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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott (second right), is assisted by Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Glendon Harris (right) and Executive Director of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), Ronald Jackson (second left), to cut the ribbon to officially open the 8th Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM), at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay, on December 2. The five-day conference is being held under the theme: 'CDM for resilient development: a good investment'. At left is Acting Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Richard Thompson.
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott (second right), is assisted by Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Glendon Harris (right) and Executive Director of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), Ronald Jackson (second left), to cut the ribbon to officially open the 8th Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM), at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa in Montego Bay, on December 2. The five-day conference is being held under the theme: 'CDM for resilient development: a good investment'. At left is Acting Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Richard Thompson.

Countries Urged to Put in Place Sound Disaster Risk Reduction Systems

By: Glenis A. Rose, December 5, 2013
Countries in the region have been urged to put in place urgently, sound environmental management and disaster risk reduction systems, as they are at greater danger to natural hazards than...
Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Colin Bullock (left), emphasises the importance of the e-Dashboard of National Indicators for the Vision 2030 National Development Plan, at the launch of the online tool, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in Kingston, on Wednesday, December 4. Others participating in the event are (from right): Research Assistant, JamStats Secretariat, Kirk Chambers; Programme Director, Plan Development Unit, PIOJ, Michael Lumsden; and Deputy United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Representative, Deirdre Kiernan (partly hidden).

PIOJ Launches Online System to Track Vision 2030 Progress

By: Alphea Saunders, December 5, 2013
Deputy Commissioner of Police, Clifford Blake (right), assists Secretary, Police and Judicial Services Commissions, Judith Cheese-Morris (2nd right), in cutting the ribbon, symbolising the opening of the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) museum at the Police Academy in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine on November 26. Also participating (from left) are: Former Deputy Commissioner of Police, Allan Lewis and Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Training and Chief Chaplain, JCF, Bishop Dr. Gary Welsh.

JCF Preserves Its 146-Year-Old History

By: Athaliah Reynolds-Baker, November 28, 2013

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