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Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Dionne Jennings, addresses a ceremony to launch Disaster Preparedness Month on June 1 at Jamaica House.

Govt Prepared for Hurricane Season

With the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season now underway, the ministries and agencies of government responsible for welfare assistance, clearing of roads, and disaster preparedness, are reporting that they are ready for any eventualities. Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of...

A member of the work crew puts domestic waste in the back of a National Solid Waste Management Authority compactor truck. (FILE)

5 Disposal Sites Lit in Two Months – NSWMA Executive Director to Tour Riverton Today

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, highlights a point while addressing participants in the LASCO Releaf Environmental Awareness Programme (REAP) awards ceremony, held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, on June 7.

Government to Streamline Waste Management System by December

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

ODPEM Always Prepared for Disasters – Director General

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

Debate Begins on Building Bill

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (2nd right), is in discussion with (from left), Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, University of the West Indies (UWI), Tara Dasgupta; Professor in the Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD), University of the West Indies (UWI), Anthony Clayton; and Senior General Manager, Construction and Development, National Housing Trust, Donald Moore. Occasion was a national building policy workshop at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (June 6).

9 years ago Local Government

Minister McKenzie to Meet with Stakeholders on New Building Bill

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says he will be inviting architects and engineers to a meeting to discuss issues they have raised about the new Building Bill. He made the disclosure while addressing a national building policy workshop at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday (June 6). The Minister, who is scheduled...

Director of the Meteorological Service of Jamaica, Evan Thompson. (FILE)

9 years ago Local Government

MET Service Forecasts Above-Normal Hurricane Season

The Meteorological Service of Jamaica (Met Service) says Jamaicans must prepare for above-normal activity for the 2017 hurricane season, which runs from June 1- November 30. Director of the Met Service, Evan Thompson, said some 11 to 17 tropical systems are expected for the season. He said it is predicted that five to nine hurricanes will develop, with two to...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), is in conversation with Mayor of Portmore, Leon Thomas (centre); and Member of Parliament for South St. Catherine, Fitz Jackson, at the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of the Portmore Municipal Corporation administrative building in St. Catherine on Wednesday (May 31).

9 years ago Local Government

Councillors Urged to Focus on Service

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, is imploring councillors to put service at the centre of everything they do. “We want to take local government where the people not only respect you because of your political persuasion… (but) must also respect you because of the kind of representative that you are, the kind of service that...

Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Dr. Janice Lindsay, addresses a JIS Think Tank on May 18.

9 years ago LabourLocal Government

Check NWA Before Painting Pedestrian Crossings for Labour Day

Community groups planning to paint pedestrian crossings for Labour Day are being urged to check with the National Works Agency (NWA) before embarking on such projects. Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Dr. Janice Lindsay, said it is the responsibility of the works agency to scientifically map out the locations for the placement of...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), commends resident of Sunnyside, St. Catherine, Jermain Riley for his bravery in rescuing five family members, who were trapped by the recent heavy rains, which pelted the island. Occasion was a tour of the area on Wednesday (May 17).

9 years ago Local Government

Young Men Save St. Catherine Family from Flood Waters

The act of bravery by Jermain and Jamauno Riley and their friend Ramone Peart, in saving five members of one family during the recent flood rains, is something that will be spoken about by residents of Sunnyside, St. Catherine, for decades to come. The three young men rescued Nordia Lewin; her young twin sons, Daleik and Daleel Ebanks; their sister...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (centre), presents the contract for the construction of the Portmore Municipal Corporation building, to Managing Director of HDB Construction, Hugh Burton, at the signing ceremony held on Thursday (May 18), at the Ministry’s Hagley Park Road offices in St. Andrew. Sharing the moment is Mayor of Portmore, Leon Thomas.

9 years ago Local Government

$190 Million Contract Signed for New Portmore Municipal Corporation Building

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, has signed a $190-million contract for the construction of a modern administrative building for the Portmore Municipal Corporation. Speaking at the signing ceremony at his Hagley Park Road offices in St. Andrew, on Thursday (May 18), Minister McKenzie said the project will provide the Corporation with its own space from...

A section of the Guy’s Hill main road in St. Catherine that has been severely impacted by recent heavy rains that lashed the island.

9 years ago Local Government

NWA Clearing Roads and Doing Assessments

The National Works Agency (NWA) is clearing roads and completing assessments following extensive damage to the infrastructure in several parishes, as a result of the recent heavy rainfall. This has rendered some roads impassable, restricting access to several communities. In an interview with journalists, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NWA, E.G. Hunter, said the focus is now on clearing...