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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

As Jamaicans prepare to participate in cleanup activities on Labour Day, May 23, the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is urging them to get a copy of its Citizens’ Guide. The document is available for download via the entity’s...
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
The Lucea Courthouse in Bustamante Square in Hanover’s capital town. The building is regarded as the showpiece of the parish’s Georgian architecture.
The Lucea Courthouse in Bustamante Square in Hanover’s capital town. The building is regarded as the showpiece of the parish’s Georgian architecture.

Plans In High Gear for Hanover’s 300th Anniversary Celebrations
Custos Rotulorum for St. Andrew and Chairman, Jamaica Legion Poppy Appeal, Hon. Ian Forbes (second left), and fellow stakeholders display a symbolic cheque, in the sum of $750,000, which was presented for the procurement of a water heater for the Curphey Home for ex-servicemen and women in Manchester. The funds were donated by the Office of the Custos Rotulorum through the Jamaica Legion Poppy Appeal. The presentation was made on Friday (May 12) at Mr. Forbes’ office. Others (from left) are Chairman, St. Andrew Justices of the Peace, Senior Superintendent of Police Norris Rhoomes; Chair, Jamaica Legion Poppy Appeal, St. Andrew Chapter, Michelle Henry; and Jamaica Legion Poppy Appeal executives, General Secretary, Lt. Col. Michael Anglin, Vice Chairman, Errol McKenzie, and Coordinator, Andy Miller.
Custos Rotulorum for St. Andrew and Chairman, Jamaica Legion Poppy Appeal, Hon. Ian Forbes (second left), and fellow stakeholders display a symbolic cheque, in the sum of $750,000, which was presented for the procurement of a water heater for the Curphey Home for ex-servicemen and women in Manchester. The funds were donated by the Office of the Custos Rotulorum through the Jamaica Legion Poppy Appeal. The presentation was made on Friday (May 12) at Mr. Forbes’ office. Others (from left) are Chairman, St. Andrew Justices of the Peace, Senior Superintendent of Police Norris Rhoomes; Chair, Jamaica Legion Poppy Appeal, St. Andrew Chapter, Michelle Henry; and Jamaica Legion Poppy Appeal executives, General Secretary, Lt. Col. Michael Anglin, Vice Chairman, Errol McKenzie, and Coordinator, Andy Miller.

PHOTOS: $750,000 Donated to Purchase Water Heater at Curphey Home in Manchester
Head of the St Ann Police, Senior Superintendent Dwight Powell, addresses the St Ann Municipal Corporation’s monthly meeting on Thursday (May 11).
Head of the St Ann Police, Senior Superintendent Dwight Powell, addresses the St Ann Municipal Corporation’s monthly meeting on Thursday (May 11).

Police Remind Operators of Heavy-duty Vehicles Not to Traverse Fern Gully

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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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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

Local Government Minister Condemns Attacks on Homeless Persons

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says attacks on homeless persons must be condemned. “We are seeing a significant increase in the number of attacks, fatal attacks, on persons who live on the streets of this country,” the Minister pointed out. Mr. McKenzie was addressing the official opening of the Falmouth Homeless Shelter in Trelawny, on...
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