Police personnel in St Elizabeth receive counselling

Reading Time: 2 minutesPolice personnel in St Elizabeth who were affected by Hurricane Melissa are receiving psychological support and counselling as the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) moves swiftly to assist members impacted by…

Additional police personnel assigned to St Elizabeth

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe police in St Elizabeth have been receiving additional assistance to maintain law and order, following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. Head of the St Elizabeth Police Division, Superintendent…

90,000 families in western Jamaica impacted by Hurricane Melissa

Reading Time: 2 minutesApproximately 90,000 families in western Jamaica were directly affected by the passage of Hurricane Melissa on October 28. This is according to the initial damage assessment by the Office of…

Medical professionals from Spain at emergency field hospital in Trelawny

Reading Time: 3 minutesMore than 70 Medical professionals from Spain are now in Jamaica to be stationed at the emergency field hospital established at the Falmouth Hospital in Trelawny.  The field hospital, which started…

Government moving to standardise Hurricane Melissa relief distribution

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Government is taking steps to standardise the Hurricane Melissa relief distribution process. Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has currently established 22 staging areas…

Vaz reports 80% restoration of Flow mobile services, toll remains open

Reading Time: 2 minutesMinister of Energy, Telecommunications and Transport, Daryl Vaz, has announced that as of Thursday, November 6, Flow Jamaica has restored 80 per cent of pre-hurricane mobile traffic, with priority given to the hardest hit areas and key towns.

These areas include Negril, Savanna-la-Mar, Falmouth, and Black River. Efforts are now focused on restoring mobile services in other less-affected areas.