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Clean-Up Operations to Begin at Savanna-La-Mar Market
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, has directed that immediate clean-up operations begin at the Savanna-la-Mar market in Westmoreland, following extensive damage caused by the recent passage of Hurricane Melissa. The Minister was speaking to journalists...
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Gov’t Moves to Rebuild Trelawny Municipal Corporation Building After Hurricane Melissa
The Ministry of Local Government and Community Development has identified lands owned by the Trelawny Municipal Corporation for the construction of a new administrative building, following the devastation of the existing structure during Hurricane Melissa. “They are now to proceed to start to do the necessary works in terms of the new location,” said Portfolio Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. He...
Community Access, Restoring Essential Services Being Prioritised in St. Elizabeth
Mayor of Black River and Chairman of the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation, Councillor Richard Solomon, says that restoring access to communities and essential services is being prioritised as relief and recovery efforts continue across the parish. “Some of the activities that we would have been doing up to now is to ensure that we have access to all our major...
Gov’t To Review And Overhaul National Emergency Shelter System
The Government will be reviewing and potentially overhauling the national emergency shelter system, with the aim of improving the standard of buildings designated as prescribed shelters during natural disasters. Speaking during Wednesday’s (November 19) press briefing on Hurricane Melissa recovery at Jamaica House, Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, emphasised that “there is no question in my mind...
SDC Undertaking Temporary Accommodations Needs Assessment
The Social Development Commission (SDC) has launched a Temporary Accommodations Needs Assessment Survey across the six parishes severely affected by the passage of Hurricane Melissa. The survey, commissioned by the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development has three primary objectives – to provide an evidence-based report on the number of displaced families and individuals, to determine how many of...
70,000 Care Packages Distributed Across St. James
More than 70,000 care packages have been distributed across St. James since the passage of Hurricane Melissa, as Government and relief partners intensify support to affected residents. Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon, provided the update while addressing the ongoing humanitarian response across the parish. He was speaking to journalists after a follow-up meeting of the Emergency Operations Centre...
WPM Waste Management Intensifying Operations in St. James
WPM Waste Management Limited will be intensifying operations to remove waste from communities across St. James, including the mini dump sites for hurricane debris. “In the coming days, you will see an increase in the operations whereby additional tipper trucks [and backhoes] have been engaged to be deployed to clean all the dump sites,” said WPM Regional Operations Manager, Dramaine...
