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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses the monthly meeting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC), held at the chamber’s downtown Kingston chambers on April 12. At left is Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Angela Brown Burke.
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses the monthly meeting of the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC), held at the chamber’s downtown Kingston chambers on April 12. At left is Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Angela Brown Burke.

Minister McKenzie to Discuss Street Light Service with JPS

By: Chris Patterson, April 12, 2016
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, will be meeting with representatives from the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) this week to discuss the current arrangements regarding...
Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), and World Bank Country Manager for Jamaica, Galina Sotirova, peruse multilateral programme briefs, during a meeting at the Ministry’s offices on Hagley Park Road in Kingston, on Friday, April 8.

Minor Water Systems to be Established in Four Parishes

By: Douglas McIntosh, April 9, 2016
Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency Masanori Nakano (front, second left ) and Executive Director of the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), Dr. Fritz Pinnock (left) sign the agreement for a donation of $9.6 million to acquire three refurbished fire trucks and an ambulance. The money is given under the Japanese Government’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots and Human Security Project. At right is advisor to the Minister of Transport and Mining, Mr. Leroy Lindsay. Standing (from left) are: Director of the School of Advanced Skills, CMI, Osric Forrest; Councillor for the Springfield Division, East Kingston & Port Royal, Lorraine Dobson and Resident Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Kenji Tobita.

CMI Receives Fire Trucks and Ambulance from Japan

By: O. Rodger Hutchinson, April 1, 2016

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Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (foreground), leads a tour of the May Pen Cemetery in Kingston, on Thursday, March 24.
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May Pen Cemetery to be Renovated

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, has announced plans for the renovation of the May Pen Cemetery in Kingston. This, he says, in order to encourage and...
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By: Douglas McIntosh, March 29, 2016