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 …
Cabinet has issued drafting instructions for three strategic laws, which are pivotal to the process of local government reform. These are: the Local Governance Act; …
New York: – Jamaica’s Minister of Local Government and Community development, the Hon. Noel Arscott, told a United Nations conference that hazard mitigation planning and …
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 …
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, says that drafting of the proposed Disaster Risk Management Bill is far advanced. He informed …
The Ministry of Local Government and Community Development is reporting progress on work to implement the Local Economic Development (LED) programme, which seeks to enhance …
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