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In previous years, the Gebbers Farms workers made donations to the Vineyard Town Golden Age Home in Kingston, the Garland Hall Memorial Children’s Home in St. James and the Hanbury Children’s Home in Manchester.
In previous years, the Gebbers Farms workers made donations to the Vineyard Town Golden Age Home in Kingston, the Garland Hall Memorial Children’s Home in St. James and the Hanbury Children’s Home in Manchester.

Clarendon Students Get Grants from Gebbers Farms and Workers

Thirteen students from Clarendon have received grants for their education from Gebbers Farms employers in Washington, United States, and farmworkers. Last Friday (May 5), the students were each presented with a grant of $50,000 at a ceremony held at the...
Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), speaks to residents in Lacovia, St. Elizabeth, during his visit on May 4. He urged them to pay their property tax.
Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), speaks to residents in Lacovia, St. Elizabeth, during his visit on May 4. He urged them to pay their property tax.

St. Elizabeth Residents Urged to Pay Property Tax
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (centre), having a light conversation with former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (second left), at the official launch of the Kingston and St. Andrew Development and Homecoming Foundation (KSADHF) Limited on May 3 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Others (from left) are wife of the Custos of Kingston, Mrs. Sonia Fuller; Custos of Kingston and Chairman of the KSADHF, Hon. Steadman Fuller, and former Custos of St. Andrew, Donna Parchment Brown.
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (centre), having a light conversation with former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (second left), at the official launch of the Kingston and St. Andrew Development and Homecoming Foundation (KSADHF) Limited on May 3 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. Others (from left) are wife of the Custos of Kingston, Mrs. Sonia Fuller; Custos of Kingston and Chairman of the KSADHF, Hon. Steadman Fuller, and former Custos of St. Andrew, Donna Parchment Brown.

Foundation Launched to Foster Development of Kingston and St. Andrew
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses community meeting in Water Square, Trelawny, on April 27.
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses community meeting in Water Square, Trelawny, on April 27.

Road to be Repaved and Renamed after World’s Oldest Living Person
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses a community function in Water Square, Trelawny, on April 27.
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses a community function in Water Square, Trelawny, on April 27.

Mayor McKenzie Commends Trelawny Municipal Corporation

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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. (FILE)
Local Government

Assessment of Flood Damage Under Way

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the various Ministries, Departments and Agencies of Government are now assessing the full impact of the rains that swept the island last week. In a statement to the House of Representatives on April 25, Mr. McKenzie said the social impact is of great concern, and the Ministry of Labour...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. (File)
Finance & Public ServiceLocal Government

Local Government Ministry to Hold Town Hall Meetings to Improve Tax Compliance

In a bid to increase property tax compliance, the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, will be holding a series of town hall meetings right across the island to sensitise citizens and to answer their questions. The first will be held in St. Elizabeth on May 4, which has the lowest levels of property tax collection. Portfolio Minister, Hon....
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. (File)
Local Government

Review Being Done on Role of Municipal Police

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says a review is currently being undertaken on the role and function of Municipal Police personnel. “We have put a stop on recruitment, for the time being, to reassess the present crop and to see how best they would fit into the new dispensation,” Mr. McKenzie said during his post-Sectoral...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), listens as Executive Director of the Social Development Commission (SDC), Dr. Dwayne Vernon. (FILE)
Local Government

SDC Seeking to Expand LEDSP

The Social Development Commission (SDC) is seeking to expand its Local Economic Development Support Programme (LEDSP), says the agency’s Executive Director, Dr. Dwayne Vernon. Speaking at a post-Sectoral Debate press conference at the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, on Hagley Park Road, yesterday (April 20), Dr. Vernon said the SDC has been having tremendous success in terms of...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. (FILE)
Local Government

$95 Million Being Spent on Upgrading of Infirmaries

The Government is spending $95 million to improve five infirmaries across the island. Work has started at the Manchester and Portland infirmaries, at a cost of $15 million each; $5 million is being spent at the Trelawny facility; and $40 million and $20 million at the St. James and Westmoreland infirmaries, respectively. Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon....
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Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses the launch of the mobile property tax unit in Port Maria, St. Mary, on February 8. (FILE)
Local Government

Ministry to Acquire Another Mobile Unit to Collect Property Tax

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says another mobile unit will be acquired to assist in the collection of property taxes. Making his 2017/18 Sectoral Debate presentation in the House of Representatives on April 19, Mr. McKenzie said the property tax collection target of $7.26 billion for 2016/17 was exceeded by $350 million, totalling $7.61 billion. This,...
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Manager, Communication and Customer Services at the National Works Agency (NWA), Stephen Shaw (right), is in conversation with the team carrying out work to facilitate traffic and lane diversion along sections of the Mandela Highway, which take effect Saturday, April 22.
Local Government

Mandela Highway Traffic Changes Take Effect Saturday

Effective Saturday, April 22, the National Works Agency (NWA) will be implementing major traffic and lane changes along a section of the Mandela Highway in order to facilitate road work associated with the expansion and upgrading project underway. “We are going to be closing down a section of the eastbound carriageway between the Highway 2000 off-ramp and the Ferry Police...
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