The United States has delivered various military equipment and materials to Haiti as the United Nations sanctioned Kenyan-led Multi-national Support Mission to the French-speaking CARICOM country has warned the criminal gangs that “we have a job that we are committed to do”.
Read more: US military equipment and supplies arrive in Haiti
WITH Jamaica being hit by “some form of natural disaster” almost every two years over the last eight years, Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Government intends to “mainstream climate resilience” in the budgeting process to ensure that the country is not forced to borrow when disasters hit, as it has done in the past.
Read more: PM announces climate resilience plan as NCB launches $300-million disaster relief fund
The Opposition Spokesman on Housing and Sustainable Living, Senator Professor Floyd Morris, is calling on the Government to establish special measures to assist Jamaicans whose houses have been devastated by Hurricane Beryl.
With the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season predicted to be above normal, Opposition Leader Mark Golding is calling on the Government to be proactive in its preparation for the possibility of any system affecting Jamaica.
Read more: Golding urges Gov’t to be proactive; wants quick response in ravaged southern parishes
"We are very fortunate that Hurricane Beryl did not make landfall in Jamaica as the trajectory of the centre of the hurricane Beryl passed 45 miles south of Kingston and continued just off Jamaica’s south coast. "
Read more: Statement from Minister of Finance Nigel Clarke on funding Beryl damage