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Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Noel Arscott (right), emphasizes a point in discussion with Social Development Commission (SDC) Executive Director, Dr. Dwayne Vernon, during the SDC’s first community development committee conference, at St. Mark’s Anglican Church, Mandeville, Manchester, on October 2. Mr. Arscott was the guest speaker. The conference, held under the theme: ‘The Governance Framework: The Pathway to Local Economic Development’, is one of 12 scheduled islandwide between October and November. The National Association of Parish Development Committees (NAPDEC), and National Integrity Action (NIA) are partnering with the SDC on the initiative.
Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Noel Arscott (right), emphasizes a point in discussion with Social Development Commission (SDC) Executive Director, Dr. Dwayne Vernon, during the SDC’s first community development committee conference, at St. Mark’s Anglican Church, Mandeville, Manchester, on October 2. Mr. Arscott was the guest speaker. The conference, held under the theme: ‘The Governance Framework: The Pathway to Local Economic Development’, is one of 12 scheduled islandwide between October and November. The National Association of Parish Development Committees (NAPDEC), and National Integrity Action (NIA) are partnering with the SDC on the initiative.

Cabinet to Receive Proposed Amendments to Laws on Parish Council Operations

By: Douglas McIntosh, October 3, 2013
Cabinet is expected to receive a draft of proposed amendments to legislations governing parish council operations from Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Noel Arscott, shortly. The Minister, who...
Minister with Responsibility for Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy (right), presents Lileth Page of Crooked River, St. Mary, with the letter of possession for her new home, during a handing over ceremony at the Annotto Bay High School in the parish on August 23. Ms. Page is one of 22 persons who lost their homes during hurricane Sandy’s passage in 2012, and have benefitted from a joint initiative undertaken in the community by the government and Food for the Poor, to replace the units.

St. Mary Hurricane Victims Get New Homes

By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, August 25, 2013
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller (left); Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica, His Excellency Zheng Qingdian (second left); Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson (second right); and President of the Chinese People's for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), Madam Li Xiaolin, raise their glasses in a toast to the longstanding diplomatic relationship between Jamaica and the People’s Republic of China, during a luncheon at the CPAFFC’s headquarters in Beijing, on Friday, August 23. The event formed part of the itinerary for the five-day official visit to China by a government delegation, headed by Mrs. Simpson Miller, and private sector representatives accompanying them.

Prime Minister Simpson Miller Hails Jamaica-China Relations

By: Andrea Braham, August 24, 2013

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