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Natalie Neita Garvey
The Parliamentary Opposition has raised concern about what it says was a lack of urgent warning from the government about the tsunami alert on Saturday evening following the 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck in the Caribbean Sea.
A potential tsunami threat was initially forecast for 20 countries, including seven CDEMA Participating States, among them Jamaica.
It was later revised to 13 countries, still including Jamaica.
Shadow Minister of Local Government, Natalie Neita Garvey says during this period the Office of Disaster Preparedness & Emergency Management failed to alert the country about the likely danger.
She says the Opposition considers this a gross dereliction of duty and an extremely irresponsible failure by the Local Government Ministry and the Office of Disaster Preparedness & Emergency Management [ODPEM].
Mrs Neita Garvey is calling for an urgent review of the country's disaster alert and warning systems.
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