![MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS MURDER OF HOMELESS MAN IN PORT MARIA, ST. MARY](https://www.localgovjamaica.gov.jm/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/HM-McKenzie-350x255.jpg)
MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS MURDER OF HOMELESS MAN IN PORT MARIA, ST. MARY
February 7, 2023
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Hon. Desmond McKenzie has strongly denounced the murder of Mr. O’Neil Collin, a homeless man whose body was found with the throat slashed…
![Late St. Ann firefighter to be honoured – Ocho Rios Fire Station to be renamed in his memory](https://www.localgovjamaica.gov.jm/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/HM-at-firefighter-funeral-350x255.jpg)
Late St. Ann firefighter to be honoured – Ocho Rios Fire Station to be renamed in his memory
February 3, 2023
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development will take steps to rename the Ocho Rios Fire Station in St. Ann to preserve the memory of the firefighter who lost…
![NEWS YOU CAN USE: The Indigent Housing Programme](https://www.localgovjamaica.gov.jm/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/thumbnail_image002-1-350x255.jpg)
NEWS YOU CAN USE: The Indigent Housing Programme
January 26, 2023
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development reintroduced the Indigent Housing Programme in 2017 under its Municipal Social Assistance Programme (MSAP). The Ministry appreciates that housing is a fundamental…
![Two more indigent houses handed over in St. Mary](https://www.localgovjamaica.gov.jm/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/House-2-350x255.jpg)
Two more indigent houses handed over in St. Mary
January 23, 2023
Two additional indigent housing solutions with a cost tag of J$9.5 million were handed over in St. Mary on Friday (January 20). The beneficiaries are 64-year-old Shirley Nugent of Hamilton…
![Port Maria family gets new home -Solution built under the Ministry of Local Government’s Indigent Housing Programme](https://www.localgovjamaica.gov.jm/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Crane-Park-Indigent-House-350x255.jpg)
Port Maria family gets new home -Solution built under the Ministry of Local Government’s Indigent Housing Programme
January 18, 2023
PORT MARIA, St. Mary: A family from Crane Park in Port maria is the latest beneficiary of a J$9 million indigent housing solution from the Ministry of Local Government and…