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The Chief Executive Officer at the Jamaica Employers Federation (JEF) Jacqueline Coke Lloyd has resigned.

The agriculture ministry is urging farmers to take the necessary precautions to protect their lives and livestock as Gustav threatens the island.

The Meteorological Service upgraded the tropical storm warning and hurricane watch this morning after reconnaissance aircraft detected hurricane force winds just east of the centre of Tropical Storm Gustav.

Gustav has reportedly killed at least 16 people in Haiti and the Dominican Republic before being downgraded to a tropical storm.

Minister of State with Responsibility for Local Government, Robert Montague says all the parish emergency centres have been allocated $100,000.

The Denham Town Police are probing the circumstances, which led to the shooting death of a man on Third Street in Kingston 12, last night.

The National Works Agency (NWA) is appealing for help from members of the public to reduce the widespread theft and vandalism of road signs.

Emergency groups in Portland are now meeting to finalise last minute disaster strategies, ahead of the expected unfavorably weather conditions from Tropical Storm Gustav.

Lawyers representing the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) and tenants at a plaza in Cross Roads, Kingston are heading back to court today.

The Government is pushing for the signing of the Cariforum-European Union Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), despite a warning from the Opposition to think carefully before inking the deal.

The National Works Agency (NWA) said the repair work done on the Palisadoes roadway is sufficient to withstand the onslaught of a category one storm.

The banana industry in the Windward islands has reportedly fully recovered from the damage caused by Hurricane Dean a year ago.