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Acting Director General of Office of Disaster Preparedness & Emergency Management (ODPEM), Richard Thompson.

National Fire Management Plan Sound – ODPEM

By: Oroyo Eubanks, April 29, 2014

Acting Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Richard Thompson, has hailed Jamaica’s Fire Management Plan as “a very effective and coordinated response mechanism”. In...

A view of a section of the grounds of the St. James Infirmary.

Labour Day Improvement Works for St. James Infirmary

By: Bryan Miller, April 28, 2014

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott (centre) accepts seismic map from Acting Deputy Director General at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management, Horace Glaze (right), at the Ministry on April 24. Looking on is Resident Coordinator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Dr. Arun Kashyap.

Local Government Ministry Receives Seismic Map

By: Oroyo Eubanks, April 25, 2014

Local Government 12 years ago 170 Stalls for Black River Market
By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, April 17, 2014
Local Government 12 years ago KSAC Speeds Up Building Approvals
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Local Government 12 years ago KSAC Urges Compliance with Billboard Requirements
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Rocky Point Residents Urged To Help Create Business Environment

Mayor of May Pen, Councillor Scean Barnswell, has urged residents of Rocky Point, Clarendon, to find innovative and creative ways to encourage business in their community. Mayor Barnswell was speaking...

By: Andrea Braham, April 14, 2014

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller shares a light moment with youngsters who attended the official handing over of the Rocky Point market, in South East Clarendon on April 12 .

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PM Condemns Latest Reported Cases of Child Abuse

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has made another blistering condemnation of those who continue to abuse the nation’s children. “I condemn every attack on any child in...

By: Andrea Braham, April 14, 2014

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (second right) admires a star apple being sold by a vendor inside the newly constructed Rocky Point Market in Clarendon on April 12, during a tour of the facility. With the Prime Minister are (from left); Minister of Local government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott; Member of Parliament, South East Clarendon, Rudyard Spencer; and Mayor of May Pen, Councillor Scean Barnswell.

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New Rocky Point Market to Benefit Over 4,000 Persons

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KSAC Collects $1.56 Billion in Property Tax

The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) is reporting that $1.56 billion in property tax was collected during the last fiscal year. “For 2013/14 we collected 95 per cent of...

By: Chris Patterson, April 10, 2014

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Noel Arscott (left), and CEMEX Director of Relations for Latin America and the Caribbean, Olivia Caldwell, view portions of the supporting structure of the bridge linking sections of the access road to the Riverton landfill in St. Andrew, during a tour of the area on January 22. The two-kilometre road is to be repaired by CEMEX, a Mexican building materials firm, under a collaborative arrangement between the Governments of Jamaica and Mexico. (FILE)

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$25 Million Allocated for Mo-Bay’s Urban Action Plan

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Japanese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Yasuo Takese hands over cheque to outgoing Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade, Laurie Williams, at the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development in Kingston, on March 27. Looking on are (from left): Chairman of the Jamaica Fire Brigade, Mr. Jalil Dabdoub Jnr., and Acting Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade, Errol Mowatt.

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Japan Funds Repairs of Fire Hydrants

The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) has received $13 million in grant funding from the Government of Japan, to repair and service hundreds of fire hydrants across the island. The funding...

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Rocky Point Residents Urged To Help Create Business Environment

PM Condemns Latest Reported Cases of Child Abuse

New Rocky Point Market to Benefit Over 4,000 Persons

80 Per Cent of Property Taxes Collected Last Fiscal Year

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Riverton City Landfill Access Road to be Repaired

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