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Western Jamaica Residents Encouraged To Practise Proper Waste Disposal

Acting Regional Operations Manager of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA)/Western Parks and Markets (WPM) Waste Management Limited, Dramaine Jones, is encouraging persons in Western Jamaica to practise proper solid waste disposal this holiday season. “I want to encourage...

Participants in the Hanover Municipal Corporation’s (HMC) Youth Mayor Competition Robing and Awards Presentation Ceremony which took place during the HMC’s recent monthly meeting. Front row (from left) Youth Councillor, Christopher Campbell, Rusea’s High School; Youth Councillor, Rachel Coach, Hopewell High School; Teacher/Coach, Hopewell High School, Ann-Marie Galloway; Youth Deputy Mayor, Allison Trench, Rusea’s High School; Youth Mayor, Timothy Kent, Rhodes Hall High School; Dean of Discipline/Coach, Rhodes Hall High School, Greogory Hewitt; and Acting Chief Executive Officer, HMC, Romeo Daley. Joining them in the back row (from left) are Councillor Marvell Sewell, Green Island Division; Councillor Fearon DeCarish, Chester Castle Division; Councillor Devon Brown, Hopewell Division; Chair Civic and Community Affairs Committee and Deputy Mayor of Lucea, Councillor Andria Dehaney-Grant; Teacher/Coach, Rusea’s High School, Cyleo Clarke; and HMC Chairman and Lucea Mayor, Councillor Sheridan Samuels.

Lucea Youth Mayor Cites Citizens’ Resilience As Key To Jamaica’s Post-COVID-19 Recovery

St. James Southern Being Targetted for Major Development

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right) converses with Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, Councillor Bertel Moore, during a tour of the Savanna-la-Mar Market in Westmoreland on Thursday (December 9).

Emergency Repairs to be Undertaken at Savanna-La-mar Market

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses the monthly meeting of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation, in Savanna-la-Mar, on Thursday (December 9).

COVID-19 Impacts Revenues Of Municipalities

Mayor of Black River, Councillor Derrick Sangster, addresses the monthly meeting of the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation in the parish capital on Thursday (December 9).

4 years ago ChristmasLocal Government

Christmas Tree Lighting For Black River And Santa Cruz

The St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation will be staging its annual Christmas tree lighting ceremonies in the towns of Black River and Santa Cruz. Mayor of Black River, Councillor Derrick Sangster, said that the ceremony for the parish capital will take place on Wednesday (December 15) at the Mini Park, and on Friday (December 17), a tree will be lit at Santa Plaza in...

Acting Regional Operations Manager of the NSWMA/Western Parks and Markets (WPM) Waste Management Limited, Dramaine Jones (left), and Councillor for the Flanker Division in St. James, Senator Charles Sinclair (second left), at a ceremony where garbage drums were handed out to residents of Flanker, on December 7. Residents (from third left) are Shirley Robinson and Catherine Cunningham.

4 years ago Local Government

Residents Of Flanker Get Garbage Drums

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA)/Western Parks and Markets (WPM) Waste Management Limited, on Tuesday (December 7) distributed 20 garbage drums in the communities of Flanker and Providence Heights in St. James. They were donated under the entity’s ‘Drum a Di Gate’ initiative, which aims to encourage proper waste disposal at the community level through the containerisation of garbage....

The new Montego Bay Fire Station in St. James.

4 years ago Local Government

Official Opening In Sight For Montego Bay Fire Station

Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, says the Montego Bay Fire Station in St. James has reached “practical completion”. “We were able to achieve practical completion on the fire station about two weeks ago, so the contractor has been working on clearing the defects, because some defects were identified and those are being [dealt] with...

President of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Janet Silvera, speaking at the St. James Municipal Corporation’s Multi-Sectorial Forum held recently at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre. Seated is Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Leeroy Williams.

4 years ago Local Government

MBCCI To Host Crime Summit

The Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI) will be collaborating with stakeholders in St. James to host a major crime summit in February 2022. MBCCI’s President, Janet Silvera, made the disclosure while addressing the St. James Municipal Corporation’s Multi-Sectorial Forum held at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre recently. She stated that the event will be centred around devising counteractive...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right) and Mayor of Falmouth, Colin Gager (left), prepare to plant a tree on the grounds of the Trelawny Infirmary in Falmouth, during a recent visit to the facility by the Minister and his team as a part of Local Government Month activities in November.

4 years ago COVID-19 VaccinationLocal Government

Gov’t Considers Vaccine Requirement for New Admissions to Infirmaries

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the Government is considering a vaccine requirement for new entrants to the island’s infirmaries, once admissions resume. “What we are looking to do is that once we start to readmit persons to the infirmaries, one of the conditions that will be laid out is that new cases coming into...

Custos of Manchester, Garfield Green, addresses the launch of the Manchester Beliefs, Values, and Attitudes initiative, at the Church Teachers’ College in Mandeville, recently.

4 years ago Local Government

Manchester Custos Launches ‘Beliefs, Values, And Attitudes’ Initiative

Custos of Manchester, Garfield Green, is undertaking a programme aimed at fostering positive values and attitudes and a sense of social responsibility among citizens in the parish. The initiative, dubbed ‘Manchester Beliefs, Values, and Attitudes’ was launched recently at the Church Teachers’ College in Mandeville. The Custos said that the programme will serve to restore those core values and principles...

Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade, Stewart Beckford, addresses a JIS ‘Think Tank’.

4 years ago Local Government

Jamaica Fire Brigade Plans To Increase Staff

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) has announced plans to increase its staff complement through the addition of new positions in upcoming fiscal years. Speaking with JIS News, JFB Commissioner, Stewart Beckford, said the JFB’s staff complement of uniformed and non-uniformed personnel stands at approximately 2,164, with the number of uniformed firefighters hovering at 1,868. “We are currently undertaking a restructuring...