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Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie

Vaccine ‘Ambassador’ Initiative Going Well – McKenzie

By: Rochelle Williams, September 22, 2021
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the vaccine ‘ambassador’ initiative has, so far, yielded promising results. Under the initiative, all Members of Parliament will recruit...
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon Desmond McKenzie (centre), leads a tour of the Ocho Rios fire station in St. Ann with Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), Assistant Commissioner in Charge of Area 2, Julian Davis-Buckle (right), and District Officer Seymor McDermott (left) on Friday (September 17).

From Sadness, Some Joy for Firefighter

By: Nickieta Sterling, September 21, 2021
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New Market Roadway in St. Elizabeth Still Impassable

By: National Works Agency (NWA), September 20, 2021

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Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon (left), addressing a media briefing on September 10 at the NSWMA’s offices in Kingston. Also pictured is Board Chairman of the NSWMA, Dennis Chung.
Local Government

NSWMA To Get 50 Compactor Trucks

Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon, says the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development is seeking to procure 50 compactor trucks to improve...
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By: Rochelle Williams, September 13, 2021
A section of participants in the sixth Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas held in Cartagena, Colombia, in 2018. Registration for the Seventh Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean is now open and will remain open until October 15. The Regional Platform will be held virtual from November 1 to 4. Photo: Contributed, UNDRR
Local Government

RP21 Registration Is Now Open

Registration for participating in the upcoming seventh Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean (RP21) is now officially open. Interested individuals and groups from Jamaica...
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By: Charnele Henry, September 1, 2021
External Relations Officer at the Regional Office of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), Saskia Carusi. Registration for those desirous of participating in the virtual staging of the 7th Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean will open on September 5. Photo: Charnele Henry
Local Government

RP21 Registration To Resume

Registration for participation in the Seventh Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean (RP21) will resume by September 5. The Regional Platform, which was slated...
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By: Charnele Henry, August 31, 2021
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses a recent groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of housing units in the community of Belrock, in St. Andrew.
Local Government

100 Houses To Be Built For The Indigent

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the government is intensifying efforts to deliver 100 indigent houses during the 2021/2022 financial year. He said the programme...
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By: Garfield L. Angus, August 24, 2021