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Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation and Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis, speaks at the Ministry of Health & Wellness St. James Town Hall Meeting, held at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre in Sam Sharpe Square on February 6.
Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation and Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis, speaks at the Ministry of Health & Wellness St. James Town Hall Meeting, held at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre in Sam Sharpe Square on February 6.

Mayor Of Mobay Announces $4.5-Million Initiative To Fight Dengue

Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Homer Davis, has announced a $4.5-million initiative to control the spread of dengue in the parish. Mr. Davis, who is also the Mayor of Montego Bay, said the project will be executed...
Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), shakes hands with Regional Director for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Bernt Aasen. The UNICEF Director head has pledged the organisation’s support for the inaugural youth forum to be held as part of the seventh Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean from July 7 to 10 in Montego Bay, St. James.
Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), shakes hands with Regional Director for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Bernt Aasen. The UNICEF Director head has pledged the organisation’s support for the inaugural youth forum to be held as part of the seventh Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean from July 7 to 10 in Montego Bay, St. James.

Heightening Stakeholder Expectations Ahead Of Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Youth Forum
National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left), views an artist
National Security Minister, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (left), views an artist's impression of the new police station to be constructed in Port Maria, St. Mary, during the ground-breaking ceremony on Friday (February 7). Also looking on (from second left): are Mayor of Port Maria, Councillor Richard Creary; Member of Parliament for Central St. Mary, Dr. Morais Guy; Transport and Mining Minister and Western St. Mary Member of Parliament, Hon. Robert Montague; and Police Commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson.

Ground Broken For New Multi-Million Dollar Port Maria Police Station
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), engages in a discussion with Chairman of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) Godfrey Dyer (L); and Mayor of Montego Bay, Councilor Homer Davis, at the ceremony to break ground for the Canaan/Adelphi Water Supply System in Somerton, St. James, on February 5.
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (centre), engages in a discussion with Chairman of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) Godfrey Dyer (L); and Mayor of Montego Bay, Councilor Homer Davis, at the ceremony to break ground for the Canaan/Adelphi Water Supply System in Somerton, St. James, on February 5.

70,000 Residents To Benefit From Caanan/Adelphi Water Supply System
Chief for the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean, Raul Salazar (left), navigates the seventh Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction website while External Relations Officer for the UNDRR Regional Office, Saskia Carusi, looks on.
Chief for the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean, Raul Salazar (left), navigates the seventh Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction website while External Relations Officer for the UNDRR Regional Office, Saskia Carusi, looks on.

Registration Under Way For Seventh Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Platform

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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, speaks at the handover of a home for an indigent resident of Stettin, South Trelawny, on January 29.
Local Government

South Trelawny To Get Fire Station

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, has announced plans to construct a fire station to serve the hilly communities of southern Trelawny. He said that the process to build the new facility will commence in the 2020/2021 financial year, which gets under way on April 1. The Minister was speaking at the handover of a home...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses the official handover of a home for an indigent resident in Stettin, South Trelawny, on January 29.
Local Government

Local Government Ministry To Strengthen Earthquake Preparedness

The Ministry of Local Government and Community Development will be ramping up earthquake preparedness activities across the island in collaboration with various stakeholders. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, made the disclosure at the official handover of a home for an indigent resident in Stettin, South Trelawny, on January 29. The move is in the wake of the 7.7 magnitude earthquake...
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Students executing the earthquake duck, cover and hold method, during an earthquake simulation exercise at the Sandy Bank Primary School in Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth, on Friday (January 31).
Local GovernmentYouth

Earthquake Simulation Exercise At Primary School In St. Elizabeth

The St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation, through the Disaster Preparedness, Hazard Mitigation and Safety Committee, conducted an earthquake simulation exercise at the Sandy Bank Primary School, in Treasure Beach, on Friday (January 31). The exercise, which formed part of the parish’s ongoing 2020 earthquake awareness activities, tested the institution’s responsiveness to the natural disaster, to include the alarm system, the safe...
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The house constructed under the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development’s Indigent Housing Programme in Martha Brae, Trelawny. Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, handed over the house to Vernice and Lloyd Dell, at a ceremony in the community, on Wednesday (January 29)
HousingLocal Government

Local Government Minister Hands Over Two Indigent Houses

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, handed over two houses to persons in Trelawny on January 29, under the Government’s Indigent Housing Programme. Beverly Barnett of Penn Road in Stettin, and Vernice and Lloyd Dell of Martha Brae were presented with the keys to their houses, at separate ceremonies in each community. Units have been constructed...
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Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management
Local Government

7.7 Magnitude Earthquake Off The Shores of Cuba

On Tuesday January 28, 2020 at 2:10 pm, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake occurred in the Cuba region at a depth of 10km/6 miles 19.3 Degrees North and 78.8 Degrees West which impacted the entire Island. Based on all available data from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre the Tsunami threat period has passed. Students from several schools in western Jamaica were...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie.
Local Government

Emphasis On Earthquake Awareness All Year

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the Administration will focus on earthquake awareness and preparedness all year round to ensure the country is in a state of readiness. “With the frequency of earthquakes in the region and the proximity of the most recently recorded quakes to the island, this Administration acknowledges that the ever present...
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Companies Office of Jamaica (COJ) employees gather at their designated assembly point in the Knutsford Express parking lot in New Kingston to await directives following evacuation from their office in the PanJam Building. Occastion was an earthquake drill carried out by the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) in collaboration with companies in the PanJam Building on January 16.
Local Government

ODPEM Stages Successful Earthquake Drill In New Kingston

Companies located in the PanJam Building in New Kingston participated in an earthquake drill carried out by the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) to sensitise the entities on what to do in the event of a tremor. The exercise, held on January 16, involved partnership with Jamaica Property Limited and PanJam Investments Limited. It tested evacuation protocols,...
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