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Recycling Partners of Jamaica (RPJ) General Manager, Gairy Taylor (centre), and National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) Community Relations Manager, Kimberly Blair (right), observe as an RPJ employee deposits plastic bottles into a bag during a cleanup of the New Causeway Fishing Village in St. Catherine on July 5. The NSWMA partnered with RPJ to clear the fishing village of plastic bottles and debris in observance of Plastic Free July.
Recycling Partners of Jamaica (RPJ) General Manager, Gairy Taylor (centre), and National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) Community Relations Manager, Kimberly Blair (right), observe as an RPJ employee deposits plastic bottles into a bag during a cleanup of the New Causeway Fishing Village in St. Catherine on July 5. The NSWMA partnered with RPJ to clear the fishing village of plastic bottles and debris in observance of Plastic Free July.

PHOTOS: New Causeway Fishing Village Cleanup

Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Leeroy Williams (second right), makes a presentation to Shelter Manager, Mocho Community Centre, Richard Bennett (second left), during a Shelter Management Conference held at the Municipal Corporation on June 6. Also sharing the moment are (from left) Councillor for the Maroon Town Division, Everes Coke and Councillor for Montego Bay South Eastern division and Chairman of the Corporation’s Disaster Management Committee, Arthur Lynch.
Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Leeroy Williams (second right), makes a presentation to Shelter Manager, Mocho Community Centre, Richard Bennett (second left), during a Shelter Management Conference held at the Municipal Corporation on June 6. Also sharing the moment are (from left) Councillor for the Maroon Town Division, Everes Coke and Councillor for Montego Bay South Eastern division and Chairman of the Corporation’s Disaster Management Committee, Arthur Lynch.

Shelter Managers Honoured By St. James Municipal Corporation
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (second left); Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining and Member of Parliament for St. Elizabeth South Western, Hon. Floyd Green (right) and Superintendent at the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) Black River Station, Kemar Brooks (left), are briefed by JFB Commissioner, Stewart Beckford, during a tour of the newly renovated station in St. Elizabeth recently.
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (second left); Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining and Member of Parliament for St. Elizabeth South Western, Hon. Floyd Green (right) and Superintendent at the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) Black River Station, Kemar Brooks (left), are briefed by JFB Commissioner, Stewart Beckford, during a tour of the newly renovated station in St. Elizabeth recently.

Minister McKenzie Pleased with Black River Fire Station Renovation
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), greets Stakeholder Advisor, United Nations-Habitat, Shamoy Hajare, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s offices on Hagley Park Road in Kingston on Thursday (June 29).
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), greets Stakeholder Advisor, United Nations-Habitat, Shamoy Hajare, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s offices on Hagley Park Road in Kingston on Thursday (June 29).

Minister Mckenzie Endorses $40M Canterbury Community Development Project
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie.
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie.

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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (centre), cuts the ribbon to officially hand over a new indigent housing unit to beneficiary Shawya Farquharson (second right) in Brompton, St. Elizabeth on June 22. Sharing the occasion (from left) are Mayor of Black River, Councillor Derrick Sangster; Councillor of the Brompton Division, Whitney Smith-Currie and Corporate Secretary for the Board of Supervision, Treka Lewis.
HousingLocal Government

Resident of Brompton Gets New House Under Indigent Programme

A grateful Shawya Farquharson of Brompton, St. Elizabeth, has received a new house under the Government’s Indigent Housing Programme. The programme, which is delivered under the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development’s Municipal Social Assistance (MSA) programme, is designed to address the housing crisis among the poor and most vulnerable. The programme is carried out by the Poor Relief...
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Firefighters from across the Caribbean who participated in bush fire management training carried out by the United States Forest Service (USFS), through its Natural Infrastructure for Caribbean Resilience (NICaR) programme.
Local Government

Local Firefighters Get Training In Bush Fire Management

The capacity of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) to combat bush fires has been strengthened. Thirteen local firefighters were among a group of 35 personnel from across 13 Caribbean countries who benefited from training in bush fire management, which was conducted by the United States Forest Service (USFS) through its Natural Infrastructure for Caribbean Resilience (NICaR) programme. Bush fires, also...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (third left), engages stakeholders from the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation and Jamaica Fire Brigade as they tour one of the proposed sites for the construction of a new fire station in the Balaclava area of St. Elizabeth, on Wednesday, June 21.
Local GovernmentWorks / Construction

New Fire Station for Balaclava In St. Elizabeth

Plans are advanced for the construction of a fire station in the Balaclava area of St. Elizabeth. Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, on Wednesday (June 21), toured two possible sites to erect the facility in the community that borders the Manchester parish. “One of the locations is where the existing post office is, and it...
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Court House building in Falmouth that houses the offices of the Trelawny Municipal Corporation and the Parish Court, now partially closed after the roof covering the Parish Court collapsed recently.
Local Government

Mayor’s Forum In Falmouth on June 28

Chairman of the Trelawny Municipal Corporation and Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor Collen Gager, is preparing for the highly anticipated Mayor's Forum, to take place in Water Square, Falmouth, on Wednesday, June 28 starting at 5:00 p.m. Mayor Gager told JIS News that chief among the slate of topics on the agenda will be the state of the parish’s disaster preparedness,...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (centre), cuts ribbon to officially hand over a new Indigent Housing Programme unit to beneficiary Bernicey Wright (second left) in Black River, St. Elizabeth, on June 22. Also taking part are (from left) Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining and Member of Parliament for St. Elizabeth Southwestern, Hon. Floyd Green; Mayor of Black River, Councillor Derrick Sangster and Councillor for the Black River Division, Dwight Salmon.
HousingLocal Government

Fire Victim Gets New House Under Indigent Housing Programme

Bernicey Wright, who lost her home to fire in Black River, St. Elizabeth, is the proud recipient of a new house under government’s Indigent Housing Programme. The programme, which is delivered under the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development’s Municipal Social Assistance (MSA) project, is designed to address the housing crisis among the poor and most vulnerable. The two-bedroom...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, leads a tour of the St. Elizabeth Infirmary in Santa Cruz, on Wednesday, June 21.
Local Government

All Systems on Standby – Minister McKenzie

The Government has taken proactive measures by placing all systems on standby in response to Tropical Storm Bret, which continues to approach sections of the Caribbean region. “We have put all our systems on standby, but we have not activated anything. As we get closer to the end of the week and look at the system, then we will be...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (centre), speaks with Assistant Matron for the St. Elizabeth Infirmary, Veronic Roach (left), during a tour of the infirmary in Santa Cruz on Wednesday, June 21. At right is the Ministry’s Chief Technical Officer, Dwight Wilson.
Local Government

CHASE Fund Donates Ambulance to St. Elizabeth Infirmary

The St. Elizabeth Infirmary in Santa Cruz is to boost its emergency medical service as the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund has donated an ambulance to the entity. Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, who shared the news during a tour of the “best kept” facility on June 21, noted that the ambulance...
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