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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator, the Hon. Matthew Samuda (fourth from left), turns on a pipe during the commissioning of the $475 million Nonpareil/Retirement/Orange Hill water System in Westmoreland on Thursday (August 25). Sharing the moment (from left) are Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, Councillor Bertel Moore; Vice President of Operations, National Water Commission (NWC), Kevin Kerr; Councillor/Caretaker, Negril Division, Owen James; Member of Parliament, Westmoreland Western, Morland Wilson; and NWC Regional Manager for Westmoreland and Hanover, Jeffrey Smith.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator, the Hon. Matthew Samuda (fourth from left), turns on a pipe during the commissioning of the $475 million Nonpareil/Retirement/Orange Hill water System in Westmoreland on Thursday (August 25). Sharing the moment (from left) are Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, Councillor Bertel Moore; Vice President of Operations, National Water Commission (NWC), Kevin Kerr; Councillor/Caretaker, Negril Division, Owen James; Member of Parliament, Westmoreland Western, Morland Wilson; and NWC Regional Manager for Westmoreland and Hanover, Jeffrey Smith.

9,000 Residents in Westmoreland Get Improved Water Supply

Approximately 9,000 residents in 12 communities across Westmoreland now have access to improved water supply, following the commissioning of the $475 million Nonpareil/Retirement/Orange Hill Water System on Thursday (August 25). Among the beneficiary areas are White Hall, Mount Airy, Hog...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon Andrew Holness (right) converses with Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon Matthew Samuda (centre) and National Water Commission (NWC) President, Mark Barnett (left) during a ceremony to commission into service the $129 million Sandy Ground to Black River Replacement Pipeline in St. Elizabeth, on Friday, July 29.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon Andrew Holness (right) converses with Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon Matthew Samuda (centre) and National Water Commission (NWC) President, Mark Barnett (left) during a ceremony to commission into service the $129 million Sandy Ground to Black River Replacement Pipeline in St. Elizabeth, on Friday, July 29.

PM Commissions Sandy Bank to Black River Replacement Pipeline into Service
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (left), is assisted by Member of Parliament (MP) for St. Mary South East, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn (second left), to turn on the improved Iterboreale well pump in St. Mary on July 21. Observing (from third left) are: National Water Commission’s (NWC) Regional Manager, Richard Williams; His Worship the Mayor of Port Maria, Richard Creary and MP for St. Mary Central, Dr. Morais Guy.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (left), is assisted by Member of Parliament (MP) for St. Mary South East, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn (second left), to turn on the improved Iterboreale well pump in St. Mary on July 21. Observing (from third left) are: National Water Commission’s (NWC) Regional Manager, Richard Williams; His Worship the Mayor of Port Maria, Richard Creary and MP for St. Mary Central, Dr. Morais Guy.

PHOTOS: St. Mary Pumping Station Improvement Complete
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (centre), tests the water supply system following a tour of the Flower Hill Water Supply Improvement Project in St. James on July 20. Sharing the moment are National Water Commission (NWC) Production Manager for Trelawny and St. James, Fitzgerald Roach (left) and Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Homer Davis.
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda (centre), tests the water supply system following a tour of the Flower Hill Water Supply Improvement Project in St. James on July 20. Sharing the moment are National Water Commission (NWC) Production Manager for Trelawny and St. James, Fitzgerald Roach (left) and Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Hon. Homer Davis.

Illegal Connections Affecting Operations of NWC
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development will be undertaking electrification and water supply projects in Chamber’s Pen, Hanover. “In another couple of weeks, I will be signing the contract for [electrical] installation of 150 households in Chamber’s Pen and another 150 [communities] between the Corporate Area and Portland,” portfolio Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, told JIS News. The installation works will be undertaken as part of the Ministry’s Rural Electrification Programme (REP) being spearheaded by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). The programme aims to extend electricity to rural Jamaica as part of measures to stimulate economic and social activity, and improve the quality of life in rural communities. So far, several rural areas across the island have been benefiting from the project. Chamber’s Pen will also be the focus of a major water supply project. “An extensive amount of work [will be done] to bring water to the community… and that will be done by Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL),” Minister McKenzie said, while addressing a water supply commissioning ceremony in Top Aberdeen in St. Elizabeth, recently. Chamber’s Pen is the pilot community under the Ministry’s $650-million Rural Development Programme. The programme, which will create temporary and permanent employment opportunities across the country, includes the installation of water, electricity, Internet access, roads, sidewalks, community parks and indigent housing. -30-
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development will be undertaking electrification and water supply projects in Chamber’s Pen, Hanover. “In another couple of weeks, I will be signing the contract for [electrical] installation of 150 households in Chamber’s Pen and another 150 [communities] between the Corporate Area and Portland,” portfolio Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, told JIS News. The installation works will be undertaken as part of the Ministry’s Rural Electrification Programme (REP) being spearheaded by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF). The programme aims to extend electricity to rural Jamaica as part of measures to stimulate economic and social activity, and improve the quality of life in rural communities. So far, several rural areas across the island have been benefiting from the project. Chamber’s Pen will also be the focus of a major water supply project. “An extensive amount of work [will be done] to bring water to the community… and that will be done by Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL),” Minister McKenzie said, while addressing a water supply commissioning ceremony in Top Aberdeen in St. Elizabeth, recently. Chamber’s Pen is the pilot community under the Ministry’s $650-million Rural Development Programme. The programme, which will create temporary and permanent employment opportunities across the country, includes the installation of water, electricity, Internet access, roads, sidewalks, community parks and indigent housing. -30-

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