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Minister of Local Government and Community Development , Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses staff and residents of the St. James Infirmary, during the Ministry’s Christmas Dinner at the institution on Friday (December 13).
Minister of Local Government and Community Development , Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses staff and residents of the St. James Infirmary, during the Ministry’s Christmas Dinner at the institution on Friday (December 13).

Recruitment Of Dieticians And Physiotherapists At Infirmaries To Commence In 2020

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, has announced that the proposed recruitment of dietitians and physiotherapists at infirmaries islandwide, is set to commence next year. Speaking during the Ministry’s Christmas Dinner at the St. James Infirmary...
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses the Ministry’s Christmas Dinner, which was held at the St. James Infirmary in Montego Bay, on December 13.
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses the Ministry’s Christmas Dinner, which was held at the St. James Infirmary in Montego Bay, on December 13.

Gov’t Acquiring Ambulances For Portland And St. Elizabeth Infirmaries
Councillors participating in the monthly meeting of the Trelawny Municipal Corporation in Falmouth, on Thursday, December 12. The meeting was addressed by Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie
Councillors participating in the monthly meeting of the Trelawny Municipal Corporation in Falmouth, on Thursday, December 12. The meeting was addressed by Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie

Health and Local Government Ministries to Meet to Ramp up Action Against Dengue
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), addresses a sitting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) council meeting, at its Church Street offices in downtown Kingston, on December 10. With the Minister is Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams.
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), addresses a sitting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) council meeting, at its Church Street offices in downtown Kingston, on December 10. With the Minister is Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams.

Culture Ministry And KSAMC Partner To Do Murals In Kingston
Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams (right), gives an update on the Ward Theatre restoration project to members of the diplomatic corps, agency officials and stakeholders in the creative industry, during a tour of the downtown Kingston venue on Wednesday (December 4).
Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams (right), gives an update on the Ward Theatre restoration project to members of the diplomatic corps, agency officials and stakeholders in the creative industry, during a tour of the downtown Kingston venue on Wednesday (December 4).

Work Advanced On Restoration Of Ward Theatre

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He implored Jamaicans not to let down their guard even though the island has not been impacted by a hurricane in several years.
Local Government

Jamaicans Urged To Remain Alert Even As Hurricane Season Ends

Director of the Meteorological Service of Jamaica, Evan Thompson, says that although the 2019 Atlantic Hurricane season has officially ended, Jamaicans should always be in a state of readiness and preparedness to deal with weather events. He said this is crucial, as climate change has resulted in adverse weather conditions occurring even outside of the hurricane season, which traditionally runs...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie.
Local Government

Local Gov’t Ministry Wants Volunteers for Int’l Conference

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, has issued a call for volunteers from western parishes to participate in the Seventh Regional Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean (RP20). The three-day conference will be held from July 8 to 10 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James. Addressing a sensitisation...
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Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Mike Henry (centre), cuts the ribbon to symbolically hand over two water tender trucks to the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB). Looking on (from left) are: Councillor for the Yallahs Division, Stewart Lee; Custos of St. Thomas, Hon. Marcia Bennett; Commissioner, JFB, Stewart Beckford; Chairman, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Dr. Wayne Henry; World Bank Group Resident Representative for Jamaica and Guyana, Ozan Sevimli; and Managing Director, JSIF, Omar Sweeney. The handing over took place during a ceremony at Jamaica House on Friday (Nov. 22). The trucks were acquired under the Jamaica Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project (JDVRP), which is being implemented by JSIF through funding from the World Bank.
Local Government

$109 Million Contract Signed for New Yallahs Fire Station

Citizens of Yallahs in St. Thomas will have a new fire station by August next year. This follows the signing of a $109.49 million contract for construction of the facility on Friday (Nov. 22) at Jamaica House.  To be located at West Main Drive in Yallahs, the two-storey structure will serve approximately 95,000 residents of the town and surrounding communities....
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (second row, third left); Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis (back row, second left); Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, Councillor Bertel Moore (second row, right) and Acting Director General at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Richard Thompson (back row, left), share a moment with junior mayors from across the island. Occasion was the Local Government and Community 2019 Youth Mayors’ Forum, which was held at the St. James Municipal Corporation offices, in Montego Bay, on Wednesday (November 20).
Local GovernmentYouth

Boost For Junior Mayors Programme

The Ministry of Local Government and Community Development will be increasing the funds allocated to the island’s Junior Mayors Programme. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, made the disclosure during a Youth Mayor’s Forum, which was held at the St. James Municipal Corporation offices in Montego Bay on Wednesday (November 20). “The allocation (to the Junior Mayors Programme) presently stands at...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), with Montego Bay’s Mayor, Councillor Homer Davis, at a town hall meeting in Montego Bay, St. James, on November 20.
Local Government

Government Working With JPS To Address Streetlights

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the Government is working closely with the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) to address the problem of streetlights in communities across Jamaica. The Minister, who was speaking at a town hall meeting at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre in St. James on November 20, said the Government had taken note...
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The Rural Water Supply Limited yesterday (November 20) commissioned a rainwater harvesting system at the Lawrence Tavern Primary School.
Economic Growth & Infrastructure DevelopmentEducationLocal Government

Golden Hill, Two West Rural St. Andrew Schools benefit from Water Systems

The community of Golden Hill and two primary schools from West Rural St Andrew are the latest to benefit from the installation of water systems by the Rural Water Supply Limited to increase storage capacity in communities and schools across the island. The schools, Essex Hall Primary School and the Lawrence Tavern Primary Schools had their newly installed rainwater harvesting...
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