Local Government Minister tables temporary amendment to ROPA -Bill will postpone Local Government Elections up to February 2022
November 26, 2020
KINGSTON, Jamaica: The Minister of Local Government and Rural Development piloted a Bill to amend the Representation of the People Act (ROPA) to effectively postpone the Local Government polls no…
NSWMA Ready To Proceed With Work On Waste Disposal Site At Winchester In St. Thomas
November 17, 2020
JIS NEWS Nov. 17, 2020- Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon, says the agency is ready to proceed with work on the proposed waste…
Local Gov’t Ministry Conducting Minor Water Supplies Audit
November 17, 2020
JIS NEWS Nov. 17, 2020 - The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development is conducting an audit of minor water supplies islandwide, in furtherance of improvement measures outlined in…
Local Government Month 2020
November 6, 2020
Local Government and Rural Development Minister Tables Parliamentary Motion to Make Portmore Jamaica’s Fifteenth Parish
November 4, 2020
Having promised to take steps to make the Portmore Municipality Jamaica’s fifteenth parish, the Government has started the official process to make it happen. On Tuesday November 3, Minister of…
