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Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), and Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, examine one of two wood chipper machines which, along with 30 bins, were handed over to the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) by JSIF for use in a waste separation and compost project to be jointly undertaken by the agencies in collaboration with Recycling Partners of Jamaica.
Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), and Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney, examine one of two wood chipper machines which, along with 30 bins, were handed over to the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) by JSIF for use in a waste separation and compost project to be jointly undertaken by the agencies in collaboration with Recycling Partners of Jamaica.

JSIF, NSWMA Embarking on Waste Separation Project

By: Rochelle Williams, September 27, 2016
The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has provided just over 2,000 bins and two wood-chipping machines, valuing nearly $22 million, to the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA). These will...
State Minister for National Security, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., (right), greets several of the 26 Department of Correctional Services (DCS) officers who will participate in a multinational training programme, beginning this week, in United States (US). The announcement was made during a media briefing at the DCS training office on East Street in Kingston, on Friday, September 23.

Correctional Officers Participating in Multinational Training Programme

By: Garfield L. Angus, September 25, 2016
Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. (FILE)

Minister McKenzie to Tour Marcus Garvey Drive

By: O. Rodger Hutchinson, September 16, 2016

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Public Relations Officer at the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), Peta Gay Hodges, makes a presentation to a resident of Mount Olivet Boys’ Home. Occasion was the Jamaica Information Service’s (JIS) ‘back-to-school’ visit and presentation ceremony held recently at the home, in Walderston, Manchester.
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Mount Olivet Boys’ Home Thanks Sponsors

Director of the Mount Olivet Boys’ Home, Patrick Newman, is expressing gratitude to the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) and other sponsors of the home for their contribution to the academic...
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By: Shelly-Ann Irving, September 7, 2016