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Senior Director of Hazard Mitigation at the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Patrick Watson, addressing the meeting of the Disaster Preparedness Hazard Mitigation and Safety Committee of the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation on Tuesday (May 16).
Senior Director of Hazard Mitigation at the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Patrick Watson, addressing the meeting of the Disaster Preparedness Hazard Mitigation and Safety Committee of the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation on Tuesday (May 16).

Sustainable Land Use Project Being Undertaken In Jamaica

Comprehensive soil surveys are underway in two parishes, the results of which will inform national action to promote sustainable land use and management practices for agriculture and infrastructure development. Currently, soil assessments are being conducted at the Holland Estate and...
Executive Director, National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon (right), in conversation with Land Management Officer at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Robert Tulloch and patron Carolyn Stewart, at the recent Compost Expo, held at the NSWMA head office in Kingston.
Executive Director, National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon (right), in conversation with Land Management Officer at the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), Robert Tulloch and patron Carolyn Stewart, at the recent Compost Expo, held at the NSWMA head office in Kingston.

NSWMA Head Highlights Benefits of Composting
Attendees at the National Natural Disaster Risk Financing Policy public consultation at the Old Police Station in May Pen, Clarendon on, May 15.
Attendees at the National Natural Disaster Risk Financing Policy public consultation at the Old Police Station in May Pen, Clarendon on, May 15.

PHOTOS: Natural Disaster Risk Financing Policy Public Consultation
Executive Director, National Solid Waste Management Authority, Audley Gordon, examines the ‘Working Together for a Clean and Beautiful Nation: Citizens’ Guide’, at his office on Half-Way Tree Road, Kingston.
Executive Director, National Solid Waste Management Authority, Audley Gordon, examines the ‘Working Together for a Clean and Beautiful Nation: Citizens’ Guide’, at his office on Half-Way Tree Road, Kingston.

NSWMA Head Encourages Jamaicans to Get Copy of Citizens’ Guide
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, His Excellency, António Guterres (third left), tours the Artwalk in Kingston Creative District, downtown Kingston, on May 15. He was accompanied by (from left), Deputy Director, Kingston Creative, Janet Crick; Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor, Delroy Williams; State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge and Executive Director and Co-Founder, Kingston Creative, Andrea Dempster Chung.
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, His Excellency, António Guterres (third left), tours the Artwalk in Kingston Creative District, downtown Kingston, on May 15. He was accompanied by (from left), Deputy Director, Kingston Creative, Janet Crick; Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor, Delroy Williams; State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge and Executive Director and Co-Founder, Kingston Creative, Andrea Dempster Chung.

PHOTOS: UN Secretary-General Tours Artwalk Downtown Kingston

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The Lucea Courthouse in Bustamante Square in Hanover’s capital town. The building is regarded as the showpiece of the parish’s Georgian architecture.
Local Government

Plans In High Gear for Hanover’s 300th Anniversary Celebrations

A slate of events is being planned to celebrate the 300th (tercentennial) anniversary of Hanover’s incorporation as a parish. Deputy Mayor of Lucea and Co-Chair of the Planning Committee, Councillor Andria Dehaney-Grant, made the announcement during the Hanover Municipal Corporation’s monthly meeting on May 11. She brought a Notice of Motion to the Council with the intention to declare Sunday,...
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Executive Director, National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon.
Local Government

NSWMA Endorses ‘Trash and Hype’ Pantomime

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has commended the Pantomime Company Limited for promoting solid waste management in its newest show, ‘Trash and Hype’, which opened at the Little Theatre on April 1.   The final shows are scheduled for Saturday, May 13 at 2:00 p.m. and Sunday, May 14 at 4:30 p.m.  Executive Director of the NSWMA, Audley Gordon,...
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Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie.
Local Government

Minister Mckenzie Urges Payment of Property Taxes to Fund Garbage Collection

Jamaicans are being encouraged to pay their property taxes to ensure effective and efficient delivery of solid-waste management services. The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), through funding from the Parochial Revenue Fund (property tax), provides the public cleansing services of sweeping and residential collection of solid waste. “The question of property tax [has become] more and more important. That...
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Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams (right), consults with Deputy Mayor, Councillor Winston Ennis (centre) and Chief Executive Officer, Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC), Robert Hill, during the KSAMC’s monthly meeting on Tuesday (May 9). The meeting was held at the KSAMC in downtown Kingston.
Local Government

KSAMC to Install Canopies in Downtown Kingston

The Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) will be installing canopies in the Parade area of downtown Kingston to provide users of the space with shade from the sun and rain. Kingston’s Mayor, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams, says this will form part of the Corporation’s Labour Day project this year. “That’s a public space where our citizens come and...
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Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses the official opening of the Falmouth Homeless Shelter in Trelawny, on Friday (May 5) .
Local Government

Higher Fines Coming for Illegal Dumping

Higher fines are to be introduced as part of deterrent measures to put an end to illegal dumping. Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, said the existing fines are now under review. “The [current] fines are not a deterrent. We are almost there in terms of the review of the fines… . We not only want...
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