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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, makes a point as he opens the 2021/22 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 9.
Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, makes a point as he opens the 2021/22 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on March 9.

NWA Gets $200 Million For River Training

A sum of $200 million has been allocated to the National Works Agency (NWA) for river training, which will employ Jamaicans in rural Jamaica in necessary disaster mitigation work, protecting lives and livelihoods. This was disclosed by Minister of Finance...
Local Government and Rural Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, speaking during Monday’s (March 8) COVID-19 digital briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) Media Centre.
Local Government and Rural Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, speaking during Monday’s (March 8) COVID-19 digital briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) Media Centre.

Gov’t Considering Grants For Gravediggers, Vault Makers
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. (FILE)
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. (FILE)

Work Progressing Under Downtown Kingston Redevelopment Project
National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) sanitation workers with the Metropolitan Parks and Markets Waste Management Limited clear garbage from a section of downtown Kingston. The NSWMA is reminding householders that they should secure their waste until the sanitation workers and compactor trucks do collections. (File Photo)
National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) sanitation workers with the Metropolitan Parks and Markets Waste Management Limited clear garbage from a section of downtown Kingston. The NSWMA is reminding householders that they should secure their waste until the sanitation workers and compactor trucks do collections. (File Photo)

Persons Encouraged To Practise Proper Waste Management
Resident Representative of the Organization of American States (OAS), Jeanelle van GlaannenWeygel (second left) and Director of Training and Information at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Delmares White (right), with ODPEM’s Training Officer, Kristen Rhone (centre) and Coordinator for the National Disaster Risk Management Volunteer Programme, Diamonette Syncon (second right), who both completed Basic Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training with the OAS. Both women were handed emergency kits with equipment to carry out fieldwork at a handover ceremony, held at ODPEM’s New Kingston Offices, on February 22. At left is OAS Administrative Technician, Kerry-ann Parchment.
Resident Representative of the Organization of American States (OAS), Jeanelle van GlaannenWeygel (second left) and Director of Training and Information at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Delmares White (right), with ODPEM’s Training Officer, Kristen Rhone (centre) and Coordinator for the National Disaster Risk Management Volunteer Programme, Diamonette Syncon (second right), who both completed Basic Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training with the OAS. Both women were handed emergency kits with equipment to carry out fieldwork at a handover ceremony, held at ODPEM’s New Kingston Offices, on February 22. At left is OAS Administrative Technician, Kerry-ann Parchment.

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Budget 2021/2022Local GovernmentWorks / Construction

Fire Stations In Montego Bay, Port Maria And Yallahs To Be Completed In 2021/22

Construction of three new fire stations in Montego Bay, St. James; Port Maria, St Mary; and Yallahs, St Thomas, is expected to be completed during the upcoming financial year. The Government has set aside $1.27 billion to undertake this and other activities under the Jamaica Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project, which seeks to enhance Jamaica’s resilience to disaster and climate risk....
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Budget 2021/2022Local Government

Funds Allocated To Improve National Emergency Communication System

A sum of $375 million has been allocated to the Improvement of the Emergency Communication System in Jamaica (IECSJ) project. The project, which is being implemented by the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), aims to develop a national emergency communication system to coordinate incident response among the various critical agencies of government and volunteers. Details are outlined...
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Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Senator Delroy Williams. addresses today’s (February 9) sitting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation, at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston.
Local Government

KSAMC Passes Resolutions To Honour “Toots” And “Butch” Stewart

The Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) on Tuesday (February 9) passed two Resolutions to posthumously honour late reggae pioneer Frederick “Toots” Hibbert and business mogul Gordon “Butch” Stewart with the Keys to the City of Kingston. The presentation of the Keys to the City of Kingston is the highest honour that can be bestowed by the KSAMC. Moving...
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Local Government and Rural Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right) and Public Relations and Communications Manager, Digicel Jamaica, Elon Parkinson, use one of the hand-washing stations provided by Digicel Jamaica to safeguard the health of homeless and indigent persons. The stations, which will be installed at infirmaries, municipal buildings and town centres, were handed over at the Golden Age Home in Vineyard Town, St. Andrew on Thursday (February 4).
Local Government

Digicel Donates 100 Handwashing Stations To Assist Homeless, Indigent Persons

The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has received 100 handwashing stations valued at $3.5 million from Digicel Jamaica to be installed at infirmaries, municipal buildings and town centres across the island. The items, in support of the Government’s coronavirus (COVID-19) response, were officially handed over to portfolio Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, at the Golden Age Home in Vineyard...
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Director of Information and Training, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Delmares White (right), holds one of the earthquake safety posters as Sharmalee Cardoza of the University of the West Indies Centre for Disabilities (centre), reads the information in braille. Looking on is Administrative Assistant at the Combined Disabilities Association, Jennifer Kinglocke. The ODPEM, in collaboration with the Jamaica Society for the Blind, edited their existing earthquake safety information and emergency numbers and created braille prints of the information for the visually impaired and blind.
Local GovernmentSocial Security

ODPEM Distributes Earthquake Safety And Emergency Numbers In Braille

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) has developed and distributed earthquake safety information and emergency numbers in braille for the vulnerable group of visually impaired and blind Jamaicans. “In the past, the ODPEM has recognised the need to be more inclusive in our communication of disaster risk reduction with members of the disabled community. In 2021, it...
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Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney.
Local GovernmentParliament

House-Wiring Programme By JSIF In Progress

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) is implementing a $189-million house-wiring programme across the island, being financed by the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development. Managing Director of JSIF, Omar Sweeney, said under the initiative, which is geared at empowering families with legal electricity, some $3 million is allocated to each of the 63 constituencies, where the Members of...
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