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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses the Ministry’s town hall held at the Trelawny Municipal Corporation’s Council Chamber in the parish on Thursday (December 12).
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses the Ministry’s town hall held at the Trelawny Municipal Corporation’s Council Chamber in the parish on Thursday (December 12).

Minister Mckenzie Warns Persons Who Impede Vector-Control Workers

By: Serena Grant, December 16, 2019
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says that members of the public who impede the work of vector-control workers in stemming the spread of dengue could...
Minister of Local Government and Community Development , Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses staff and residents of the St. James Infirmary, during the Ministry’s Christmas Dinner at the institution on Friday (December 13).

Recruitment Of Dieticians And Physiotherapists At Infirmaries To Commence In 2020

By: Serena Grant, December 16, 2019
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addresses the Ministry’s Christmas Dinner, which was held at the St. James Infirmary in Montego Bay, on December 13.

Gov’t Acquiring Ambulances For Portland And St. Elizabeth Infirmaries

By: Serena Grant, December 16, 2019

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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (second row, third left); Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis (back row, second left); Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, Councillor Bertel Moore (second row, right) and Acting Director General at the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Richard Thompson (back row, left), share a moment with junior mayors from across the island. Occasion was the Local Government and Community 2019 Youth Mayors’ Forum, which was held at the St. James Municipal Corporation offices, in Montego Bay, on Wednesday (November 20).
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Boost For Junior Mayors Programme

The Ministry of Local Government and Community Development will be increasing the funds allocated to the island’s Junior Mayors Programme. Portfolio Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, made the disclosure during a...
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By: Serena Grant, November 22, 2019