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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).
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).

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,...
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.​
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.​

Retailers To Face Heavy Fines, Imprisonment For Price Gouging
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.
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.

Government Allocates $140 Million For Councillors To Assist In COVID-19 Fight
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (second left), hands over food to a homeless man, at the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) car park, downtown Kingston, today (March 29). This is being done under the Special Feeding Programme for the Homeless, which the Minister announced last week. Assisting Mr. McKenzie at left is Councillor Duane Smith, Chancery Hall Division, St. Andrew North Western. Observing at third left is Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams.
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (second left), hands over food to a homeless man, at the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) car park, downtown Kingston, today (March 29). This is being done under the Special Feeding Programme for the Homeless, which the Minister announced last week. Assisting Mr. McKenzie at left is Councillor Duane Smith, Chancery Hall Division, St. Andrew North Western. Observing at third left is Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams.

PHOTOS: Minister McKenzie Feeds Homeless Downtown
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses a COVID-19 Digital Town Hall, at Jamaica House on Thursday (March 26).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses a COVID-19 Digital Town Hall, at Jamaica House on Thursday (March 26).

Prime Minister Calls On Persons To Conserve Water

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Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, addresses a recent sitting of the Council at the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC).
Local Government

KSAMC Accepting Applications For Licences By Email

The Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) is advising the public that all applications for barbers, hairdressers, beauty therapists, signs and billboards must now be submitted via email. “Applications must be sent to compliance@ksamc.gov.jm. What the compliance team will do is take the application and verify it and communicate back to the person the cost to be paid,” Mayor...
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Local GovernmentParliamentPrime Minister

PM Tables Second Disaster Risk Management Order

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Tuesday (March 24), tabled the Disaster Risk Management (Enforcement Measures) (No. 2) Order, 2020 in the House of Representatives. The Order outlines the measures set out for removing or otherwise guarding against or mitigating the threats or effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and the possible consequences thereof. They go into effect today...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness.
CoronavirusHealth & WellnessLocal Government

Health Ministry Warns Businesses About Spraying Customers With Unknown Substances

The Ministry of Health and Wellness is strongly appealing to businesses to desist from spraying customers’ hands with unknown solutions in bottles, prior to allowing them to enter their establishments. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Director for the Emergency, Disaster Management and Special Services Branch at the Ministry, Dr. Nicole Dawkins-Wright, said the practice is wrong and may...
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CoronavirusDevelopmentHealth & WellnessLocal Government

UDC’s COVID-19 Operational Changes Continue

The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) wishes to advise the public that its daily operations for business at its Corporate Head Office and Subsidiaries, the St. Ann Development Company (SADCo) and Ocho Rios Commercial Centre (ORCC), will remain closed to the public in response to the ongoing threat of COVID-19. Critical activities including tenant and customer support as well as security,...
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Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, addresses a recent sitting of the Council at the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC).
CoronavirusHealth & WellnessLocal Government

Corporate Area To Be Cleaned And Sanitised

The Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) will be cleaning and sanitising public spaces across the Corporate Area as part of measures to reduce the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and create a clean city. The scope of work will include the washing of sidewalks and disinfecting high-traffic areas. “This is a public health measure of sanitising these high-traffic...
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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.
CommunityCoronavirusLocal Government

Measures To Protect The Indigent

The Ministry of Local Government and Community Development will be spearheading the implementation of measures designed to safeguard indigent persons living at infirmaries and other locations islandwide against the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Speaking at a press conference at Jamaica House on March 23, Portfolio Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, said among the measures will be the provision of water by the...
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