MGI took a lead role in the preparations at the Operations Room at the National Works Agency's Emergency Operations Centre, spending three days there assisting with coordinating existing information with incoming and available data, including media reports, direct reports from people calling...

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Jamaica (ICAJ) has selected General Manager of the Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS) as the 2016 ICAJ distinguished member awardee. The award seeks to recognise a member who has contributed, through his or her achievements, to the prestige and...

Beach erosion occurs when waves and currents remove sand from the beach system. The loss of sand causes the beach to become narrower and lower in elevation. Storm waves carry the sand offshore, depositing and storing the sediment in large sandbars. Technically, constructing breakwaters along...

The term “climate departure” marks the point at which the earth’s climate begins to enter  into a new state, one where heat records are routinely shattered and what once was considered extreme will become the norm. A city hits climate departure when the average temperature of its coolest year from...