Tacky High School
A team from the Gleaner toured the parish of St Mary as part of its ‘Back To School’ coverage today.
Look out for the full report in tomorrow’s Jamaica Gleaner as we speak with the principals and vice principals of the affected schools.
Exclusive audio and video footage will also be on this blog [...]
The Gleaner, Power 106FM and www.go-jamaica.com would like to assist the utility companies of Jamaica to help the public.
Can you leave a comment if your community is without light or water or blocked off as a result of land slippage? You do not need to leave your name. We just need the name of [...]
Below is a listing of schools in Jamaica that will not open tomorrow as a result of damage.
Schools with significant damage to the roof:
Fair Prospect Primary
Fair Prospect High
Manchioneal All-Age
Islington High
Reach All-Age
Happy Grove High
St Mary High
Tacky High School
Lime Hall Primary
August Town Primary
Schools that are difficult to access because of flooding or land slippage:
Cascade All Age
Mavis [...]
Chief Education Officer, Jasper Lawrence said some schools will not open on Wednesday as scheduled due to significant damage associated with Tropical Storm Gustav.
Mr. Lawrence said the Ministry is now in the process of compiling a list of those schools.
He said the schools would resume on a phased basis.
He said the Office of Disaster Preparedness [...]
The National Water Commission (NWC) said service has been restored to all major plants across the island.
Communications Manager at the NWC, Charles Buchanan, said the commission has been finding it difficult to access some rural communities.
He said water should be restored to communities served by the Hope River Plant by Wednesday.
According to Mr. Buchanan, the [...]
The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) said power has been restored to about 92 percent of its customers.
Communications Officer at the JPS, Ruthlyn Johnson, said access to several areas has been a major challenge in completing its work.
She said the power company is working with the National Work Agency (NWA) in a bid to restore power [...]
The Ministry of Education has pushed back the opening of schools to next week Wednesday, September 3.
Chief Education Officer in the Ministry Jasper Lawrence says the decision was made in order to allow some students and teachers to be better prepared following the effects of Tropical Storm Gustav.
He says those schools which are unable to [...]
If you are in Jamaica or you have got family and friends in Jamaica do not miss today’s edition of the The STAR at a special price of $25.
In this special edition you will find the photos, the stories chronicling the passage of Tropical Storm Gustav.
If can’t get a copy today, remember you can contact [...]
Finally the Tropical Storm Warning has been lifted. Jamaica now breathes a sigh of relief and the re-building can now begin. Hurricane Gustav is now a category 3 hurricane as at 7:00 a.m. EST.
For interest in the Cayman Islands, the eye is now to the North-West but the island was and is still being [...]
Early Friday morning, August 29, 2008, a section of the Harbour View Bridge collapsed as a result of the raging waters caused by the passage of Tropical Storm Gustav.
Here is a photo taken by Anna Overton, a Gleaner Online reader captured the damage. For more photos visit the Gallery
To get a perspective of where the [...]
