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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), is presented with a token by Homelessness Coordinator at the Hanover Poor Relief Department, Hyacinth Morris, at the official opening of the Hanover Drop-In Centre on Miller’s Drive in Lucea, on February 15.

Minister Lauds Work of Hanover Poor Relief Dept.

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, has praised the work of the Hanover Poor Relief Department, noting that it is a shining example of service in the Ministry. “When public servants do well, politicians must not...

Director of Lands and Administrator of the Bauxite Community Development Programme at the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), Dr. Diane Gordon, speaks with Chairman of the Content Farmers Cluster in the JSIF/JBI Water Harvesting and Greenhouse Cluster Project, Errol Williams, on a recent tour of the Manchester-based facility.

JBI to Launch Scholarship Programme

Patrons visiting booths of local economic initiatives at the 2018 staging of the Social Development Commission (SDC) Vendors’ Day and Night Out Business Fair, in Morant Bay, St. Thomas.

Business Fair in Morant Bay Feb. 22

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (third left), affixes his signature to a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), at the official opening of a medical centre on Hagley Park Road in St. Andrew, on February 18. Also signing (from left) are AHF Caribbean Regional Director, Dr. Kevin Harvey; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dunstan Bryan, and AHF Latin America and Caribbean Bureau Chief, Dr. Patricia Campos. Standing is Senior Medical Officer in the Ministry’s HIV/STI/TB Unit, Dr. Nicola Skyers.

Health Minister says Discrimination Against Persons With HIV Must End

Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (right), speaks to Head of the Support and Services Battalion, Jamaica Defence Force, Dionne Smalling, at King’s House on Friday (February 15).

PHOTOS: G-G and JDF Support Services Batallion

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, addresses the quarterly press conference at the Ministry’s headquarters in St. Andrew on Friday (February 15)

7 years ago Justice

More Use of Mediation in Settling Disputes

The Ministry of Justice is looking to increase the use of mediation in resolving disputes in order to reduce the number of cases that go before the courts. “The mandate, this year, is that we intend to use mediation more, so that more cases can be disposed of, and that is why we are teaming up with National Integrity Action...

Social Development Commission (SDC), Capacity Development Coordinator, Parsha Allen (right), assists a young woman with résumé writing during an SDC training session.

7 years ago CommunityYouth

SDC to Host Youth Empowerment and Job Fair in Portmore

The Social Development Commission (SDC) will be hosting its inaugural Youth Empowerment and Job Fair at the Cumberland Community Centre in Portmore, St. Catherine, from February 20 to 22. The event will begin at 9:00 a.m. on each day and will assist the unemployed youth in Cumberland and surrounding areas to secure employment. Participants will be engaged in the areas...

Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon.

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Local Government

More Trucks for NSWMA

A total of $320 million will be spent by the Government in the 2019/20 fiscal year to augment the aged fleet of garbage trucks owned by the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA). The money has been set aside in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. Under the Local Government and Community Development Ministry’s Acquisition...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck (right), addresses the Third Quarterly Press Conference, held recently at the Ministry’s Constant Spring Road head office in Kingston. Listening (at left) is Executive Director of National Integrity Action (NIA), Professor Trevor Munroe.

7 years ago Justice

Justice Minister Calls on Citizens to Speak Out Against Corruption

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, is calling on citizens to expose wrongdoers and speak out against corruption. “We have teamed up with National Integrity Action (NIA), because we recognise that there is too much wrongdoing across the country and somehow we need to expose the wrongdoers and to reduce wrongdoing wherever it occurs,” the Minister said. Mr. Chuck was...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, (fifth from left), cuts the ribbon to officially open the Hanover Drop-in Centre at the opening ceremony held at Miller’s Drive, Lucea, in the parish on Friday (February 15). All sharing in the occasion are (from left) Member of Parliament for Eastern Hanover, Dave Brown; Councillor of the Chester Castle Division, Fearon Decarish; Councillor of the Lucea Division, Easton Edwards; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Marsha Henry Martin; Mayor of Lucea, Councillor Sheridan Samuels, Deputy Mayor of Lucea, Andria Dehaney Dinham; Chairman of the Poor Relief, Councillor Marvell Sewell; and Councillor of the Riverside Division, Daren Barnes.

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020Local Government

Gov’t to Spend More Than $350 Million to Build Drop-in Facilities

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the Government is expected to spend in excess of $350 million during the new fiscal year to construct three multipurpose drop-in centres to serve indigent residents in the Corporate Area, Portland and St. Catherine. “So, by the end of 2020, we would have created facilities of this nature in...

7 years ago Budget 2019/2020CabinetLocal Government

Cabinet to Get Submission for Drop-in Centre Funding

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the necessary submission will be made to Cabinet to ensure that there is adequate funding to operate drop-in centres being constructed across the island. He was speaking at the official opening of the Hanover Drop-in Centre on Miller’s Drive, Lucea, on Friday (February 15). “No drop-in facility that is...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck (2nd left), engages with ((from left): new Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Sancia Bennett Templer; Executive Director of the National Integrity Action (NIA), Professor Trevor Munroe; and Chief Technical Director in the Ministry, Grace-Ann Stewart McFarlane, at the quarterly press briefing held at the Ministry

7 years ago Justice

Justice Ministry and NIA Enter New Phase of Partnership

The Ministry of Justice and National Integrity Action (NIA) have entered a new phase of collaboration. “We shall be supporting the implementation of the Child Diversion Act to include training of police officers and other agents in the justice system,” said the NIA’s Executive Director, Professor Trevor Munroe. He said that the entity will also continue its drive for legislative...