Salary hike for NSWMA sidemen
May 30, 2019
KINGSTON, Jamaica: Sidemen employed to the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) will receive a 28 percent increase in their salaries come July 1. The announcement was made by Minister…
Local Government Minister attends Global Disaster Risk Reduction Platform in Switzerland
May 22, 2019
KINGSTON, Jamaica: Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Honourable Desmond McKenzie is leading a Jamaican delegation to the sixth Global Platform for Disaster Risk Management in Geneva, Switzerland. The…
Drop-In Centre opens in St. Elizabeth
May 7, 2019
BLACK RIVER, St. Elizabeth: Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Honourable Desmond McKenzie, has opened the country’s fourth Drop-In Centre in St. Elizabeth. The St. Elizabeth Drop-In Centre, located at…
Ministry opens watershop in Bellefield, Manchester
May 7, 2019
BELLEFIELD, Manchester: Residents of several communities in Central Manchester are now accessing potable water with the infrastructure of a $9.3 million water shop in Bellefield. Some 20,000 gallons of purified water…
Infirmaries furnished with autoclaves -Equipment funded by NHF
May 7, 2019
KINGSTON, Jamaica: The country’s infirmaries are now equipped with medical autoclaves as the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development’s intensifies its mandate to improve the care of residents in state care. Twelve…