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Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke.

Gov’t Building Financial Resilience Against Disasters

The Government is putting strategies in place to better plan for and finance damage and losses resulting from natural disasters. Among the measures is implementation of the public financial management policy for natural disaster risk, which will provide the country...

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, addresses today’s (July 9) meeting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), at 24 Church Street, downtown Kingston.

Entertainment Events to be Limited at Hope Gardens

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), presents outgoing United States of America (USA) Chargé d’Affaires to Jamaica, Eric Khant, with copies of publications from the late former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga. Mr. Khant paid a farewell call on the Minister on July 8, at the Ministry.

Outgoing USA Chargé D’affaires Commends Jamaica

Emergency Services Coordinator at the Jamaica Red Cross, St. James, Neil Barrett, addresses residents at the St. James Municipal Corporation’s community meeting held recently, at the Bethephil Baptist Church in Chatham.

St. James Residents Urged to Develop Family Disaster Plan

Disaster Preparedness Coordinator for St. James, Tamoy Sinclair, addresses the St. James Municipal Corporation’s community meeting held at the Bethephil Baptist Church in Chatham , St. James on Sunday ( June 30).

St. James Residents Urged to Pay Attention to Disaster Bulletins

Member of Parliament for West Central St. Catherine, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), addresses a community meeting at the Ginger Ridge Primary School in the parish, where he gave details about a water supply project. Also pictured are Regional Manager, National Water Commission (NWC), Gawain Johnson (left); and Community Development Officer, Rural Water Supply Limited, Winston Simon.

7 years ago Local GovernmentWater

Hundreds to Benefit from Upgrading of Ginger Ridge/Connors Water Scheme

Hundreds of residents from communities in West Central St. Catherine are to benefit from the rehabilitation of the Ginger Ridge/Connors water supply scheme. The $65-million project, which is set to start in the first week of July and completed over six to nine months, is being spearheaded by the National Water Commission (NWC) in partnership with Rural Water Supply Limited...

Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon.

7 years ago Finance & Public ServiceLocal Government

PIMSEC Approves NSWMA’s Construction of Solid Waste Transfer Station in Trelawny

The Public Investment Management Secretariat (PIMSEC) has approved the National Solid Waste Management Authority’s (NSWMA) construction of a new garbage transfer station in Trelawny. Executive Director of the NSWMA, Audley Gordon, told JIS News that the station will serve as an area where trucks can deposit solid waste prior to being loaded onto larger vehicles and transported to designated disposal sites....

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), is thanked by Director of Radio Turks and Caicos, Christopher Jarrett, after their radio interview about the upcoming Seventh Regional Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean in July 2020. Both were in attendance at the Shock-Responsive Social Protection in the Caribbean Regional Symposium in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos, on June 27.

7 years ago Local Government

Jamaica to Host Disaster Risk Reduction Conference

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the hosting of the Seventh Regional Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean (RP20) by Jamaica, in July 2020, will be timely. Speaking in an interview with Radio Turks and Caicos at the inaugural Shock-Responsive Social Protection in the Caribbean Regional Symposium, in Providenciales, Turks...

7 years ago Local Government

NSWMA Encourages Citizens to Invest in Reusables

Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon, is encouraging citizens to purchase reusable containers, including shopping bags, in order to cut down on waste that goes to the landfills. “The NSWMA is strongly advocating for persons to buy reusable stuff; that’s why we support the ban on single-use plastic bags. We want to encourage the...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (standing), who is also the Member of Parliament for West Kingston, observes while Mayor of Spanish Town, Councillor Norman Scott, signs the condolence book for the former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga, at the Lying-in-State of his body at the Denham Town Community Centre today (June 11). [FILE]

7 years ago CommunityLocal Government

St. Catherine Municipal Corporation Hails Mr. Seaga

Councillors at the St. Catherine Municipal Corporation paid homage to the former Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Edward Seaga, during a special sitting on Thursday (June 13). Mayor of Spanish Town, Councillor Norman Scott, who lead the tributes, noted that Mr. Seaga, who spent more than 40 years as a Member of Parliament and over eight years as head of...

Parish Coordinator, Disaster Preparedness – St. James, Tamoy Sinclair.

7 years ago Local Government

Municipal Corporations in the West Busy Preparing for Hurricane Season

Municipal Corporations in Western Jamaica are fast-tracking preparations for the 2019 Hurricane Season, which began on June 1 and ends on November 30. In St. James, Parish Disaster Preparedness Coordinator, Tamoy Sinclair, toldJIS News that key steps are being taken to ensure public safety throughout the period. She said that all 68 emergency shelters in the parish are inspected and given the green...

Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation and Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis, addresses the monthly meeting of the Corporation on Thursday (June 13).

7 years ago Local Government

Road Repair and Beautification Project for Mobay

A number of communities in Montego Bay are to benefit from road repair and beautification works under ‘Operation Restore Paradise’. “We will do some patching of potholes, some painting of curb walls, and repair of some drainage systems,” said Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation and Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis. “We will be looking at...