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'Our stakeholders outlined their respective plans, and as a group we explored every aspect in an effort to ensure that the parish of St James and its residents will not be adversely affected in the event of a storm, heavy rains or a major hurricane,' said Disaster Preparedness Co-ordinator for the parish, noting that all is in place to meet the 2014 hurricane season...

Speaking Tuesday at Jamaica's launch of the global campaign - Making Cities Resilient: 'My City is Getting Ready!', the Minister of Local Government and Community Development said, 'this poses a serious challenge for central and local government disaster management agency, environment planning agency and our international partners'...

The Ecosystem-Based Approaches for Climate Change Adaptation in Coastal Zones of Small Island Developing States in the Caribbean (EBACC) programme will be implemented in Jamaica, St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines...

With less than a year before its scheduled completion, activities are on track for the 30-month Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction Project. Public awareness and community based disaster risk management have been a particular focus...

'From all indications, the communities did very well,' said Karema Aikens-Mitchell, a senior director from the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) of Jamaica, pointing to a number of disaster mitigation projects which may have prevented the loss of millions of dollars in property and may even have saved lives...

The Jamaica Observer warns that there is a possibility of a tsunami striking Jamaica, and that it could have a devastating effect on the population, on the economy and on the infrastructure, since most of them are concentrated in the coastal areas...

'We are promoting risk reduction as a central theme in terms of government macro-economic programmes, so if we are talking about infrastructure, that is critical and essential to the country,' said ODPEM's director general, Ronald Jackson...

'Every structure and especially government infrastructure must be built to that code and that needs to be retro-fitted and I think that is the direction we need to focus,' said Ronald Jackson, director general of the ODPEM...