caribbean Terrace in Harbour View, St Andrew during the passage of Hurricane Beryl. A...

The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) says it is working to restore electricity to the Savanna-La-Mar Public General Hospital in Westmoreland. Winds associated with the passage of Hurricane Beryl on Wednesday downed several light poles one of which...

A search and rescue operation is now under way to find 11 fishermen who have been reported missing since Tuesday. The Maritime Air and Cyber Command (MACC) of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) is currently conducting the operation. The JDF is...

Residents of Compound in Alligator Pond, located on the border of St Elizabeth and Manchester, are currently grappling with the severe aftermath of Hurricane Beryl.  The powerful storm left a trail of destruction, blowing off several roofs and...

Prime Minister  Andrew Holness says the Government is moving to quickly complete the damage assessment phase following passage of Hurricane Beryl. He says Cabinet is to meet to chart the way forward and determine the priority areas in the...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness is pledging that delivery of relief to Jamaicans impacted by Hurricane Beryl will be structured, transparent and fair. The Prime Minister was speaking following an aerial and ground tour of sections...

The Port Authority of Jamaica (PAJ) has advised that it has reopened several harbours subsequent to the completion of surveys and a review of reports. They were reopened yesterday evening to allow ships to enter and to proceed to berth at the...

The National Water Commission (NWC) is reporting that residents of Portmore, Spanish Town and its environs in St Catherine should soon be experiencing gradual restoration of their water supply service as the network currently recharges. ...

The St Catherine North police are searching for the killers of a man who was gunned down along Young Street in Spanish Town on Thursday. Killed was 36-year-old labourer Antonio Patterson, otherwise called 'Oney', of a Spanish Town ...

The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) says it has restored power to 80,000 customers across the island in the last 24 hours. It says the areas restored are predominantly in Kingston and St Andrew, St Catherine and St Thomas, with...

WESTERN BUREAU: Despite the loss of electricity and mobile-service connectivity in sections of St James following Hurricane Beryl as well as some roads being impassable due to downed trees, Montego Bay’s Mayor, Richard Vernon, is voicing gratitude...

WESTERN BUREAU: Heavy rains and storm-force winds associated with the passage of Hurricane Beryl left a devastating impact on the 286-year-old The Manning’s School in Westmoreland. Administrators of the school on Thursday related major damage to...

Hurricane Beryl left Portmore grappling with significant damage, particularly in Hellshire Beach and the surrounding areas. The Category 4 system left a trail of destruction on Wednesday, with two houses in Greater Portmore extensively damaged and...

WESTERN BUREAU: Courtney Walcott’s four-acre farm in Zion, Trelawny, was once fruitful and promising. However, he lost everything during Wednesday’s passing of Hurricane Beryl. Walcott explained that his papaya, plantain, and banana plants were all...

PORTLAND: “Nine hours of hell” is how one Portland resident described the ferocious onslaught during the passage of Hurricane Beryl on Wednesday. Cyrus Bell, a 69-year-old resident of Bryan’s Bay, referred to the gusty winds from Beryl as being...

Lawmen assigned to the St Catherine South Police Division apprehended and formally charged 39-year-old Glenford Smith of Caribbean Estate, St Catherine following an incident on Friday, June 7, during which Smith attempted to bribe the police....

LONDON (AP) — Britain's Labour Party is headed for a landslide victory in a parliamentary election on Thursday, an exit poll suggested, as voters punished the governing Conservatives after 14 years of economic and political upheaval. The...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Mining is reporting significant damage to several facilities and agricultural projects following the passage of Hurricane Beryl over Jamaica on Wednesday. “Despite the challenges posed by the...

Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Daryl Vaz, has summoned the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Company, Flow and Digicel to give an update on the restoration of critical utilities. The minister has asked each entity to...