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The Westmoreland Parish Council has added its support to the Haiti earthquake relief effort, opening a bank account where persons can make monetary donations. At yesterday's (Jan. 14) meeting of the Council held in Savanna-la-mar, His Worship the Mayor Councillor Bertel Moore, pledged $10,000 of his own money to the fund. He told JIS News that the Council has seen...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding will be travelling to the Far and Middle East during the year to "sell" opportunities in Jamaica. Making the announcement during a national broadcast on January 13, Mr. Golding noted that the prospects for investment here were good and that he intended to improve the way in which Jamaica attracted international investment. "The way...

Prime Minister Bruce Golding will be travelling to the Far and Middle East during the year to "sell" opportunities in Jamaica. Making the announcement during a national broadcast on January 13, Mr. Golding noted that the prospects for investment here were good and that he intended to improve the way in which Jamaica attracted international investment. "The way forward is...

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...

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...

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...

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'...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding, accompanied by Minister with responsibility for Information, Daryl Vaz, Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller, and other members of rescue and emergency agencies, are now on their way to Haiti. The delegation will determine the immediate assistance to be rendered by Jamaica in conjunction with international partners in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake which...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is leading Jamaica's response to Haiti's earthquake disaster of January 12. The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) will transport supplies to the Haitian Capital departing at midnight January 13 and will serve as a base for the Prime Minister's visit tomorrow (Jan 14) and medical support thereafter. The ship will contain relief...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding told the nation on Wednesday (Jan 13) night that the way forward for Jamaica is exciting, although it will not be without challenges. Speaking in a national broadcast in which he outlined new economic initiatives to reduce the debt and the budget deficit and widen the social safety net for the poor, Mr. Golding,...

Jamaica has agreed to an intensive and extensive programme of monitoring and surveillance by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to ensure that it meets the targets of the new loan agreement, Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding said Wednesday night (January 13). "There is data that we will have to transmit on a daily, weekly, fortnightly and monthly basis. We...