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Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses a ceremony for the handover of flood relief cheques to flood-affected small business owners in Port Maria, at the St. Mary’s Anglican Church Hall on Wednesday, March 30.
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses a ceremony for the handover of flood relief cheques to flood-affected small business owners in Port Maria, at the St. Mary’s Anglican Church Hall on Wednesday, March 30.

Port Maria Small Business Operators get Flood Relief Cheques

The Government is providing more than $8 million to assist small business operators in Port Maria and its environs who suffered losses due to severe flooding in the coastal town earlier this year. An initial 35 flood relief cheques were...
Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, delivers the Throne Speech at the ceremonial opening of Parliament at Gordon House on February 10. The Throne Speech was delivered under the theme ‘Building Our Jamaica: Peace, Opportunity and Prosperity’.
Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, delivers the Throne Speech at the ceremonial opening of Parliament at Gordon House on February 10. The Throne Speech was delivered under the theme ‘Building Our Jamaica: Peace, Opportunity and Prosperity’.

Integrated Rural Development Programme Coming
– Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), is shown a concrete water-harvesting tank at the Springfield Primary and Infant School in St. Elizabeth, by Principal, Winsome Coke (second left), during a recent tour of the school by the Minister. Also participating in the tour are (from third left) Mayor of Black River, Councillor Derrick Sangster; Managing Director of Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL), Audley Thompson and Deputy Chairman of RWSL , Peter Clarke.
– Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (left), is shown a concrete water-harvesting tank at the Springfield Primary and Infant School in St. Elizabeth, by Principal, Winsome Coke (second left), during a recent tour of the school by the Minister. Also participating in the tour are (from third left) Mayor of Black River, Councillor Derrick Sangster; Managing Director of Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL), Audley Thompson and Deputy Chairman of RWSL , Peter Clarke.

Rural Water Supply Limited Commended For Project At Springfield Primary School
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (fourth left), turns on the Top Aberdeen , St. Elizabeth, water supply, during an official ceremony held in the community on Thursday (February 3). Sharing the moment (from left) are Deputy Chairman of Rural Water Supply, Peter Clarke; Member of Parliament for St. Elizabeth North Eastern, Delroy Sloley; Acting Regional Manager for the National Water Commission, Caudel Daley and Councillor of the Siloah Division, Audie Myers.
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (fourth left), turns on the Top Aberdeen , St. Elizabeth, water supply, during an official ceremony held in the community on Thursday (February 3). Sharing the moment (from left) are Deputy Chairman of Rural Water Supply, Peter Clarke; Member of Parliament for St. Elizabeth North Eastern, Delroy Sloley; Acting Regional Manager for the National Water Commission, Caudel Daley and Councillor of the Siloah Division, Audie Myers.

Top Aberdeen In St. Elizabeth Gets Water Supply
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right) converses with Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, Councillor Bertel Moore, during a tour of the Savanna-la-Mar Market in Westmoreland on Thursday (December 9).
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right) converses with Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, Councillor Bertel Moore, during a tour of the Savanna-la-Mar Market in Westmoreland on Thursday (December 9).

Emergency Repairs to be Undertaken at Savanna-La-mar Market

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Tour guides taking guests out on a horseback riding tour in Mammee Bay, St. Ann
Local GovernmentRural DevelopmentTourism

St. Ann Municipal Corporation Addresses Horse Issue

The issue of unchecked horseback riding in Mammee Bay, St. Ann, has been addressed. The St. Ann Municipal Corporation and the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) have now taken a proactive approach “in the interest of motorists” and all those who have been affected by “having horses roaming recklessly” on the main road and endangering lives, stakeholders say. Mayor of...
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Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), Stewart Beckford, speaking during a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank held at the agency’s offices in Kingston on Monday (October 25)
Local GovernmentRural Development

JFB Observes Fire And Life Safety Week

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) will be hosting a slew of activities, utilising traditional and social media, to commemorate the 25th year of Fire and Life Safety Awareness Week (FLSAW) and is encouraging citizens to participate. The week is being observed from October 24 to 30 under the theme ‘Empowering Citizens to Create Fire Safe Communities’. Speaking at a JIS...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Homer Davis (right); Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Leeroy Williams (2nd right); and Custos Rotulorum for St. James, Bishop the Hon. Conrad Pitkin (2nd left), join other congregants in singing a hymn during an Independence Church Service at Maldon Baptist Church in St. James on Sunday (August 1).
Local GovernmentRural Development

Jamaicans Encouraged to Stand United Against Crime and Violence

Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Homer Davis, is encouraging Jamaicans to take a united stand against crime and violence which, he says, threatens to undermine the nation’s civil liberties.   In a message delivered during an Independence Church Service at Maldon Baptist Church in St. James on Sunday (August 1), Mr. Davis said...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Homer Davis (centre), is in conversation with Member of Parliament for Eastern St. Thomas, Dr. Michelle Charles (left), and Councillor for the Dalvey Division, Michael McLeod (right), while on a tour of the Cheswick community in the parish on Wednesday (July 28).
Local GovernmentRural Development

Residents Of Beneficiary Communities Encouraged To Embrace Rural Development Programme

Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Homer Davis, is encouraging residents of communities slated for improvement works under the Government’s $650-million Rural Development Programme to embrace the initiative. He said for the works to be successful, persons need to “monitor the projects to make sure that what was said is what is being...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Homer Davis (left), in conversation with Member of Parliament for South West Clarendon, Lothan Cousins (right), while touring a section of the community of Banks in the parish on July 22. Others (from left) are: Councillor for the Race Course Division, Pauline Reynolds, and Chief Executive Officer for the Clarendon Municipal Corporation, Rohan Blake.
Local GovernmentRural Development

Major Developments Earmarked for Banks Community in Clarendon

The Community of Banks in Clarendon is slated to benefit from major drainage upgrading and an electrification exercise for households, among other engagements, under the Government’s $650 million Rural Development Programme.  Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Homer Davis, says Banks is one of four communities islandwide where the programmed activities, designed to enhance the lives of residents and the overall economic...
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Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, examines a drain during a tour of the Barnett Street Fire Station construction project in Montego Bay, St. James, on Friday (June 25).
Rural Development

New Montego Bay Fire Station Slated for Completion within Two Months

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the $574 million fire station, being built on Barnett Street in Montego Bay, St. James, is on track for completion within the next two months The Minister, who toured the project on Friday (June 25) along with Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Managing Director, Omar Sweeney, and members of...
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Homer Davis, speaks to residents of Vaughansfield Housing Scheme, in St. James, during a St. James Municipal Corporation/National Housing Trust community meeting, at the Maroon Town Community Centre, in the parish, on Thursday, June 17.
Local GovernmentRural Development

Infrastructure in Vaughansfield Housing Scheme to be Upgraded

The Vaughansfield Housing Scheme, in St. James, has been earmarked for an approximately $35 million infrastructure upgrade project by the Government. This forms part of a multi-billion dollar national programme to upgrade infrastructure of some 100 housing schemes across the island that were constructed in the first 10 years of the National Housing Trust (NHT). The scope of work for the...
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