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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, speaks at a digital town hall hosted by the Ministry on Tuesday (March 31).
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, speaks at a digital town hall hosted by the Ministry on Tuesday (March 31).

Minister McKenzie Appeals For Jamaicans To Obey Measures To Contain COVID-19

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, is calling for all Jamaicans to accept and conform to the Government’s measures to fight the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. He said that the onus is on individuals to do what...
Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams.
Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams.

Redesigning Of Corporate Area Markets To Be Completed Within Three Months
Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis, speaking at a meeting of the Emergency Operations Committee at the St. James Municipal Corporation in Montego Bay on Tuesday (March 31).
Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis, speaking at a meeting of the Emergency Operations Committee at the St. James Municipal Corporation in Montego Bay on Tuesday (March 31).

Montego Bay Streets Being Cleaned And Sanitised
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, speaks at a digital town hall hosted by the Ministry on Tuesday (March 31).
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, speaks at a digital town hall hosted by the Ministry on Tuesday (March 31).

Vendors, Market Users Urged To Comply With Operating Hours
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), emphasises a point during a press conference at Jamaica House on Monday (March 30). Standing beside him is Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), emphasises a point during a press conference at Jamaica House on Monday (March 30). Standing beside him is Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie.

Market Hours Extended From Thursday To Saturday

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(FILE) Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL) Managing Director, Audley Thompson, speaking at the recent commissioning ceremony for a $7 million rainwater harvesting system installed at Enid Bennett High School in St. Catherine.
Local Government

Several Water Supply Projects Under Way

As the Government continues to implement measures to mitigate the effects of climate change, Managing Director of Rural Water Supply Limited, Audley Thompson, says work is progressing on several water supply projects, which are scheduled to be completed by year end. “In the Budget of 2019/2020, we got an increase of $795 million and it is being utilised to carry...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left); Minority Leader in the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation, Andrew Swaby (right), and a worker participate in the cleaning of a room at the Vineyard Town Golden Age Home, in St. Andrew, today (March 30).
CoronavirusHealth & WellnessLocal Government

Golden Age Home And Infirmaries Cleaned And Sanitised

A comprehensive cleaning and sanitising exercise was carried out today (March 30), at the Golden Age Home in Vineyard Town, Kingston, by the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development. Similar exercises were carried out at infirmaries in St. Mary, Clarendon and Trelawny. Speaking with JIS News at the Home in Vineyard Town, where several agencies participated in the activity,...
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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, emphasises a point while piloting the Appropriation Act 2020 in the Senate on March 27.​
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Retailers To Face Heavy Fines, Imprisonment For Price Gouging

As of Tuesday (March 31), retailers found to be charging customers excessive prices for goods during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis can be fined up to $2 million or sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. This is provided in the Trade (Sale of Goods During Period of Declaration of Disaster Area) Order 2020, which was approved in the Senate on March...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), outlines Coronavirus (COVID-19) safeguards being implemented by the Ministry to protect the indigent, during a press conference at Jamaica House on Monday (March 23). Listening is Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who also addressed the press conference.
CoronavirusHealth & WellnessLocal GovernmentOffice of the Prime Minister

Government Allocates $140 Million For Councillors To Assist In COVID-19 Fight

The Government has allocated $140 million to Councillors across the island to help in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19), and to assist persons in their division who have been affected by the virus. This was announced by Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, at a press conference, on Friday (March 27), at Jamaica House, in...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses a COVID-19 Digital Town Hall, at Jamaica House on Thursday (March 26).
CoronavirusHealth & WellnessLocal GovernmentOffice of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

Prime Minister Calls On Persons To Conserve Water

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has called on persons not to waste water as the nation continues its fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19). With schools out, children at home, workplaces reducing their opening hours and allowing employees to work from home, and citizens urged to wash their hands more often, which has increased the demand in water for...
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