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Approximately $60 million is to be spent by the Department of Local Government to construct two Municipal buildings, and expand another facility, to accommodate the operations of three local authorities. The three authorities that will benefit are the St. Thomas and Westmoreland Parish Councils, and the Portmore Municipal Council. This was announced by State Minister for Local Government in the...

Minister of State for Local Government, Hon. Robert Montague, says that the government is fully committed to the reform process to make governance at the local level more effective. Giving the main address at a town hall meeting of the St. Mary Parish Development Committee held at the Port Maria Civic Centre on Thursday (November 25), Mr. Montague said that...

Nine markets are to be renovated under Phase One of an island-wide market beautification programme, to be spearheaded by the Department of Local Government. The markets are: Constant Spring, in St. Andrew; Ocho Rios and St. Ann's Bay, St. Ann; Buff Bay and Port Antonio, Portland; Oracabessa and Annotto Bay, St. Mary; Falmouth, Trelawny; and Lucea, Hanover. All the markets...

The Mayors of Portmore, Spanish Town and Morant Bay plan to revisit enforcement plans for 'no-build' zones in their respective parishes, to increase enforcement, following the devastation wreaked by Tropical Storm Nicole, recently. Jamaica's National Housing Policy, which is being fine tuned by the Ministry of Water and Housing, does not speak specifically to no-build zones. However, it speaks to...

About 100 houses are to be built in communities in Central and West Kingston under the pilot project to be undertaken by the government to address the problem of inadequate housing in inner-city communities. "We will be selecting sections of Central Kingston and West Kingston and that should be able to cover 80 to 100 (houses)," said Prime Minster, Hon....

State Minister for Local Government in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Hon. Robert Montague, says arrangements are being made to allocate approximately $40 million to each of the 14 municipal councils, to assist repairing infrastructural damage caused by heavy rains associated with tropical storm Nicole in September, and other severe weather systems. Speaking at the launch of the...

State Minister for Local Government in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Hon. Robert Montague, says arrangements are being made to allocate approximately $40 million to each of the 14 municipal councils, to assist repairing infrastructural damage caused by heavy rains associated with tropical storm Nicole in September, and other severe weather systems. Speaking at the launch of the...

The flood situation in the eastern Hanover districts of Pierces Village and Forrest, caused by Tropical Storm Nicole, has improved, with the water levels decreasing, while the water level in the district of Chigwell continues to rise. Many acres of the three eastern Hanover districts have been under water since the passing of the Tropical Storm earlier this month, which...

Effective tomorrow evening, the National Works Agency (NWA) will be closing sections of Orange Street in Downtown Kingston. The corridor will be closed at intervals to allow for repair works. Manager of Communication and Customer Services at the NWA, Stephen Shaw says the project will take in the section of Orange Street between Harbour Street and Slipe Road. The work...

The St. Thomas Parish Council created history on Monday November 22 when it became the first local authority to launch a Customer Service Charter. The Charter will serve to guide the code of conduct, treatment and overall service offered by the Council, as it moves to develop a closer relationship with all of its clients, particularly the residents of the...

Young people in Portland are being urged to come out in their numbers for the National Council on Drug Abuse's (NCDA) drug sensitization and healthy lifestyle fair, which will be held on Thursday (November 25) on the Buff Bay Hospital grounds in Portland. The event, which will begin at 10:30 a.m., is part of activities to mark Drug Awareness Month...

As part of activities marking November as Local Government Month, the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) will be honouring 20 past and current councillors, and employees of the Council, at an awards dinner at Jamaica House on Saturday, November 27. Addressing the monthly meeting at the Council held recently at its Church Street offices, downtown Kingston, Councillor Desmond McKenzie,...