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Work is underway on the Banana Walk to Ferry segment of the Rio Cobre pipeline replacement project in St. Catherine, which will benefit thousands of residents of the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA). The project, being implemented at a cost of US$24.46 million, is a component of the Jamaica Water Sector Improvement Project (JWSIP), Category B, being undertaken by the National...

Cabinet has approved the issuing of drafting instructions for the three strategic laws in the local government reform process. These are: the Local Government Act, the Local Government and Financial Management Act, and the Local Government Unified Services and Employment Act. Minister of State in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Colin Fagan, made the announcement as...

A new Local Government Act is now before Cabinet for consideration, aimed at advancing the Local Government process. “I can assure you that we (Government) are closer to completing the process. I can say undoubtedly that we have consensus on the way forward, and we are moving as fast as we possibly can,” Minister of State in the Ministry of...