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

Gov’t to Make Evacuations Mandatory

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the Government will be putting regulations in place to allow for mandatory evacuations in times of natural disaster. He said the regulations, which are far advanced, will make the...
Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (3rd left), displays a symbolic cheque for $4 million to help fund the construction of a facility at the St. Catherine Infirmary to house homeless persons from the Spanish Town Hospital and the streets, on September 15, at the infirmary. Others (from left) are Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie; Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Fund (NHF), Everton Anderson; and Mayor of Spanish Town, Councillor Norman Scott.
Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (3rd left), displays a symbolic cheque for $4 million to help fund the construction of a facility at the St. Catherine Infirmary to house homeless persons from the Spanish Town Hospital and the streets, on September 15, at the infirmary. Others (from left) are Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie; Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Fund (NHF), Everton Anderson; and Mayor of Spanish Town, Councillor Norman Scott.

Facility for Homeless Persons to be Built in Spanish Town
Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (2nd left), along with Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond Mc Kenzie (3rd right) cut the ribbon to officially open the emergency medical service at the Portmore Fire Station on Friday (September 15). Looking on from left are: Health Promotion and Public Relations Manager for the National Health Fund, Shermaine Robotham; Commissioner of the Jamaica fire Brigade, Raymond Spencer; and Acting Director of Emergency Medical Services, Ministry of Health, Dr. Jacqueline Bisasor-McKenzie. In the background (left) is Chief Executive Officer at the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports, Education (CHASE) Fund, Billy Heaven.
Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (2nd left), along with Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond Mc Kenzie (3rd right) cut the ribbon to officially open the emergency medical service at the Portmore Fire Station on Friday (September 15). Looking on from left are: Health Promotion and Public Relations Manager for the National Health Fund, Shermaine Robotham; Commissioner of the Jamaica fire Brigade, Raymond Spencer; and Acting Director of Emergency Medical Services, Ministry of Health, Dr. Jacqueline Bisasor-McKenzie. In the background (left) is Chief Executive Officer at the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports, Education (CHASE) Fund, Billy Heaven.

Emergency Medical Service Launched at Portmore Fire Station
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. (File)
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. (File)

Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation Town Halls in Clarendon
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie.
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie.

Jamaica to Help Coordinate Irma Relief

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Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, addresses today’s (September 12) sitting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation held at the Corporation’s offices on Church Street in downtown Kingston.
Local Government

KSAMC Coordinating Relief Drive to Assist Hurricane Victims

The Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) is spearheading a relief drive to assist Caribbean countries that were impacted by the recent passage of Hurricane Irma. This was disclosed by Deputy Mayor, KSAMC, Councillor Winston Ennis, during yesterday's (September 12) monthly meeting, held at the Corporation’s office on Church Street, downtown Kingston. Hurricane Irma caused widespread and catastrophic damage...
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Mayor of Montego Bay, His Worship Homer Davis (centre), cuts the ribbon to open a designated garbage disposal area in the community of Norwood, St. James, on August 30. He is flanked by Regional Operations Manager for Western Park and Market Waste Management Limited, Garnet Edmonson (left); and Councillor for the Norwood Division, Joshua Cummings.
Local Government

Garbage Disposal Site Opens in Norwood

Residents of Norwood in St. James now have a designated area to dispose of their garbage, where it can be collected and taken to the dump site. The St. James Municipal Corporation, in conjunction with the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), officially opened the disposal facility on August 30. Mayor Homer Davis explained that the project started on Labour...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), takes a look at 2016-17 property tax receipts being shown to him by member of the Marlie Hill community in South Manchester, Sonia Beckford, during a tour of the area on August 25. Miss Beckford has donated a piece of land so that a water shop can be constructed to supply the community.
Local Government

Water Shop to be Built in Marlie Hill, South Manchester

A water shop is to be constructed in Marlie Hill, South Manchester, by the end of the year. This was announced by Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, during a tour of the area on August 25. Technocrats from the National Water Commission and the Ministry will return to Marlie Hill on August 29 to begin...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. (File)
Local Government

$93 Million Allocated for Street Signs and Fire Stations

Some $93 million has been earmarked for retrofitting and putting up street signs across the island as well as renovating and repairing fire stations. The amount to be spent on street signs is $35 million and the allocation for fire stations is $58 million. This was announced by Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, at a town...
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Local Government

Eight Road Sections Being Repaired in St. Elizabeth

Work being done on eight road sections in St. Elizabeth as part of a $7.7 million National Works Agency (NWA) hot mix patching programme, is slated to be completed by August 25. In an interview with JIS News, Community Relations Officer for the NWA’s Southern Region, Howard Hendriks, said most of the roads that have been slated to be patched...
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Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Major Clive Davis.
Local Government

ODPEM Monitoring Tropical Storm Harvey

Press Release #1: The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management and the Meteorological Service of Jamaica continue to watch the development of Tropical Storm Harvey. On the forecast track, the system will impact some islands of the Lesser Antilles today Friday 18 August 2017 and continue to move in a westerly direction. Tropical Storm Harvey should pass well south...
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