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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott (centre); and Director General, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Major Clive Davis, listen to a comment from Ambassador of Argentina to Jamaica, His Excellency Ariel Fernandez. Occasion was the launch of Earthquake Awareness Month 2016 on January 5, at the ODPEM’s offices in Kingston.
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott (centre); and Director General, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Major Clive Davis, listen to a comment from Ambassador of Argentina to Jamaica, His Excellency Ariel Fernandez. Occasion was the launch of Earthquake Awareness Month 2016 on January 5, at the ODPEM’s offices in Kingston.

Minister Arscott to Seek Cabinet Approval for Tabling Of Revised Building Act

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, says he will be seeking Cabinet approval shortly for the tabling of the revised Building Act in Parliament. He was speaking at the launch of Earthquake Awareness Month 2016 at...
Immediate past Chairman of the Kitson Town Community Development Committee (CDC), Donna-Marie Daley (right), converses with (from left): Principal of the Kitson Town All Age School, Nerica Hay-Powell, and Social Development Commission (SDC) Community Development Officers, Janice Golding Williams and Norda Lyons, at the recent groundbreaking ceremony for the $15 million community resource centre, in Kitson Town, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Immediate past Chairman of the Kitson Town Community Development Committee (CDC), Donna-Marie Daley (right), converses with (from left): Principal of the Kitson Town All Age School, Nerica Hay-Powell, and Social Development Commission (SDC) Community Development Officers, Janice Golding Williams and Norda Lyons, at the recent groundbreaking ceremony for the $15 million community resource centre, in Kitson Town, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Kitson Town CDC Putting Together Economic Enterprise to Benefit Community
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left), speaking with community member, Joan Martin (right), in the New Day Primary and Junior High School Research and Remedial Education Centre/Community Access Point (CAP), which was opened recently.
Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell (left), speaking with community member, Joan Martin (right), in the New Day Primary and Junior High School Research and Remedial Education Centre/Community Access Point (CAP), which was opened recently.

Two New CAP Sites in January
Head of the Community Safety and Security Branch, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Bishop Dr. Gary Welsh. (FILE)
Head of the Community Safety and Security Branch, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Bishop Dr. Gary Welsh. (FILE)

Residents Of Williamsfield Gardens Launch Neighbourhood Watch
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director in Jamaica, Denise A. Herbol, speaking with JIS News, at the recent groundbreaking ceremony for the $15 million Kitson Town Community Resource Centre, in St. Catherine.
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director in Jamaica, Denise A. Herbol, speaking with JIS News, at the recent groundbreaking ceremony for the $15 million Kitson Town Community Resource Centre, in St. Catherine.

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United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director to Jamaica, Denise A. Herbol (left), engages with students of the Kitson Town All-age School at the breaking of ground for the establishment of the $15 million Kitson Town Community Resource Centre in St. Catherine on December 3. Looking on at second left is Deputy Superintendent of Police, Hector Cummings, of the St. Catherine North Police Division.
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Kitson Town to Get $15 Million Community Centre

Ground was broken on Thursday, December 3, for the establishment of a resource and empowerment centre to serve Kitson Town and surrounding communities in the rural St. Catherine area. The $15 million project is being funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under phase two of its Community Empowerment and Transformation Project (COMET II). The Kitson Town...
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Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (second left), listens intently while National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) Chief Executive Officer, Peter Knight (right), delivers his report during a recent Heads of Agencies and Departments meeting at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices. Also listening, from left, are: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Alwyn Hales; and Director General, Dr. Sharon Crooks (partly hidden).
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Persons Encouraged to Practice Proper Solid Waste Disposal

Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, is again encouraging persons to undertake proper disposal of domestic and commercial waste, and refrain from depositing these materials in drains, gullies, and waterways. This, he says, in order to prevent the occurrence of flooding and pollution, among other consequences, which can result from improper disposal of debris, and which...
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Minister Pickersgill pleased with progress on $1b Innswood Groundwater Project

Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, has expressed satisfaction with the progress of work on the $1 billion artificial groundwater recharge system, being built at Innswood, St. Catherine, by the National Water Commission (NWC). The project, which commenced 15 months ago, is scheduled for completion by the end of November, and will supply nearly five million...
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Member of Parliament for East Central St. Catherine and Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Arnaldo Brown (right), looks at something being pointed out by United States Ambassador to Jamaica, Luis Moreno, at the opening of the Gregory Park Community Development Centre in St. Catherine today (November 18). The centre was constructed under the United States Agency for International Development
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$15 Million Community Resource Centre Opens in Gregory Park

Residents of Gregory Park, St. Catherine, are set to benefit from a $15 million community resource centre. The facility, which was officially opened today (November 18), was constructed under the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Community Empowerment and Transformation Project, Phase II (COMET II). The Gregory Park Community Resource Centre boasts a Community Development Council/Community-Based Organisations (CDC/CBO) office,...
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Salvation Army Western Division Looking To Raise $7 Million

The Salvation Army’s Western Jamaica Division is looking to raise $7 million through its Christmas Kettle Appeal launched on Friday (November 13) at Scotiabank’s Financial Centre in Montego Bay. The money will provide food and other necessities for thousands of less fortunate Jamaicans in the parishes of Trelawny, Hanover, Westmoreland, and St. Elizabeth. Divisional Commander at The Salvation Army, Major...
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Students Urged To Take a Stand Against Violence

Students are being urged to take a stand against violence inflicted on women and girls and all types of child abuse, by Vice President, Development and Community Service, University of Technology (UTech), Professor Rosalea Hamilton. Speaking at UTech Students’ Union launch of the 50th Annual Tag Drive, on November 9, on the campus, in Kingston, the Professor implored the students...
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UTech Students’ Union Launches $2 Million Tag Drive

The University of Technology (UTech) Students’ Union launched its 50th annual Tag Drive on November 9, with a target of $2 million, to be generated from donors across the island and events scheduled to take place this week. Dubbed the ‘Golden Drive’, this year’s event is being observed under the theme: ‘End the Silence, Stop the Violence Against Women and...
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