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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon Desmond McKenzie, speaking at the third staging of the Board of Supervision’s awards and recognition ceremony held at the Jewel Runaway Bay Beach and Golf Resort in St. Ann on March 1.
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon Desmond McKenzie, speaking at the third staging of the Board of Supervision’s awards and recognition ceremony held at the Jewel Runaway Bay Beach and Golf Resort in St. Ann on March 1.

Local Government Ministry to Increase Education Grants

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the funds provided to municipal councillors to assist needy students with back-to-school preparations will be increased in the 2019/2020 financial year. “We introduced it for the first time [in...
Mayor of Kingston, Senator Delroy Williams (left), presents Mayor of Gibraltar, Kaiane Aldorino Lopez, with the keys to the City of Kingston during a special sitting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation on Wednesday (February 27).
Mayor of Kingston, Senator Delroy Williams (left), presents Mayor of Gibraltar, Kaiane Aldorino Lopez, with the keys to the City of Kingston during a special sitting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation on Wednesday (February 27).

Mayor of Gibraltar Presented with Keys to Kingston
President of the National Water Commission (NWC), Mark Barnett, address a recent Jamaica Information Service Think Tank.
President of the National Water Commission (NWC), Mark Barnett, address a recent Jamaica Information Service Think Tank.

Rio Cobre Treatment Facility to Improve Water Supply
Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses handover ceremony for 11 compactor garbage trucks, in Kingston recently. With the Minister (from left) are Deputy Chairman, NSWMA, Linley Reynolds; and Executive Director, Audley Gordon.
Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses handover ceremony for 11 compactor garbage trucks, in Kingston recently. With the Minister (from left) are Deputy Chairman, NSWMA, Linley Reynolds; and Executive Director, Audley Gordon.

New Anti-Litter Act Will Place Greater Emphasis on Compliance
President of the National Water Commission (NWC), Mark Barnett, gives an update on work to replace the Ferry pipeline, during a JIS Think Tank on Monday (February 25)
President of the National Water Commission (NWC), Mark Barnett, gives an update on work to replace the Ferry pipeline, during a JIS Think Tank on Monday (February 25)

NWC to Spend Over $5 Billion on Major Projects

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President of the National Water Commission (NWC), Mark Barnett, gives an update on work to replace the Ferry pipeline, during a JIS Think Tank on Monday (February 25)
Local Government

Ferry Pipeline to be Operational by July

President of the National Water Commission (NWC), Mark Barnett, says the Ferry pipeline transmission main should be operational by July. Work is under way to replace the broken, 18-inch transmission main along the Mandela Highway, which is buried 35-feet deep. The irreparable break has disrupted water supplied to sections of the Corporate Area, since last December. Speaking at a JIS...
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Budget 2019/2020CommunityLocal GovernmentVision 2030

Gov’t Allocates $558.8 Million for Poverty-Reduction Programme

The Government is to commence 17 infrastructure projects in targeted communities during the upcoming fiscal year under the Poverty Reduction Programme IV. These include construction, expansion and rehabilitation of police stations, schools, health and community centres. A sum of $558.8 million has been provided in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, for the undertaking. Being...
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Budget 2019/2020Local GovernmentTransport

Work on Montego Bay Bypass to Commence in 2019/2020 Fiscal Year

Work to construct the Montego Bay perimeter road (bypass) will commence in the 2019/2020 fiscal year with a $500-million allocation. The sum is set aside in the 2019/20 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives. The project aims to create a safe and reliable alternative route for motorists travelling within and across Montego Bay, resulting in reduced traffic...
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Local GovernmentTransport

$586.4 Million Allocated for Rehabilitation of Roads in St. Mary and St. Ann

The Government has allocated another $586.4 million to continue work on 44 kilometres of roads in St. Mary and St. Ann under the Road Rehabilitation Project II. The project, which was initiated in April 2017, entails repairing the 13.6-kilometre roadway from Toms River to Broadgate, and 14.8 kilometres between Broadgate and Agualta Vale in St. Mary, and the 15-kilometre Alexandria...
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Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), in conversation with Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon (centre) and Deputy Chairman of the NSWMA, Linley Reynolds. Occasion was the handover ceremony for 11 compactor garbage trucks (in background) to the NSWMA on Tuesday (February 19), at the Ministry in Kingston. One more unit will be delivered in March.
Local Government

NSWMA Receives More Garbage Trucks

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has received 11 compactor garbage trucks, valued at approximately US$1.74 million, from the Government. One more will be delivered in March. The handover ceremony was held on February 19 at the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development in Kingston. The NSWMA’s regional entities, Southern Parks and Markets (SPM) Waste Management Limited will...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), is presented with a token by Homelessness Coordinator at the Hanover Poor Relief Department, Hyacinth Morris, at the official opening of the Hanover Drop-In Centre on Miller’s Drive in Lucea, on February 15.
Local Government

Minister Lauds Work of Hanover Poor Relief Dept.

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, has praised the work of the Hanover Poor Relief Department, noting that it is a shining example of service in the Ministry. “When public servants do well, politicians must not take the praise. You must acknowledge and give credit (where it is due), and I want to say without fear...
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Budget 2019/2020Local Government

Construction of Fire Stations in Mobay, Yallahs and Port Maria to Begin 2019/2020

Construction of the Montego Bay, Yallahs and Port Maria fire stations are to commence in the 2019/2020 fiscal year. This will be facilitated under the Jamaica Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project, for which $1.13 billion has been allocated in the 2019/2020 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House. The money will also be used to commence coastal revetment works at Port...
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