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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie speaking at a post-Cabinet Press Briefing held at Jamaica House recently.
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie speaking at a post-Cabinet Press Briefing held at Jamaica House recently.

No Plans to Divest Musgrave Market

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie says there are no plans to divest the Musgrave Market in Portland. “No decision has been taken to divest the interest of the Musgrave Market to anybody…it is the property...
Deputy Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Winston Ennis.
Deputy Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Winston Ennis.

Jamaicans Urged to Safeguard Children
Director of the Meteorological Service (Met Service), Evan Thompson, addresses a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House in Kingston, on Wednesday (June 14).
Director of the Meteorological Service (Met Service), Evan Thompson, addresses a post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House in Kingston, on Wednesday (June 14).

Expect No Increase In Rainfall July and August – Met Service
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addressing journalists during Wednesday’s (June 14) post-Cabinet Press Briefing at Jamaica House.
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addressing journalists during Wednesday’s (June 14) post-Cabinet Press Briefing at Jamaica House.

Damage from Recent Heavy Rains Estimated at Over $100m
Mayor of Morant Bay, Councillor Hubert Williams, addresses Thursday’s (June 8) monthly meeting of the St. Thomas Municipal Corporation.
Mayor of Morant Bay, Councillor Hubert Williams, addresses Thursday’s (June 8) monthly meeting of the St. Thomas Municipal Corporation.

St. Thomas Readies for Hurricane Season

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The St. James Municipal Corporation’s Parish Coordinator for Disaster Preparedness, Tamoy Sinclair.
Local Government

St. James Municipal Corporation Prepared for 2023 Hurricane Season

The St James Municipal Corporation has declared its preparedness for the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, with a comprehensive plan in place to ensure the safety and well-being of residents in the event of a major storm. The six-month Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30. Parish Coordinator for Disaster Preparedness, Tamoy Sinclair, told JIS News that the...
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Scientific Officer at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Port Royal Marine Laboratory, Chauntelle Parkins (left), shows Director of the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Company Foundation, Winsome Callum (centre), and Health, Safety, Environment and Quality Director, Total Energies, Robert Holdsworth, marine species at the Lab’s Biodiversity Centre in Kingston, during a tour on Friday (June 2).
Local Government

Private Sector Encouraged to ‘Adopt-A-Mangrove’

Private sector entities are being encouraged to invest in biodiversity as part of their corporate social responsibility by participating in the National Environment and Planning Agency’s (NEPA) Adopt-A-Mangrove programme.  Through this engagement, NEPA is seeking to leverage additional financial support for the management of several mangrove plots within the Palisadoes-Port Royal Protected Area (P-PRPA).  The P-PRPA is approximately 13,500 hectares...
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Community Relations Manager at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Kimberley Blair.
Local Government

NSWMA Observes Environmental Awareness Week June 4-10

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) and its regional offices will be observing National Environmental Awareness Week from Sunday, June 4 to Saturday, June 10.  The Week, which is being observed under the theme, ‘End Travel Waste’, will also incorporate Solid Waste Day, on Tuesday, June 6.  Community Relations Manager, NSWMA, Kimberley Blair, told JIS News that the aim...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), converses with Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie and Senior Director (Acting), Mitigation Planning and Research Division, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Anna Tucker Abrahams, on his arrival at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on June 1 for the National Disaster Risk Management Council meeting.
Local Government

PM Urges Jamaicans to Take Precautions As Hurricane Season Begins

With the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season now under way, Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is urging Jamaicans to take the necessary precautions to protect life and property. He said that persons should listen for and adhere to warnings issued by the relevant authorities and ensure that they are accessing information from credible sources. “More and more, the infodemic...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addressing the National Disaster Risk Management Council meeting at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston on June 1.
Local Government

Gov’t Building Financial Resilience Against Disasters

The Government is placing focus on disaster risk financing to strengthen the country’s financial capacity to respond to and recover from disasters. “This Administration has taken a different approach to disaster risk management, particularly on the financial side of things and, in fact, we have developed a National Natural Disaster Risk Financing Policy,” said Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew...
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