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Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis (right) and Chief Executive Officer of the St. James Municipal Corporation, Gerald Lee (second right), looks at firefighting equipment on display, during the Jamaica Fire Brigade's (JFB) Awareness and Health Fair in Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay, on Tuesday (Oct. 29). Superintendent of the JFB’s St. James Division, Dolphin Doeman (third right), points out some of the tools, while Assistant Commissioner at the JFB – Area 4, Floyd McLean (fouirth right), and other firefighters look on.
Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis (right) and Chief Executive Officer of the St. James Municipal Corporation, Gerald Lee (second right), looks at firefighting equipment on display, during the Jamaica Fire Brigade's (JFB) Awareness and Health Fair in Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay, on Tuesday (Oct. 29). Superintendent of the JFB’s St. James Division, Dolphin Doeman (third right), points out some of the tools, while Assistant Commissioner at the JFB – Area 4, Floyd McLean (fouirth right), and other firefighters look on.

Fire Brigade Focused On ‘Fixing Mindsets’

By: Serena Grant, October 31, 2019
Assistant Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) Area 4, Floyd McLean, says the agency is focused on “fixing mindsets” in order to prevent fires. This is in keeping with...
Resident Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Takeshi Takano (left), in conversation with Planning Manager, National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Edson Carr, at the launch of the Rae Town plastic recycling pilot project on October 30, at the Courtyard by Marriott, in Kingston. The project seeks to reduce the volume of waste entering the Kingston Harbour and provide income-generating opportunities for community members.

Plastic Recycling Pilot Project Launched In Rae Town

By: Rochelle Williams, October 30, 2019
Commissioner, Jamaica Fire Brigade, Stewart Beckford, speaks at Portmore Holiness Christian Church in Hellshire, St. Catherine, on Sunday (October 27), at the start of Fire and Life Safety Awareness Week 2019.

PHOTOS: Fire And Life Safety Awareness Week 2019

By: Tracey Thompson, October 29, 2019

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Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, speaks at the opening of the two-day ‘Making Cities Resilient’ workshop, on October 22, at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston. It is being held under the theme ‘Disaster Risk Reduction and Making Cities Resilient: Towards the Development and Implementation of a Local Disaster Risk Reduction Strategy’.
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Disaster Risk Reduction Workshop

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, is currently hosting a two-day workshop in Kingston to equip...
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By: Rochelle Williams, October 23, 2019