“We want peace.” Little voices with a big message.
The Office of the Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) will partner with several local stakeholders to test a tsunami early warning system in Port Maria, St Mary, on March 19.The disclosure was made by ODPEM's Regional Coordinator, Marlon Brown, at Monday's meeting of the St. Mary Chamber of Commerce, which was held at the Casa Maria Hotel in Port Maria.
Deputy Auditor General Marlon McAdam is reporting an increase in the number of outstanding financial statements to be submitted by Municipal Corporations (MCs).Mr. McAdam, who was speaking on the Auditor General's 2025 Annual Report, said 95 financial statements were outstanding.
Deputy Auditor General, Marlon McAdam, made the disclosure at this morning's sitting of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament.He was giving an overview of an audit conducted of the Ministry's appropriation accounts for the 2023/2024 period.
There was a 7.5% contraction compared to the corresponding period in 2024.The data was presented by Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Wayne Henry, during the PIOJ quarterly review of the economy this morning.