Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says he will be making a comprehensive submission to Cabinet aimed at bolstering solid waste management initiatives in the country. “I am now preparing a submission to take to Cabinet that will speak to what is going to be required to give solid waste the kind of injection that is...

Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon, has announced a Mayor’s charity concert to rally renewed support for the long-standing Mayor’s Charity Fund, dedicated to serving the City’s most vulnerable residents. Speaking at a press conference on Monday, October 28 in the Corporation’s Chambers, the Mayor noted that the concert will be held at the Iberostar Hotel along the Rose...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, has announced that the St. Thomas Municipal Corporation now has possession of the Yallahs Market and that renovations are slated to take place. Speaking on Friday (October 25) at the handover of a new two-bedroom unit under the Indigent Housing Programme in Seaforth, St. Thomas, the Minister said that the...

After losing her home to fire two years ago, Marsha Davis of Seaforth, St. Thomas, now has a new home, thanks to the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development’s Indigent Housing Programme. The Ministry, in fulfilling a commitment made publicly to Ms. Davis at the opening of the Yallahs Fire Station in 2022, delivered the keys to a furnished...

Mayor of Port Antonio, Councillor Paul Thompson, brings remarks during the launch of the annual Local Government and Community Month Cross-island Run, at the Dover Community Centre in St. Mary on October 22.

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) will be installing smoke detectors in several homes across the island, as part of efforts to incorporate the use of technology to minimise fire-related deaths and injuries in the country. Commissioner of the JFB, Stewart Beckford, made the announcement during the media launch of the JFB’s Fire and Life Safety Awareness Week, at the Ministry...

Fire stations islandwide will be taking the message of safety directly to citizens during the upcoming Fire and Life Safety Awareness Week, from October 27 to November 2. Speaking during a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ at the agency’s head office in Kingston, JFB Superintendent, Emeleo Ebanks, said to commemorate the Week, being observed under the theme ‘Embracing...