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His Worship the Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Desmond McKenzie, has called for a garbage disposal policy, pointing out that such legislation would reduce the number of problems affecting the environment. Mayor McKenzie said the policy should be implemented, with the collaboration of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), to include an educational campaign which emphasises the negative effects...

The cleaning and beautification of the Trelawny Parish Council building in Falmouth is the Labour Day parish project for Trelawny. The work will incorporate clean-up of the cenotaph and fountain in the town square. Chairman of the Civic and Community Relations Sub-Committee, Councillor Fernandez Smith, speaking at a meeting held at the Parish Council yesterday (May 13), informed that the...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding leaves the island tomorrow (May 13) to participate in the Commonwealth Local Government Conference in Freeport, Grand Bahama. Mr. Golding is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the closing ceremony on Thursday, May 14. He will also be participating in other activities to mark the opening of the new Beaches Resort Villages and...

Work on the Hanover Labour Day parish project is scheduled to start prior to Labour Day (May 25), based on the scope of work to be carried out on that project. The parish project entails the cleaning of the beaches and surrounding areas along the Lucea Waterfront, stretching between the Lucea Transportation Centre and Church Street in that town, inclusive...

The St. James Parish Council is staging its third annual Disaster Education Awareness competition, which will see some 21 schools and members of the public competing for attractive prizes, while learning about disaster preparedness and mitigation. Held under the theme: 'The more I know, the more I am prepared' the competition, which comprises a quiz and poster segment, is being...

Beaches along the Lucea waterfront in Hanover, stretching from the Transportation Centre to Church Street, and inclusive of the local Fisherman's Beach, will be targeted for a clean-up campaign as part of the Hanover Labour Day parish project. At the first meeting of the Hanover planning committee for the 2009 Labour Day activities, at the Parish Council Chamber on Monday,...

Twenty-one educational institutions will participate in the St. James Parish Council's third annual Disaster Education Awareness Programme, April to May this year. Spearheaded by the Council's Disaster Preparedness Unit to support public education on effective disaster preparedness and management, the programme will be highlighted by students and adults competing for attractive prizes in quiz and poster events. Speaking at a...

As the Government accelerates the pace of Local Government Reform, three draft strategic bills have been developed and are being put through the consultative process with key stakeholders. These draft laws are the Local Governance Act, Financial Management Act and the (Unified Services) and Employment Act, informed Governance Coordinator in the Department of Local Government, Robert Hill. He said that...

The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation(KSAC) will be hosting a Child Month Service at its monument to Jamaica's slain children, The Secret Gardens, at the intersection of Church and Tower streets, in downtown Kingston on Sunday, May third. The ceremony is being held at the start of Child Month(May), and only five months after the erection of the monument, in...

The St George's Girls' Primary and Infant School, Duke Street, Kingston has been presented with the Key to the City of Kingston, for its contribution to the parish and, especially, to downtown Kingston. The presentation was made by the Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Desmond McKenzie, on behalf of the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation(KSAC) Council, at the school on Wednesday(April...

The St. James Parish Council is reaching out to citizens through a series of Mayor's Fora. Speaking to JIS News at the second forum held on Thursday evening (April 16) at the Montego Bay Civic Centre, Mayor Charles Sinclair said that the sessions were aimed at promoting meaningful dialogue among citizens and representatives of key Government agencies, and providing information...

Mayor of Black River, Councillor Jeremy Palmer, has commended the staff of the Black River Hospital for their "humane and prompt" responses to persons who visit the facility for medical care. "On several occasions I have gone on visits there, unannounced, to deal with relatives and persons who I know who had been admitted there and, I must say that,...