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Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (centre) converses with Portmore Mayor, Leon Thomas (left), during a tour of the new Portmore Municipal Corporation building site in St. Catherine on Friday (July 27). At right is Project Officer at the municipal corporation, Anthony Wilson.
Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (centre) converses with Portmore Mayor, Leon Thomas (left), during a tour of the new Portmore Municipal Corporation building site in St. Catherine on Friday (July 27). At right is Project Officer at the municipal corporation, Anthony Wilson.

New Portmore Municipal Building Will Benefit Residents

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says that citizens of Portmore and its environs will benefit from the Government’s investment in the construction of a new building to house the Portmore Municipal Corporation. He said the project,...
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. (File)
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. (File)

Local Government to Employ More Young Persons for Summer
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, (left) presents Retired Principal of Campbell’s Castle Primary and Infant School, Rev. Owen Lambert (right) with the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for Service to Education at the awards ceremony held on the lawns of Jamaica House on June 27.
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, (left) presents Retired Principal of Campbell’s Castle Primary and Infant School, Rev. Owen Lambert (right) with the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for Service to Education at the awards ceremony held on the lawns of Jamaica House on June 27.

Distinguished Educator Recognised for his Service to Education
Acting Director, Electronic Labour Exchange Department in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Dahlia Green (right), observes as young people from Denham Town, Kingston, complete a form. Occassion was an orientation session on Wednesday (July 4) at Medallion Hall Hotel in St. Andrew.
Acting Director, Electronic Labour Exchange Department in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Dahlia Green (right), observes as young people from Denham Town, Kingston, complete a form. Occassion was an orientation session on Wednesday (July 4) at Medallion Hall Hotel in St. Andrew.

Labour Ministry Preparing 60 Youngsters from Denham Town for Job Market
Executive Director, Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities, Dr. Christine Hendricks
Executive Director, Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities, Dr. Christine Hendricks

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Director of Surveys at the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Dr. Natalee Simpson.
Community

STATIN Urges Cooperation with Living Conditions Survey

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) is appealing for members of the public to cooperate with the officers who are out in the field gathering data for the 2018 Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions (JSLC). The data collection got under way on May 16 and will continue until September 7. Director of Surveys, Dr. Natalee Simpson, is encouraging householders to accommodate...
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Director of the Phillip and Christina Gore Family Foundation, Christine Gore (left), and National Coordinator for the HOPE Programme, Colonel Martin Rickman (second left), display a cheque for $6 million that was handed over to the programme, today (June 25), in Kingston. Also holding cheque are Chairman, Board of Directors, HEART Trust/ NTA, Edward Gabbidon, and Managing Director of the HEART Trust/NTA, Dr. Janet Dyer. The Gore Family Foundation recently formed a partnership with the HEART Trust/ NTA in support of unattached youth in St. James and St. Catherine. The money will be used to pay the stipend of 50 participants in the HOPE Programme. They will be working as interns with Gore Developments Limited.
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HOPE Programme Receives $6 Million from Gore Family Foundation

Fifty participants in the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme are to benefit from a $6 million donation by the Phillip and Christine Gore Family Foundation, through its recently formed partnership with the HEART Trust/ National Training Agency (NTA). The cheque was handed over today (June 25) at the training institution’s corporate offices on Oxford Road in Kingston. The...
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Custos of St. James, Bishop Conrad H. Pitkin addresses residents of Salt Spring, St. James, during the first in a series of Community Enrichment meetings, which was held at the Salt Spring Seventh Day Adventist Church on June 6.
Community

Residents of St. James Urged to Maintain Peace

Custos of St. James, Bishop Conrad H. Pitkin has called on the residents of Salt Spring, St. James to maintain the peace in the parish, even after the State of Public Emergency. Speaking during the first in a series of Community Enrichment meetings, held at the Salt Spring Seventh Day Adventist Church on June 6, Custos Pitkin urged the residents to commit...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (fourth left), participates in the breaking of ground for construction of the new $56-million Port Maria Market in St. Mary on Wednesday (May 30). Others from left are Butcher, Angela Murphy; Chief Executive Officer at Dutch Construction Limited, Andrew Smith; Member of Parliament for Central St. Mary, Dr. Morais Guy; Mayor of Port Maria, Councillor Richard Creary; Custos of St. Mary, Hon. Errol Johnson; and Coincillor for the Potrt Maria Division, Germaine Smiley.
CommunityDevelopmentLocal Government

Gov’t to Spend $400 Million to Build and Upgrade Markets

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, said some $400 million will be spent during the 2018/2019 financial year to construct and upgrade markets across the island. He said that the expenditure is the largest in recent years for the improvement of market infrastructure, noting that the investment will stimulate small-scale economic activity. He said there is...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie.
Community

Collaboration Necessary to Deal with Flooding

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says collaboration between the Government and citizens is necessary to minimise the effects of flooding in the country. Speaking at a special meeting of the Hanover Municipal Corporation on May 24, Mr. McKenzie said the Ministry will, in the next two to three months, embark on a sensitisation campaign to...
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State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (right), speaking at the launch of the second annual Nathan Ebanks Foundation Family Expo and Special Needs Resource Fair, recently, at the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation in Kingston. Looking on is Founder/President of the Nathan Ebanks Foundation, Christine Staple-Ebanks.
CommunityHealth & WellnessYouth

Nathan Ebanks Foundation Expo on May 26

The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) and the Ministry of Health are partnering with the Nathan Ebanks Foundation (NEF) to host the second annual Family Expo and Special Needs Resource Fair on the grounds of Hope Gardens, St. Andrew, on Saturday, May 26. Founder of NEF, Christine Staple-Ebanks, told JIS News that the fair, under the theme ‘Healthy...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), paints the exterior of the Cumberland Road Health Centre in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, as he participates in one of two National Labour Day projects on Wednesday (May 23). The other project was at the St. Ann’s Bay Infant School in St Ann.
Community

PM Calls for More Jamaicans to Give Back to Their Communities

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is calling for more Jamaicans to give back to their communities by getting involved in volunteerism. “We want to see the re-emergence of the spirit of volunteerism, of giving your labour to the community for the building of your country. This is a perfect example of what Labour Day is about,” he said....
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