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Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), and Mayor of Lucea, Councillor Sheridan Samuels, look at a mural that was unveiled at the official national launch of the ‘Paint the City, Paint the Town’ project in the Hanover capital on Friday, (April 8).
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), and Mayor of Lucea, Councillor Sheridan Samuels, look at a mural that was unveiled at the official national launch of the ‘Paint the City, Paint the Town’ project in the Hanover capital on Friday, (April 8).

Lucea Gets Facelift

Lucea in Hanover has been refreshed to provide a more aesthetically pleasing environment for locals and visitors. The improvement was done under the ‘Paint the City, Paint the Town’ project, which was officially launched in the parish capital on Friday...
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, interacts with vendor, Atrene Walker, during a tour of the Little London Market in Westmoreland on Thursday, April 7.
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, interacts with vendor, Atrene Walker, during a tour of the Little London Market in Westmoreland on Thursday, April 7.

Little London Market To Be Restored
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (second from left), visits the home of an indigent family in the Mint Road area of Grange Hill, Westmoreland. The family is to be assisted with housing under the Ministry’s indigent housing programme.
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (second from left), visits the home of an indigent family in the Mint Road area of Grange Hill, Westmoreland. The family is to be assisted with housing under the Ministry’s indigent housing programme.

Housing And Other Assistance For Indigent Westmoreland Family
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses a ceremony for the handover of flood relief cheques to flood-affected small business owners in Port Maria, at the St. Mary’s Anglican Church Hall on Wednesday, March 30.
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses a ceremony for the handover of flood relief cheques to flood-affected small business owners in Port Maria, at the St. Mary’s Anglican Church Hall on Wednesday, March 30.

Port Maria Small Business Operators get Flood Relief Cheques
Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) Audley Gordon (right), in discussion with Director of Operations at the agency Aretha McFarlane, at a recent forum held at the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development
Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) Audley Gordon (right), in discussion with Director of Operations at the agency Aretha McFarlane, at a recent forum held at the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development's, Hagley Park Road, offices, in St. Andrew.

67 Per Cent Of Garbage Can Be Used For Composting

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Deputy Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon, addresses a press conference at the St. James Municipal Corporation in Montego Bay, St. James, on Thursday, (March 31).
Local Government

St. James Municipal Corporation Warns Event Organisers

The St. James Municipal Corporation says that no permits will be granted to organisers of entertainment events who fail to adhere to the necessary guidelines governing the staging of such activities. Speaking at a press conference at the Corporation’s office in Montego Bay, St. James on Thursday (March 31), Deputy Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon, reminded event organisers...
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Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), in discussion with Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon, at his Hagley Park Road offices in St. Andrew, recently.
Local Government

NSWMA Hailed For Improved Efficiency In Operations

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is getting high commendations for improvements in corporate governance, which has enhanced efficiency in operations and bolstered the agency’s work in ensuring a clean environment. Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, said there has been notable advancement in the management of resources and personnel at the public cleansing agency....
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Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon Desmond McKenzie (centre), speaks with vendors in Mandeville Market on Thursday (March 24) during a tour of several sections of Central Manchester. Second right (foreground) is Member of Parliament, Hon. Rhoda Crawford, and at right (foreground) is Mayor of Mandeville, His Worship Councilor Donovan Mitchell.
Local GovernmentWorks / Construction

$11M For Road Repairs In Manchester Central

Local Government and Rural Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, has announced that some $11 million will be spent to repair a section of the May Day Main Road in the Knockpatrick Division of the Manchester Central constituency. The road has been severely damaged by water runoff from an adjoining hillside. Some temporary measures to ease the flooding had been put...
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Earthquake
Local Government

Mobay Institutions Carry Out Earthquake Simulations

Several organisations in and around St. James, including the St James Infirmary, on Monday (March 28) conducted earthquake simulation exercises to test their readiness for the natural hazard. Speaking with journalists after the exercise at the facility, Deputy Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon, said the drills were well needed. “I know that we usually do [simulations] in the...
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Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (third left), listens to Councillor for the Independence City Division, Courtney Edwards (right), while on a recent tour of the Texas Avenue community in Portmore, St. Catherine. In the foreground is Mayor of Portmore, Leon Thomas, and behind Mr. Edwards is Member of Parliament for St. Catherine South East, Robert Miller.
Local Government

Drain In Portmore To Be Repaired

A multi-agency response is being formulated to correct a drainage problem in the Texas Avenue community of Portmore that is threatening the safety of several houses. Making the disclosure following a recent visit to the community, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, said he has asked the technical team at his Ministry to provide a report...
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Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, discusses measures to address garbage pile-up along the Bellefield Hill Main Road in Manchester with Mayor of Mandeville, Councillor Donovan Mitchell, and Member of Parliament for Manchester Central, Rhoda Moy Crawford, during a tour of the constituency on Thursday (March 24).
AgricultureLocal GovernmentWorks / Construction

Further Improvements To Melrose Yam Park

The Manchester Municipal Corporation will be undertaking further improvements to the recently refurbished Melrose Yam Park in the parish. Mayor of Mandeville, Councillor Donovan Mitchell, said that the work will include providing electricity to all the shops used by vendors and other operators at the facility. “All the amenities will be taken care of to include additional electricity, a car...
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Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right); Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon (left), and Japan’s Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Masaya Fujiwara, display a cheque valued at US$210,936, granted to the NSWMA to purchase two compactor trucks, at a ceremony held on March 22 at the Ministry, Hagley Park Road in St. Andrew.
Local GovernmentTransport

NSWMA Gets Grant To Purchase Trucks

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has received a grant of US$210,936 from the Embassy of Japan, for the purchase of two compactor trucks. The grant has been made under Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP), with the agreement signed at the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Hagley Park Road in St. Andrew, on...
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