Normalcy has returned to the island’s tourism sector after Jamaica was spared the brunt of Hurricane Matthew. The system, which did not make landfall in Jamaica, is now making its way along the western coast of Haiti. This as the Meteorological Service of Jamaica has indicated that though Matthew remains a Category 4 system the tropical storm warning has been discontinued, as the system is no longer considered a threat to the island. They have underscored that severe flooding is less likely today as the system moves further away from Jamaica.
I-Ofisi yoLungiso lweNtlekele kunye noLawulo oluNgxamisekileyo (i-ODPEM) iye yanciphisa imisebenzi kwiZiko leSizwe lokuSebenza ngokuNgxamisekileyo (NEOC) ukuya kwiNqanaba loku-1, ekunciphiseni izinga lokusongela kweNkanyamba uMatthew. Ngenxa yoko iZiko lemiSebenzi yezoKhenketho oluNgxamisekileyo (TEOC), elikwihotele yaseJamaica Pegasus, iyekisiwe ngoku.
ISikhululo seenqwelomoya saMazwe ngaMazwe saseSangster sisaqhubeka nokusebenza okuqhelekileyo ngelixa isikhululo seenqwelomoya iNorman Manley International sibuyele ekusebenzeni rhoqo emini emaqanda namhlanje. Onke amazibuko aselwandle nawo aya kuvulwa ngentsimbi yesi-3:00 ngokuhlwa namhlanje, ngelixa iinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa zicwangciselwe ukufika echwebeni ngomso, nge-5 kaOkthobha.
Ngelixa encoma amaqabane okhenketho ngokuphaphile ngexesha lokuhamba kukaMateyu, uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho, uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett ugxininise ukuba “imisebenzi yokhenketho ngoku ibuyele esiqhelweni njengoko iJamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) ichaze ukuba khange kubekho zingxelo zomonakalo kumaqumrhu okhenketho kwaye onke amaqabane okhenketho abuyele kwimisebenzi eqhelekileyo.”
“Isiqhelo sibuyela kuqoqosho ngokubanzi njengoko onke amasebe karhulumente, amasebe kunye nee-arhente ziphinde zavulwa ngentsimbi yeshumi kusasa namhlanje kwaye amashishini asekuhlaleni ebuyela kwimisebenzi yesiqhelo. Inkqubo yezothutho zikawonke-wonke nayo iphinde yaqalisa inkonzo elinganiselweyo namhlanje. Ke ngoko iJamaica ivulelwe ishishini, ”wongeze watsho.
