Richard Thompson (centre), Acting Director of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), presents a gift to the President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Akihiko Tanaka, during a visit and tour of the ODPEM headquarters on Haining Road in Kingston on Wednesday (July 31). Next to him is the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Marsha Henry-Smith. During the visit, Mr Tanaka and other JICA officials were updated on the progress of the Jamaica Emergency Communications System Improvement Project, a collaborative project between ODPEM and the agency.
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Richard Thompson (right), Acting Director of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), talks with Akihiko Tanaka (second from left), President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and Mitsuyoshi Kawasaki, Permanent Representative, during a courtesy call and site visit at the ODPEM headquarters in Kingston on Wednesday (July 31). Both JICA officials were updated on the progress of the Jamaica Emergency Communications System Improvement Project, a collaborative project between ODPEM and the agency.Akihiko Tanaka (centre), president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), receives an update on the Jamaica Emergency Communications System Improvement Project during a courtesy visit and site visit by Dane Lawrence (left), telecommunications systems and project engineer at the Jamaica Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), at ODPEM’s headquarters on Haining Road in Kingston on Wednesday (July 31). JICA Resident Representative Mitsuyoshi Kawasaki was also briefed on the progress. The project is a collaborative effort between ODPEM and JICA.
