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Acting Director General, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Richard Thompson (left), observes as National Works Agency (NWA) Chief Executive Officer, E.G. Hunter, signs a copy of a contract for the execution of the Management of Slope Stability in Communities (MoSSaiC) project in the communities of Harbour Heights, Melbrook Heights, and Bedward Gardens in St. Andrew; and Breastworks, Portland, during the signing ceremony at ODPEM’s Haining Road offices in Kingston, on June 25. The project, which is designed to enhance the disaster resilience and risk mitigation capacities of the communities, will be executed by the NWA over a 12-month period at a cost of $6 million. Funding is being provided by the Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF), through the World Bank.
Acting Director General, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Richard Thompson (left), observes as National Works Agency (NWA) Chief Executive Officer, E.G. Hunter, signs a copy of a contract for the execution of the Management of Slope Stability in Communities (MoSSaiC) project in the communities of Harbour Heights, Melbrook Heights, and Bedward Gardens in St. Andrew; and Breastworks, Portland, during the signing ceremony at ODPEM’s Haining Road offices in Kingston, on June 25. The project, which is designed to enhance the disaster resilience and risk mitigation capacities of the communities, will be executed by the NWA over a 12-month period at a cost of $6 million. Funding is being provided by the Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF), through the World Bank.

Risk Mitigation Capacities of Four Communities Being Strengthened

By: Douglas McIntosh, June 26, 2013
The disaster resilience and risk mitigation capacities of four communities are being boosted, under a project to be implemented by the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), at...
Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (left), is assisted by Councillor for the Treadways Division in St. Catherine, Sydney Rose (2nd right), to turn on phase two of the John Groyne water supply system, during Friday’s (June 21) commissioning ceremony. Sharing the occasion are staff members of Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL), which undertook the $13 million development, the National Water Commission (NWC), which will be responsible for its maintenance, and residents of the community.

Pickersgill Turns On Water System in Treadways

By: Douglas McIntosh, June 23, 2013
Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor Garth Wilkinson, encourages residents of Duanvale, Trelawny, to pay their property taxes, as he addresses a ceremony hosted by the Housing Agency of Jamaica at the Duanvale Primary School on June 13, where 35 persons received titles for their land.

35 in Duanvale Get Land Title

By: GARFIELD L. ANGUS, June 15, 2013

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