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The Government has launched the Shelter Recovery Programme (SRP), a multifaceted and coordinated national response to support individuals and families whose homes were damaged during the passage of Hurricane Melissa on October 28. This initiative...

As the Government transitions its post-disaster response to a cash-based assistance model, it will continue to collaborate with key international partners to provide support for citizens recovering from the impacts of Hurricane Melissa. “We are...

A Westmoreland resident has been charged for allegedly setting the Grange Hill home of a woman on fire on Boxing Day last year following an argument. Charged with arson is 25-year-old Kimberly Wedderburn, otherwise called ‘Kim’, a domestic worker...

The St James Municipal Corporation is embarking on an Adopt-a-House programme, which will invite individuals, corporate sponsors and civic partners to adopt, renovate and properly equip damaged homes across the municipality. It will be supported by...

The National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NARA), a body to lead Jamaica's rebuilding following Hurricane Melissa's destruction, is now operating as a department of Cabinet, Information Minister, Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon, has...

The police inspector charged in connection with a multi-million dollar cocaine seizure in Woodford Park, St. Andrew, was granted $2.5 million bail on Wednesday during his first court appearance. Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime...

A correctional officer has been charged following an Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) probe into the alleged assault of an inmate at the Horizon Adult Remand Centre in Kingston last year. INDECOM said Correctional Officer Romel...

Young Jamaica, the youth arm of the governing JLP, has dismissed as “barefaced and disingenuous” comments by Opposition health spokesman Dr Alfred Dawes blaming lack of oversight for procurement breaches at the University Hospital of the West...