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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott (right), in discussion with (from left): Chief Planner at the Urban Development Corporation, Ronald Brown; Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Richard Thompson; and Scientific Officer at the Earthquake Unit, University of the West Indies, Mona, Karleen Black. Occasion was the press conference and launch of Earthquake Awareness Week 2014, at the Haining Road headquarters of the ODPEM, on January 13.
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott (right), in discussion with (from left): Chief Planner at the Urban Development Corporation, Ronald Brown; Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Richard Thompson; and Scientific Officer at the Earthquake Unit, University of the West Indies, Mona, Karleen Black. Occasion was the press conference and launch of Earthquake Awareness Week 2014, at the Haining Road headquarters of the ODPEM, on January 13.

Major Focus on Earthquake Preparedness

By: Alphea Saunders, January 14, 2014
The Ministry of Local Government, through the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), continues to sustain and ramp up earthquake preparedness activities, in collaboration with local and international...
Public Relations Officer at the Jamaica Fire Brigade, Emilio Ebanks. (FILE)

Fire Safety Permits Required for Every Event

By: Shelly-Ann Irving, December 24, 2013
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott (centre), along with Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Colin Fagan (second left), and Public Defender, Earl Witter (left), peruse a copy of the Medium-term Socio-Economic Framework 2012-2015, at the launch of the governance thematic working group, at the Ministry’s Hagley Park Road offices on December 17. Looking on are (from fourth left): Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dione Jennings, and Programme Director, Vision 2030 Jamaica Secretariat, Richard Lumsden.

Drafting Instructions Given for Local Governance Laws

By: Athaliah Reynolds-Baker, December 17, 2013

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