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Sanitiser is being ejected from a premix truck on to a sidewalk along St. James Street, while workers from the St. James Municipal Corporation scrub the area. Occasion was a sanitisation exercise in Montego Bay on Sunday (June 28).
Sanitiser is being ejected from a premix truck on to a sidewalk along St. James Street, while workers from the St. James Municipal Corporation scrub the area. Occasion was a sanitisation exercise in Montego Bay on Sunday (June 28).

Montego Bay Streets Sanitised

By: Serena Grant, June 30, 2020
St. James Street and Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay have been sanitised by the parish’s municipal authority as part of ongoing measures to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19). The exercise...
Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon (standing, right); and Deputy Chairman of EduTech Aid Caribbean and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Project Manager at GeoTechVision, Stephen Wedderburn (standing, left), observe as two NSWMA sanitation workers and their children check out the features of their new Geo-X tablets. Seated (from left) are Sophia Clarke and her son, Tyrese Wright, who is a student of Camperdown High School; and Ascott High student, Rehanna Chung and her father, Michael Chung. EduTech and GeoTechVision have donated 20 tablets to help children of NSWMA staff access education material online. The devices were handed over at the NSWMA’s Head Office in St. Andrew on June 24.

Technology Entities Donate Tablets For Children Of Sanitation Workers

By: Charnele Henry, June 26, 2020
New shelter managers (from left) Fitzdale Roye, Aldelcia Baker and Cordelyn Campbell conduct an inspection, during a training exercise held at the St. Matthew's Anglican Church in Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth, on Wednesday, June 24. They are part of more than 25 new shelter managers trained on the day.

New Shelter Managers For St. Elizabeth

By: Okoye Henry, June 25, 2020

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Acting Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Richard Thompson, at a recent virtual town hall, organised by the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development.
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Tips To Prepare For A Shelter

Disaster and emergency response and health officials have offered tips to members of the public on how they should prepare for taking refuge at another residence or in a community...
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By: Charnele Henry, June 5, 2020