PM Urging Jamaicans to Support Each Other in Post Hurricane Period
By: , July 8, 2024
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, greets elderly residents of Rocky Point, Clarendon, during a visit to the community centre on Saturday (July 6). The facility is serving as a shelter for displaced citizens following the passage of Hurricane Beryl.
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), listens to a point from Minister of Labour and Social Security and Member of Parliament for Clarendon Southeastern, the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (second left), during a visit to the Rocky Point Community Centre in Clarendon on Saturday (July 6), which is being used as a shelter. Sharing in the conversation are Disaster Risk Management Coordinator for Clarendon, Norval Gayle (left), and Parish Manager for the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Audrey Royal.
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left) and Minister of Labour and Social Security and Member of Parliament for Southeastern Clarendon, the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., listen as elderly residents of Rocky Point recount their experience with Hurricane Beryl. The Prime Minister visited the community on Saturday (July 7) to get a firsthand look at damage following the passage of the hurricane and engage with residents.The Full Story
Jamaicans are being urged to support each other as communities recover from the impact of Hurricane Beryl.
Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, in making the call, said that while the Government has a very important role to play in times of disaster, “never forget that it is the community first that has this duty to protect itself and the people within it”.
“I don’t want you to feel powerless like you can’t do anything unless the government does; that doesn’t work. When I hear stories [of persons helping their neighbours] that is to be encouraged and promoted,” he said.
The Prime Minister was addressing residents at the Rocky Point Fishing Village during a tour of three severely impacted Southern Clarendon communities on July 6.
The other areas were Portland Cottage and Mitchell Town.
“Remember now, all of you, no matter your situation you can do something, and we have to encourage everyone who can, to do. The Government is going to come in but if the Government and the people are working together it will be much better,” the Prime Minister told the residents.
Regarding recovery assistance, the Prime Minister said the Government is working to address needs as quickly as possible.
He told the residents, most of whom are fisherfolk, that the Administration will be looking at “how best we can build some resilience in terms of a generator and storage system so that you don’t lose in a hurricane.”