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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, addresses the press launch of Local Government and Community Month 2014, at the Ministry’s Hagley Park Road headquarters, in Kingston, on October 23.
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, addresses the press launch of Local Government and Community Month 2014, at the Ministry’s Hagley Park Road headquarters, in Kingston, on October 23.

Jamaicans Urged To Pay Outstanding Property Taxes

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, is appealing to Jamaicans to pay over the $2.8 billion in outstanding property taxes for the current fiscal year. This will ensure that the target of $7.26 billion for the...
State Minister for Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Colin Fagan ( 2nd right), makes a symbolic presentation of a tablet computer to Grade 10 student of Cumberland High School in Portmore, St. Catherine, Tara Van Riel (2nd left), during Thursday’s (October 23) Tablets in Schools Pilot Project handing over ceremony at the institution. Looking on are Tara’s mother, Karen Taylor (left), and Cumberland High School’s Acting Principal, Michael Brydson. Just under 900 tablets have been provided to the school, situated in South East St. Catherine.
State Minister for Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Colin Fagan ( 2nd right), makes a symbolic presentation of a tablet computer to Grade 10 student of Cumberland High School in Portmore, St. Catherine, Tara Van Riel (2nd left), during Thursday’s (October 23) Tablets in Schools Pilot Project handing over ceremony at the institution. Looking on are Tara’s mother, Karen Taylor (left), and Cumberland High School’s Acting Principal, Michael Brydson. Just under 900 tablets have been provided to the school, situated in South East St. Catherine.

More Than 4,000 Tablet Computers Distributed to Students
Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Glendon Harris, addressing the anniversary ceremony to mark Montego Bay’s 34th year of becoming a City. Mayor Harris said while the achievements are many, there are still outstanding matters that the city must work towards as it fulfills its potential.
Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Glendon Harris, addressing the anniversary ceremony to mark Montego Bay’s 34th year of becoming a City. Mayor Harris said while the achievements are many, there are still outstanding matters that the city must work towards as it fulfills its potential.

Time to Advance Montego Bay – Mayor
Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Parish Council, Glendon Harris, addressing participants at the opening ceremony for the Vin Martin Memorial Atlanta/Montego Bay Sister Cities Health Mission on October 6, at the St. John
Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Parish Council, Glendon Harris, addressing participants at the opening ceremony for the Vin Martin Memorial Atlanta/Montego Bay Sister Cities Health Mission on October 6, at the St. John's Methodist Church Hall in Montego Bay.

Annual Health Mission Renamed for Vin Martin
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Dione Jennings, addressing the closing session of the Caribbean Conference on Solid Waste Management at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort in Montego Bay, St. James, on October 3. Ms Jennings said the conference was an overwhelming success and should bring tremendous benefits to Caribbean states in relation to the management of solid waste.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Dione Jennings, addressing the closing session of the Caribbean Conference on Solid Waste Management at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort in Montego Bay, St. James, on October 3. Ms Jennings said the conference was an overwhelming success and should bring tremendous benefits to Caribbean states in relation to the management of solid waste.

Ministry Pleased with Solid Waste Management Conference

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Local GovernmentOffice of the Prime Minister

MPs Get $126 Million for ChikV Clean-Up

Members of Parliament have been allocated $126 million for clean-up activities with each constituency to receive $2 million. The amount is part of $500 million earmarked by Government for the National Health Emergency Response to the Chikungunya Virus (CHIK V), including elimination of mosquito breeding sites. Already, $150 million has been set aside for the Health Ministry to meet “some...
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Local Government

KSAC to Deploy Volunteers in Education Drive Against CHIK-V

The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) will be deploying some 31 volunteers throughout the municipality on October 15 in its public education drive to control the Chikungunya virus, which is transmitted by the aedes aegypti mosquito. Ongoing work has been on in earnest by the KSAC, and several Ministries and agencies, to clear areas where the outbreak has been...
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Local GovernmentParliament

Legislation to Entrench Local Governance Tabled in Parliament

The Government has commenced the process of entrenching local governance in Jamaica’s Constitution, with the tabling of the Constitution (Amendment) (Local Government) Act. The Bill was tabled in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, September 30, by Leader of Government Business in the Lower House, Hon. Phillip Paulwell. The legislation is in keeping with recommendations made in the August 1993...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott (right), is in discussion with Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Colin Bullock, at the opening ceremony of the Caribbean Conference on Solid Waste Management on September 30, at the Hilton Rose Hall Resort in Montego Bay.
Local Government

Solid Waste Management Critical to Economic Growth – Arscott

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, says effective solid waste management is critical in growing the economies of the Caribbean region and ensuring that citizens can enjoy a good quality of life. “The reality is that our collective efforts as Caribbean policy makers to grow and develop our economies, is as contingent on effective solid waste...
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Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Angela Brown Burke addressing today’s (December 10) Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) Council meeting, at its Church Street chambers, in downtown Kingston. Mrs. Brown Burke outlined plans for a Downtown shopping spree to be held on December 18.
Local Government

KSAC Seeks to Regulate Feeding of the Homeless

The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation  (KSAC) is refuting reports that it has placed a ban on the feeding of homeless persons on the streets, as it is only seeking to regularize and coordinate the work of the groups that have caring programmes for these persons. According to Mayor of Kingston, Senator Angela Brown Burke, the KSAC recently met with...
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Students of the Rollington Town Primary School in Kingston show off the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) workbooks, which were presented to them on Friday, September 19, by Mayor of Kingston, Senator Angela Brown Burke (back row, 3rd left), during a ceremony at the institution. Principal of the school, Dr. Margaret Bailey (back row, 2nd left), and teachers, share with the students.
Local Government

Mayor Presents GSAT Workbooks to Rollington Town Primary

Mayor of Kingston, Senator Angela Brown Burke, has presented over 40 workbooks to the Rollington Town Primary School in Kingston, to aid in the students’ preparation for the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT). Speaking with reporters on Friday, September 19, after a presentation ceremony at the school located on St. James Road, Senator Brown Burke said the books were donated...
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The rehabilitated access road to the Fantasy Beach in Priory, St. Ann. The road was repaired at a cost of $4.5 million, provided through the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP).
Local GovernmentTransport

Access Road to Fantasy Beach Rehabilitated

A sum of $4.5 million has been spent to rehabilitate the access road to the Fantasy beach in Priory, St. Ann, in a bid to ensure the safety of visitors who use the beach. In an interview with JIS News, Secretary/Manager, St. Ann Parish Council, Alfred Graham, noted that 300 metres of roadway were resurfaced, to enable smoother access for...
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