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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses the 133rd birthday anniversary celebrations of National Hero, His Right Excellency Sir Alexander Bustamante in Blenheim, Hanover on February 24.

Road Leading to Bustamante Birth Home to be Rehabilitated

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says $20 million will be provided to rehabilitate the road leading to the birthplace of National Hero, The Right Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante in Blenheim, Hanover. Mr. McKenzie, who was...

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

Major Improvements in Local Governance Being Targeted in 2017/18

Executive Director, Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), Ronald Jackson (left), hands over a representational cheque valued at $10.2 million to Director General, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Major Clive Davis (right). The money will go towards the agency’s Help Haiti Initiative, through which it is providing support for Haiti, which was devastated by Hurricane Matthew last year. Also pictured is Director, Urban and Regional Planning, Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Marsha Henry-Martin. Occasion was a post-evaluation workshop for phase two of the Caribbean Disaster Management project (CADM2) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on February 23. CADM2 was undertaken to further strengthen the disaster management capacity in the region.

National Emergency Communication Network to be Established

Parish Councillors Urged to Obey Guidelines

Executive Director of Food For The Poor (FFP), David Mair (left), symbolically presents a cricket bat to Executive Director of the Social Development Commission (SDC), Dr. Dwayne Vernon. Occasion was a ceremony at the charity’s Ellerslie Pen headquarters in St. Catherine on Tuesday (February 21), where sports gear, valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars, was handed over for the SDC’s 20/20 Community Cricket Competition.

FFP Donates Gear for SDC 20/20 Cricket Competition

9 years ago Local Government

Rehabilitation of Roads in St. Ann and St.Catherine to be Completed in 2017/18

Rehabilitation of roadways in two parishes is to be completed in the 2017/18 fiscal year, under the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Basic Needs Trust Fund project. These are the Grierfield road in St. Ann; and Bottom Bonnet road in St. Catherine. A sum of $119 million has been set aside in the 2017/18 Estimates of Expenditure to undertake this...

Senior Development Officer at the Canadian High Commission, Walric Peddie (right), has the attention of (from left) Pan American Health Organization (PAHO Consultant, Dr. Kam Mung; Acting Director of Emergency Disaster Management and Special Services in the Ministry of Health (MOH), Dr. Jacqueline Bisasor-McKenzie; Technical Advisor, PAHO, Dr. Taraleen Malcolm; and Consultant, PAHO, Dr. Marion Bullock DuCasse. Occasion was the opening of the Disaster Risk Management and Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) training session on February 21 at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) headquarters in Kingston. The initiative seeks to strengthen the response of the health sector to natural disasters and emergencies.

9 years ago Local Government

ODPEM Training Health Workers in Disaster Risk Management

Three hundred health workers are to receive Disaster Risk Management and Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) training in order to strengthen the capacity of the country’s health sector to respond to natural disasters and emergencies. The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) is undertaking the training under the Caribbean Disaster Risk Management Programme (Health Sector), which is being facilitated...

Minister of Local Government and Community, Hon. Desmond, addresses a sensitisation session for elected local officials held on February 15 at the National Police College of Jamaica (NPCJ) in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine.

9 years ago Local Government

Mobile Units Collect $2 Million in Property Taxes

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, is reporting that over $2 million in property taxes have already been collected by the mobile units, which were recently launched in Clarendon and St. Mary. He was addressing a regional sensitisation session with mayors and councillors at the National Police College of Jamaica (NPCJ) in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine...

9 years ago Local Government

$500 Million to Repair Roads in Trelawny, Clarendon and Manchester

A sum of $500 million has been allocated for the rehabilitation of 47 kilometres of road structures in Trelawny, Clarendon and Manchester. This will be carried out under the Rural Road Rehabilitation II project being implemented by the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation. As outlined in the 2017-18 Estimates of Expenditures, now before the House of Representatives, the...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (centre), signs documents during a ceremony at Jamaica House on Tuesday (February 14), to establish a Memorandum of Understanding between the National Water Commission (NWC), HEART Trust/NTA and Israel-based company, Miya. Looking on are: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dean-Roy Bernard (left); and Miya Representative, Sophie Kanellopoulou (right). The NWC management and staff will be trained in best practices for the management of non-revenue water (NRW) as part of the Kingston and St. Andrew NRW Co-Management Project.

9 years ago Local Government

NWC Signs MOU for Staff Training

The National Water Commission (NWC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the HEART Trust/NTA and Israel-based company, Miya, for the training and capacity building for its management and staff. This is being done under the Kingston and St. Andrew Non-Revenue Water (NRW) Co-Management Project. The training, to include 150 personnel, is to ensure a highly skilled and dedicated...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (second left), signs contract for the purchase of two fire boats for the Jamaica Fire Brigade on February 14 at the Ministry’s head office in Kingston. Others (from left) are: Acting Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade, Raymond Spencer; Representative of United States boat manufacturer, Brunswick Commercial and Government Products (BCGP), Phillip Gibson; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Denzil Thorpe.

9 years ago Local Government

Jamaica Fire Brigade to Get Two Fire Boats

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is to acquire two new fire boats valued at US$1.3 million. A contract for the acquisition of the vessels was signed by the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, the Jamaica Fire Brigade and United States boat manufacturer, Brunswick Commercial and Government Products (BCGP) on February 14 at the Ministry in Kingston. In his...

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond
McKenzie, addresses the launch of the mobile property tax unit in Port Maria, St. Mary, on February 8. (FILE)

9 years ago Local Government

Gov’t Will Not Interfere With Church Property Tax Exemptions – Minister Mckenzie

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says no attempt will be made to interfere with the property tax exemptions churches currently enjoy. He gave the assurance at the launch of the official mobile property tax unit in Port Maria, St. Mary, on February 8. A second unit was launched at Bargain Village in May Pen, Clarendon, on...