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Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management

UPDATE: Tropical Storm Warning Remains in Effect for Jamaica

Press Release #4: The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) wishes to advise that a TROPICAL STORM WARNING remains in effect for Jamaica. As Tropical Storm Earl forms to the southwest of the island, the ODPEM advises persons...
Head of the Meteorological Service of Jamaica, Evan Thompson.
Head of the Meteorological Service of Jamaica, Evan Thompson.

Tropical Storm Warning Remains in Effect for Jamaica
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), and Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, listen as Director of the Meteorological Service Division in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Evan Thompson, addresses journalists, during Monday’s (August 1) media briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM).
Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), and Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, listen as Director of the Meteorological Service Division in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Evan Thompson, addresses journalists, during Monday’s (August 1) media briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM).

Jamaica on Tropical Storm Warning
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (standing, left) and General Manager, Country Department, Caribbean Group, Inter-American Development Bank, Therese Turner Jones (standing, right), observe as (from left) Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Audrey Sewell; Managing Director, Development Bank of Jamaica, Milverton Reynolds; General Manager, JN Small Business Loans, Gillian Hyde; and Programme Manager, Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ), Allison Rangolan McFarlane sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the Adaptation Programme and Financing Mechanism Project at Jamaica House, in St. Andrew, on July 28. Under the initiative, US$7.2 million will be made available to micro, small and medium-size enterprises (MSMEs) in the tourism and agricultural sectors to finance climate-change adaptation initiatives islandwide.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (standing, left) and General Manager, Country Department, Caribbean Group, Inter-American Development Bank, Therese Turner Jones (standing, right), observe as (from left) Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Audrey Sewell; Managing Director, Development Bank of Jamaica, Milverton Reynolds; General Manager, JN Small Business Loans, Gillian Hyde; and Programme Manager, Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ), Allison Rangolan McFarlane sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the Adaptation Programme and Financing Mechanism Project at Jamaica House, in St. Andrew, on July 28. Under the initiative, US$7.2 million will be made available to micro, small and medium-size enterprises (MSMEs) in the tourism and agricultural sectors to finance climate-change adaptation initiatives islandwide.

US$ 7.2 Million to Boost Climate Change Resilience
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (at podium), speaks at the opening session for a Caribbean Regional Policy Dialogue on Environmental Licensing and Compliance conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, on July 27. Seated (from left) are General Manager, Caribbean Country Department, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Therese Turner-Jones; and Chief, Environmental Safeguards Unit, IDB, Janine Ferrett
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (at podium), speaks at the opening session for a Caribbean Regional Policy Dialogue on Environmental Licensing and Compliance conference at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, on July 27. Seated (from left) are General Manager, Caribbean Country Department, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Therese Turner-Jones; and Chief, Environmental Safeguards Unit, IDB, Janine Ferrett

Licensing Regime for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Consultants

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Government to Launch National Campaign Against Violence

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Cabinet Approves Sale of Land for Hotel Project

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PM Satisfied With Assurances

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PM Says Cooperation to be Given Priority

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Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), greets Dr. the Hon. Keith Rowley, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, on his arrival at the Norman Manley International Airport on July 17, for the start of an Official Visit to the island which concluded yesterday (July 21).
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Prime Minister Accepts Invitation to Visit Trinidad

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(From left) Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang; President of the Port Authority of Jamaica, Professor Gordon Shirley; and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL), Olivier Tretout take a ride on a container-handling gantry crane during a tour of the Port of Kingston, on July 20.
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Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) in Talks to Bring More Ships to Port of Kingston

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