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

Government Partners With UNDP to Implement Early Warning Systems

As part of the mitigation efforts to strengthen disaster resilience in vulnerable communities, the Government is partnering with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to implement early warning systems in four parishes. Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond...
Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left) converses with Director General, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management, Major Clive Davis (right) and Director, Meteorological Service of Jamaica, Evan Thompson. They were at the launch of the national hurricane preparedness campaign at Banquet Hall, Jamaica House on June 8.
Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left) converses with Director General, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management, Major Clive Davis (right) and Director, Meteorological Service of Jamaica, Evan Thompson. They were at the launch of the national hurricane preparedness campaign at Banquet Hall, Jamaica House on June 8.

Minister Mckenzie Urges Jamaicans to Take Responsibility for Their Own Safety
Director General, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Major Clive Davis (left), converses with President, Rotary Club of Kingston, Michael Buckle, during the organisation’s weekly luncheon at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston, on June 7.
Director General, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Major Clive Davis (left), converses with President, Rotary Club of Kingston, Michael Buckle, during the organisation’s weekly luncheon at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston, on June 7.

ODPEM’s Strategies Underpinning Jamaica’s Readiness for 2018 Hurricane Season
Director General, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Major Clive Davis, addresses Rotary Club of Kingston’s luncheon meeting at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on June 7. At left is President, Rotary Club of Kingston, Michael Buckle.
Director General, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Major Clive Davis, addresses Rotary Club of Kingston’s luncheon meeting at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on June 7. At left is President, Rotary Club of Kingston, Michael Buckle.

Persons Living in Flood-Prone Areas Can Be Forcibly Removed – ODPEM
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie.
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie.

Transfer Station for Solid Waste to be Built in Trelawny

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Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Major Clive Davis.
Local Government

ODPEM Ready for 2018 Hurricane Season – Major Davis

The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) says that “all critical checks and balances” have been put in place to ensure that the island is in a state-of-readiness for the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season. The forecast from the Meteorological Office of Jamaica (Met Service) suggests that the season, from June 1 to November 30, will be above average....
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (fourth left), participates in the breaking of ground for construction of the new $56-million Port Maria Market in St. Mary on Wednesday (May 30). Others from left are Butcher, Angela Murphy; Chief Executive Officer at Dutch Construction Limited, Andrew Smith; Member of Parliament for Central St. Mary, Dr. Morais Guy; Mayor of Port Maria, Councillor Richard Creary; Custos of St. Mary, Hon. Errol Johnson; and Coincillor for the Potrt Maria Division, Germaine Smiley.
CommunityDevelopmentLocal Government

Gov’t to Spend $400 Million to Build and Upgrade Markets

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, said some $400 million will be spent during the 2018/2019 financial year to construct and upgrade markets across the island. He said that the expenditure is the largest in recent years for the improvement of market infrastructure, noting that the investment will stimulate small-scale economic activity. He said there is...
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Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), and Councillor for the Grove Town Division, Iceval Brown, cut the ribbon to officially open the water shop in Marlie Hill, Manchester, on Monday, May 14.
Local GovernmentWater

Water Shop Opens in Marlie Hill, Manchester

A water shop was opened in Marlie Hill, Manchester, on May 14, by Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. “There is a need, and we are responding to that need,” the Minister said at the ceremony. Mr. McKenzie explained that the Ministry is utilising water shops as a way to immediately address the chronic water shortage...
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Local GovernmentSectoral Debate 2018/2019

3,000 Young Persons for Summer Employment Programme

Three thousand young people are to participate in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development’s Summer Employment Programme. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, provided details of the initiative during his contribution to the 2018/19 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 16. In 2017/18, more than 2,300 young people from the 228 divisions were employed to undertake...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie.
Local GovernmentSectoral Debate 2018/2019

28 Houses to be Built for Indigent Persons

Twenty-eight houses will be built for indigent persons across the island this financial year at a cost of $52 million. This was disclosed by Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, during his contribution to the 2018/19 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 16. He noted that two concrete structures will be built per...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie.
Local GovernmentSectoral Debate 2018/2019

Gov’t Building Drop-In Centres for Homeless Persons

The Ministry of Local Government and Community Development is erecting additional drop-in centres for homeless citizens at a cost of $28 million. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, said the facilities will be used to assess, feed, treat, counsel and otherwise care for the homeless. He was making his contribution to the 2018/19 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (at podium), addresses a press conference held at Jamaica House on Tuesday (May 15) to provide details on the $15-billion local bond facility established by the National Water Commission (NWC), through National Commercial Bank (NCB) Capital Markets Limited. Also pictured at the head table (from left) are Chairman of the NWC, Senator Aubyn Hill; and Chief Executive Officer, NCB Capital Markets Limited, Steven Gooden.
Local GovernmentPrime Minister

PM Says NWC $15 Billion Local Bond Will Transform Entity

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the $15-billion local bond facility established by the National Water Commission (NWC), will now help to transform the entity into a viable asset for long-term investment. “We are now creating the NWC as an asset in which pension funds, and other such funds, like insurance funds, can invest,” he explained, while addressing...
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