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Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon, addresses a town hall meeting at the Negril Community Centre in Westmoreland on Thursday (March 2).

Land Acquired in Westmoreland for Waste-Transfer Station

By: Marlon Tingling, March 3, 2017

Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon, says that land has been acquired in George’s Plain, Westmoreland for the establishment of a transfer station to...

New Mayor of Kingston, Senator, Councillor Delroy Williams.

Mayor has Big Plans for Downtown Kingston

By: Linton Heslop, February 28, 2017

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses the 133rd birthday anniversary celebrations of National Hero, His Right Excellency Sir Alexander Bustamante in Blenheim, Hanover on February 24.

Road Leading to Bustamante Birth Home to be Rehabilitated

By: Garwin Davis, February 28, 2017

Local Government 9 years ago Improved Sewage Treatment Facilities for Some 200,000 Portmore Residents
By: Rochelle Williams, February 28, 2017
Local Government 9 years ago Major Improvements in Local Governance Being Targeted in 2017/18
By: O Rodger Hutchinson, February 27, 2017
Local Government 9 years ago National Emergency Communication Network to be Established
By: Alecia Smith, February 26, 2017

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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. (FILE)

9 years ago Local Government

Parish Councillors Urged to Obey Guidelines

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says parish councillors who continue to flout the law can expect to be aggressively pursued by the Office of the...

By: Garwin Davis, February 24, 2017

Executive Director of Food For The Poor (FFP), David Mair (left), symbolically presents a cricket bat to Executive Director of the Social Development Commission (SDC), Dr. Dwayne Vernon. Occasion was a ceremony at the charity’s Ellerslie Pen headquarters in St. Catherine on Tuesday (February 21), where sports gear, valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars, was handed over for the SDC’s 20/20 Community Cricket Competition.

9 years ago Local Government

FFP Donates Gear for SDC 20/20 Cricket Competition

Food For The Poor (FFP) has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of sports gear to the Social Development Commission (SDC) to boost the agency’s community cricket programme. The...

By: O Rodger Hutchinson, February 24, 2017

9 years ago Local Government

Rehabilitation of Roads in St. Ann and St.Catherine to be Completed in 2017/18

Rehabilitation of roadways in two parishes is to be completed in the 2017/18 fiscal year, under the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Basic Needs Trust Fund project. These are the...

By: Alecia Smith , February 23, 2017

Senior Development Officer at the Canadian High Commission, Walric Peddie (right), has the attention of (from left) Pan American Health Organization (PAHO Consultant, Dr. Kam Mung; Acting Director of Emergency Disaster Management and Special Services in the Ministry of Health (MOH), Dr. Jacqueline Bisasor-McKenzie; Technical Advisor, PAHO, Dr. Taraleen Malcolm; and Consultant, PAHO, Dr. Marion Bullock DuCasse. Occasion was the opening of the Disaster Risk Management and Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) training session on February 21 at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) headquarters in Kingston. The initiative seeks to strengthen the response of the health sector to natural disasters and emergencies.

9 years ago Local Government

ODPEM Training Health Workers in Disaster Risk Management

Three hundred health workers are to receive Disaster Risk Management and Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) training in order to strengthen the capacity of the country’s health sector to respond to...

By: Rochelle Williams, February 23, 2017

Minister of Local Government and Community, Hon. Desmond, addresses a sensitisation session for elected local officials held on February 15 at the National Police College of Jamaica (NPCJ) in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine.

9 years ago Local Government

Mobile Units Collect $2 Million in Property Taxes

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, is reporting that over $2 million in property taxes have already been collected by the mobile units, which were recently...

By: Garfield L. Angus, February 20, 2017

9 years ago Local Government

$500 Million to Repair Roads in Trelawny, Clarendon and Manchester

A sum of $500 million has been allocated for the rehabilitation of 47 kilometres of road structures in Trelawny, Clarendon and Manchester. This will be carried out under the Rural...

By: Denise Dennis , February 15, 2017

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (centre), signs documents during a ceremony at Jamaica House on Tuesday (February 14), to establish a Memorandum of Understanding between the National Water Commission (NWC), HEART Trust/NTA and Israel-based company, Miya. Looking on are: Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Dean-Roy Bernard (left); and Miya Representative, Sophie Kanellopoulou (right). The NWC management and staff will be trained in best practices for the management of non-revenue water (NRW) as part of the Kingston and St. Andrew NRW Co-Management Project.

9 years ago Local Government

NWC Signs MOU for Staff Training

The National Water Commission (NWC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the HEART Trust/NTA and Israel-based company, Miya, for the training and capacity building for its management and...

By: Denise Dennis , February 15, 2017

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (second left), signs contract for the purchase of two fire boats for the Jamaica Fire Brigade on February 14 at the Ministry’s head office in Kingston. Others (from left) are: Acting Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade, Raymond Spencer; Representative of United States boat manufacturer, Brunswick Commercial and Government Products (BCGP), Phillip Gibson; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Denzil Thorpe.

9 years ago Local Government

Jamaica Fire Brigade to Get Two Fire Boats

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is to acquire two new fire boats valued at US$1.3 million. A contract for the acquisition of the vessels was signed by the Ministry of...

By: Rochelle Williams, February 15, 2017

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Parish Councillors Urged to Obey Guidelines

FFP Donates Gear for SDC 20/20 Cricket Competition

Rehabilitation of Roads in St. Ann and St.Catherine to be Completed in 2017/18

ODPEM Training Health Workers in Disaster Risk Management

Mobile Units Collect $2 Million in Property Taxes

$500 Million to Repair Roads in Trelawny, Clarendon and Manchester

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