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With the budget for public cleansing and garbage disposal amounting to $150 million per month, the Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, is appealing to Jamaicans to stop littering.
“Stop littering and thr...
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The Community Based Landslide Risk Reduction Project, being implemented by the Office of Disaster Planning and Emergency Management (ODPEM), will inform Government strategy on disaster risk reduction in vulnerable community.
This is especially in r...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, says the administration is committed to fast tracking the entrenchment of Local Government in the Jamaican Constitution.
“Already, in order to fast track this commitme...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, says his Ministry is moving aggressively to provide a modern legal framework that will effectively regulate and manage buildings and building related activities, to ensure safet...
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The Ministry of Local Government and Community Development has commenced an audit of the island’s street lights.
The assessment process got underway two weeks ago in the parish of Clarendon.
Speaking in the 2012/13 Sectoral Debate in the ...
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Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, says Parish Development Committees (PDCs) have played an integral role in broadening the decision-making process and mechanisms of inclusiveness at the local and community level...
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Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Noel Arscott, has announced plans to undertake a property revaluation exercise during the 2012/13 fiscal year.
Making his presentation in the 2012/13 Sectoral Debate in the House of Represen...
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Two more communities have been selected by the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) to benefit under the World Bank-funded Community-Based Landslide Risk Reduction Project (CBLRRP).
The new communities – Bedward Ga...
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The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) is promising that this year's World Reggae Dance contest will be the most exciting and memorable to date as teams from Jamaica and overseas show off their dance skills, while vying for more than on...
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The Government of Jamaica has committed $6.09 billion for phase two of the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP).
This was disclosed by Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, the Hon Dr. Omar Davies, during a statement on Tuesday (June 2...
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Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, is encouraging students to utilise the services of libraries, especially during the summer holiday, to keep their minds occupied.
He said even though some students may be going to summer school ...
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
· The Almighty, for His Grace and Mercy toward me
· My Family
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As the Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) moves to further strengthen measures to safeguard the financial sector, Minister of Finance and Planning, Hon. Dr. Peter Phillips, is encouraging Credit Unions to accept the new regulations when they come on stream.
Add...
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Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, has expressed support for the Cooperative movement in the Caribbean and Jamaica, stating that against the background of economic instability worldwide, the movement could contribute to ...
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The Caribbean Disaster Risk Atlas, a tool to enhance decision-making to reduce the serious economic and social impacts of natural hazards in the region, was launched Monday June 25th at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona.
Funded by the Wo...
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Member of Parliament for Eastern St. Andrew, Andre Hylton, is calling for the concept of community parenting to be revisited in Jamaica, as an effective means of raising children.
The community, he said, is an important socialising agent that has t...
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Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says there must be a rights-based approach to realistically shape global policy into action, particularly as it relates to children, persons with disabilities, the elderly, and women, all of whom ar...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has called on the international community to design more creative and flexible financial instruments and concessionary products, to counter the effects of debt, reduce poverty, and minimise and addre...
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The Government intends to institute a trade policy and modern enforcement mechanism that ensures equity between Jamaica and its trading partners, Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton has revealed.
“The (Ministry)&he...
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"Changing Lives Forever" - This is what the Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL) is doing through its various adult and youth education programmes.
As an organisation on a mission, the JFLL seeks to ensure an educated ad...