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Jamaica will be relying heavily on the local branches of international charity organisations, such as the Red Cross and the Salvation Army, to help in co-ordinating its aid efforts to Haiti. At a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House in Kingston on Wednesday (January 13), Minister with responsibility for Information, Hon. Daryl Vaz, stated that with communications hampered and the...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh in a letter to his Haitian counterpart, Her Excellency Marie-Michele Rey today (Wednesday Jan 13), expressed his deep regret and sadness to the Haitian Government and people for the suffering caused by the devastating earthquake that rocked that country. Dr. Baugh said that Jamaica stands...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is advising that given our limited storage capacity and other resource constraints we can only accept cash donations to assist with relief for Haiti at this time. Cash donations can be deposited at any National Commercial Bank (NCB) branch, account number 212387304. Persons who have other items they wish to donate...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding, will lead a delegation, which will include the Leader of the Opposition the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, to Haiti today (Jan. 14). The delegation will assess the nature of immediate assistance, which can be rendered by Jamaica in conjunction with international partners following the January 12 earthquake, which has devastated that country. Yesterday...

Former Prime Ministers, the Most Hon. PJ Patterson and the Most Hon. Edward Seaga have offered their assistance to the Government in response to the Haitian earthquake. In a letter addressed to Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding and Opposition Leader the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, the former leaders expressed support for the Government's move to offer immediate assistance...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) will dispatch the first batch of supplies and personnel to Haiti tonight (January 13) as Jamaica begins support for the earthquake relief process. Speaking with JIS News, Director General of the ODPEM, Ronald Jackson said that a Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Coast Guard vessel will be transporting the relief personnel and...

A literary and pictorial exhibition on earthquakes in Jamaica opened yesterday (Jan. 12) at the Hanover Parish Library in Lucea. Included are books and posters, which explain how an earthquake occurs, major quakes in Jamaica and their effects, emergency services, and the need to be prepared. The exhibition, which is open to the public, forms part of activities in the...

The Jamaica Defence Force will within the next 24 hours deploy a County Class Vessel with a Company Group of soldiers comprising one hundred and fifty (150) medical, engineering, infantry and logistics personnel as part of emergency rescue and relief efforts in Haiti. Personnel from the Jamaica Constabulary Force will also be included in this contingent. The contingent will take...

The Government of Jamaica has responded quickly to the earthquake disaster in Caribbean neighbour Haiti and is mobilising relief supplies to send to that country. Contributions from the private sector as well as supplies from the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) will also be sent to Haiti today (Jan.13). Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding, in a...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding, will outline details of the Government's debt management programme in an address to the nation tonight (Jan. 13). The nationwide broadcast will be aired on all radio and television stations at 9:00 pm. The highlight of the Prime Minister's address will be the Jamaica Debt Exchange, to be launched tomorrow (Jan. 14) at the...

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) reported Tuesday night (January 12), that it had been advised by the Earthquake Unit that a felt earthquake of magnitude M7.0 (USGS report) and a focal depth of 10km was located in the Haiti region, near Port-Au-Prince at 4:53p.m.. The earthquake was felt in several areas of Jamaica including: Liguanea, Barbican,...

Cheryl Burrell and Dionne Rowe have been operating a small grocery shop in Arnett Gardens for more than a year. The two women admit that things have not been easy, but say that through the profits of their business they have been able to survive. "It is because of this little shop here that I am able to buy food,...