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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (seated 4th left), shares a moment with 31 newly trained Municipal Police Officers, who will be deployed to six local government authorities across the island. Occasion was the graduation ceremony held on Friday (April 15), at the National Police College in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine. Also pictured are: Training Director at the police college, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Norman Heywood (3rd left); Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Denzil Thorpe(3rd right); and other officials of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), and the Ministry.
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (seated 4th left), shares a moment with 31 newly trained Municipal Police Officers, who will be deployed to six local government authorities across the island. Occasion was the graduation ceremony held on Friday (April 15), at the National Police College in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine. Also pictured are: Training Director at the police college, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Norman Heywood (3rd left); Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Denzil Thorpe(3rd right); and other officials of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), and the Ministry.

31 Municipal Police to Join Six Local Authorities

Thirty-one new municipal police officers are be deployed to six local government authorities across the island. The municipal officers, who recently completed a six-week training course at the National Police College in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine, have been assigned to...
Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), emphasizes a point to acting Mayor of the Portmore, Councillor Leon Thomas, during a meeting at the Portmore Municipal Council’s chambers in Portmore Pines, St. Catherine, on April 13.
Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), emphasizes a point to acting Mayor of the Portmore, Councillor Leon Thomas, during a meeting at the Portmore Municipal Council’s chambers in Portmore Pines, St. Catherine, on April 13.

Portmore Climate Change Park to be Rehabilitated
Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (third right), and President and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Public Service Company (2nd left), Kelly Tomblin (second left), lead discussions on the status of the nation’s street light network, during a meeting at the Ministry’s Hagley Park Road offices in Kingston, on April 13.
Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (third right), and President and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Public Service Company (2nd left), Kelly Tomblin (second left), lead discussions on the status of the nation’s street light network, during a meeting at the Ministry’s Hagley Park Road offices in Kingston, on April 13.

Local Government and Community Development Ministry Sets Up Complaints Desk
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses the monthly meeting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC), held at the chamber’s downtown Kingston chambers on April 12. At left is Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Angela Brown Burke.
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses the monthly meeting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC), held at the chamber’s downtown Kingston chambers on April 12. At left is Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Angela Brown Burke.

Minister McKenzie to Discuss Street Light Service with JPS
Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), and World Bank Country Manager for Jamaica, Galina Sotirova, peruse multilateral programme briefs, during a meeting at the Ministry’s offices on Hagley Park Road in Kingston, on Friday, April 8.
Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), and World Bank Country Manager for Jamaica, Galina Sotirova, peruse multilateral programme briefs, during a meeting at the Ministry’s offices on Hagley Park Road in Kingston, on Friday, April 8.

Minor Water Systems to be Established in Four Parishes

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Budget 2016/2017Local Government

Gov’t Allocates $34 Million for Portmore Climate Change Park

The Government has allocated $34 million to undertake work at the Portmore Hagen Climate Change Park in St. Catherine. As outlined in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, the project aims to provide recreational space for relaxation; act as an educational tool to illustrate the generation and use of renewable energy; while reducing the carbon...
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Budget 2016/2017Local Government

STATIN gets $10 Million for 2016 Household Expenditure Survey

The Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) has been allotted a sum of $10 million to undertake data collection/analysis to assist with activities relating to the 2016 Household Expenditure Survey. A portion of the money will also be used to engage a consultant to analyse data and produce reports on the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education’s (PATH’s) educational outcomes....
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Governor GeneralRiverton Landfill

Improved Security Arrangements for Riverton

 Security arrangements at the Riverton disposal site are to be improved through the addition of electronic surveillance mechanisms, which will help to prevent unauthorised access to the facility. This is among four priority areas identified for immediate action to strengthen the management of the site. Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, who made the announcement while delivering...
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Local Government

Gov’t Pursuing Plans to Relocate Homeless Street Persons

The Government will be implementing measures to reduce the number of homeless persons living on the nation’s streets. Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the plans include the provision of $24 million in the 2016/17 Budget, to upgrade the Poor Relief Department’s drop-in centre on Hanover Street in downtown Kingston. He made the disclosure while addressing...
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Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency Masanori Nakano (front, second left ) and Executive Director of the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), Dr. Fritz Pinnock (left) sign the agreement for a donation of $9.6 million to acquire three refurbished fire trucks and an ambulance. The money is given under the Japanese Government’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots and Human Security Project. At right is advisor to the Minister of Transport and Mining, Mr. Leroy Lindsay. Standing (from left) are: Director of the School of Advanced Skills, CMI, Osric Forrest; Councillor for the Springfield Division, East Kingston & Port Royal, Lorraine Dobson and Resident Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Kenji Tobita.
Local Government

CMI Receives Fire Trucks and Ambulance from Japan

Three refurbished fire trucks and an ambulance, valued at $9.6 million, will be donated to the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), by the Government of Japan. This is aimed at improving the emergency response capability of the CMI to the people of Port Royal and Harbour View, in East Kingston. Funding for the units is being provided through the Japanese Government’s...
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Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, speaking with journalists during a recent tour of the May Pen Cemetery.
Local Government

Gov’t to Make Better Use of Burial Space at May Pen Cemetery

The Local Government and Community Development Ministry is looking to make changes to how burials are done at the May Pen Cemetery in Kingston. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, said the objective is to better utilise the remaining space at the approximately 200-acre property, which is owned and operated by the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC). The Minister was...
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