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Representatives of Corporate Jamaica were on Thursday (January 14) provided with information on disaster awareness and planning during an Earthquake/Tsunami Workshop organised by the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM). The seminar, held at the Ministry of Health, King Street, downtown Kingston provided disaster risk management education for members of the downtown Kingston business district deemed to be...

Details of Jamaica's and CARICOM's response to the earthquake disaster in Haiti of Tuesday (January 12) will be disclosed at a media briefing at Jamaica House in Kingston at Noon, today. This was disclosed on the return of Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding, last night after leading a team to Haiti Thursday (January 14), which also included Leader of...

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Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding, accompanied by disaster managers including the Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) Ronald Jackson left for Haiti today with a view to assess the extent of damage and identify priority needs. ODPEM has implemented "Help Haiti" and advises the public that persons who wish to make donations can...

The Government's $700 billion Jamaica Debt Exchange (JDX) offer initiative was launched on Thursday (January 14) at the Bank of Jamaica's (BoJ) auditorium, downtown Kingston. Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding, urged support for the undertaking, and pledged the administration's commitment to good governance. The JDX is a new debt management initiative involving the voluntary exchange of existing bonds, excluding...

The Government has been lauded for its debt exchange programme initiative by the President of the Jamaica Bankers Association, Minna Israel. She was speaking at the launch of the Jamaica Debt Exchange programme today (Jan 14) at the Bank of Jamaica's auditorium in Kingston. Miss Israel said: "We hope that we will see the economic growth and development programme. We...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding has given his commitment to provide strong leadership on the part of the Government, leadership that is prepared to do what is right, to take the political risk and to invest the political capital so that history will judge the correctness of the actions taken. Mr. Golding was speaking at the launch of the...

Prime Minister the Hon Bruce Golding, has said that a team of doctors and nurses will leave the island on Friday (January 15) to offer medical assistance to Haitians, who have been injured in the earthquake that shook the island on Tuesday, January 12. "We have a team of 20 doctors and nurses that are leaving tomorrow. They'll be there...

Residents of Falmouth and adjoining communities in Trelawny are benefitting from a public education campaign aimed at increasing their awareness about earthquakes and to arm them with preparedness strategies. The campaign, which is being carried out by the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) in collaboration with the Trelawny Parish Council, got underway in December but has been...

Minister of National Security, Senator the Hon. Dwight Nelson, has said that the Ministry, through the Department of Correctional Services (DCS), will be vigorously pursuing alternatives to incarceration this year. In a speech read by Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Major Richard Reese, during the DCS' thanksgiving and commitment service at the St. Paul's United Church in Kingston today (January...

As relief and charity agencies continue to provide assistance to Haiti in the aftermath of Tuesday's (January 12) devastating earthquake in Haiti, Jamaicans are being urged to contribute to the effort. Leading the charge, and to ramp up its own relief efforts, the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) will be staging a collection drive tagged 'Help Haiti'...

Cabinet has approved $24 million to JAMPRO to fund export promotion and facilitation overseas. The money will fund the re-opening of the Toronto office and support the Jamaica Marketing Company (JAMCO) office and the reactivation of JAMCO under Jampro's London office in England. Minister with responsibility for Information Hon. Daryl Vaz said that the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce,...