The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) will be receiving an additional 50 compactor trucks to improve garbage collection across the island. A sum of $1.8 billion has been budgeted in the 2022/23 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, to procure the vehicles under the Acquisition of Compactor Trucks Project. The trucks will increase the NSWMA’s fleet...

Construction of three fire stations across the island is to be completed during the new financial year. These are the Montego Bay Fire Station in St. James, the Port Maria Fire Station in St. Mary, and the Yallahs Fire Station in St. Thomas. A sum of $673.54 million has been allocated under the Jamaica Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project to complete...

DSC 1341 Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (centre) interacts with residents of Pagee in St. Mary who were affected by the recent flood rains. The Minister, along with other representatives, toured sections of the parish on February 17.DSC 1334 Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (second left) engages in conversation with...

Shouts of celebration rippled among residents gathered in Top Aberdeen, St. Elizabeth, as Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, officially commissioned the community’s water supply into service. The project, spearheaded by the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development through Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL), was completed at a cost of $110 million, funded by the...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says representation will be made to Cabinet to address flood damage in the parishes of Portland, St. Ann, and St. Mary. He was speaking to journalists during a stop in Porta Maria on Wednesday (February 9), as part of a tour of the three parishes. The tour was to get...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says that steps will be taken to improve the drainage system along the Runaway Bay main road in St. Ann to prevent further flooding. He was speaking on Wednesday (February 9) following a tour of sections of Portland, St. Mary, and St. Ann, that were affected by recent heavy rains....

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says that the Government is targeting the establishment of an additional 30 water shops in the next financial year, beginning April 1, to increase access to the commodity in several communities across the island. “We are looking to start another one in Commodore, Portland. There is one more to be...