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Participants in the programmes of the Citizen Security and Justice Programme (CSJP) in the Ministry of National Security will soon have to undergo psychological testing, as the organisation moves to improve their courses. Senior Community Action Co-ordinator at the CSJP, Orville Simmonds says the testing will fulfill the CSJP’s objectives of providing efficient educational, employment and empowerment initiatives that are...

The South St. Andrew community of Trench Town, known as the cradle of reggae music, having produced some of the island's top musicians including reggae icon Bob Marley, is now yielding bounty of a different sort. In the heart of the community, lies a flourishing greenhouse, where residents are engaged in cultivating vegetables to feed their families, while earning an...

The nation’s leaders will come together and pray for more love among Jamaicans when they meet for the 33rd annual National Leadership Prayer Breakfast (NLPB) on January 17. The theme for this year’s breakfast is: ‘Love That Transforms’,  and Chairman of the NLPB Committee, Rev. Dr. Peter Garth, said the event presents an opportunity to bring a message of peace...

Just over 3,000 residents of Majestic Gardens, Seaview Gardens, and Riverton City in St. Andrew will benefit from rehabilitation works to be carried out on sewerage facilities serving those communities. This will be done at a cost of $745 million, under the National Water Commission’s (NWC) Sector F Sewerage Systems Rehabilitation Project. Contracts for the 24-month project were signed on...

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) is inviting proposals for short-term social intervention programmes under its Poverty Reduction Programme (PRP). The initiative, now in its third phase, is jointly funded by the European Union (EU) and the Government of Jamaica. JSIF hassuccessfully implemented phases one and two of the programme and in this third segment, which focuses on a number...

Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna, says she will be engaging the Maroon communities in a cultural mission for the protection of Jamaica’s children. “We want to engage Accompong and other Maroon communities to collaborate with the Government this year to initiate a cultural transformation in our country,” Minister Hanna said, as she addressed the 275th anniversary celebrations...

The Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) will be rolling out a new strategic plan geared towards improving customer service, Deputy Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Andrew Swaby, has informed. “This will be a first for the KSAC and comes out of the strategic priorities on which we are focused… The customer service strategy and plan will lay the foundation for...

Work will get underway next month on the construction of a state-of-the-art library and computer centre in the community of Accompong in St. Elizabeth. The project is being funded by recording artiste and music producer, Mystic Bowie, a resident of the area, who is living overseas. Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony on Sunday (January 6), Minister of Education, Hon. Ronald...

Executive Director, National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Jennifer Edwards, says clean-up efforts of the streets in downtown Kingston commenced on December 27 when trading had ended. “We continue to do the cleaning and we are hoping to continue the clearance of the commercial activities, which took place over the Christmas season,” she told JIS News. Citing  an article and...

Several vendors, who have sold their produce in the Redemption Market downtown Kingston for many years, were overwhelmed with gratitude and excitement when they saw the newly refurbished facility that was handed over to the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) by the Digicel Foundation on December 14, 2012 The facility has been repurposed from a ground provision market to...

Repair work is now underway on sections of the Sandy Park Gully, near Liguanea, in St. Andrew, as part of efforts to safeguard lives and properties. The work, which commenced on November 23, include: strengthening of the retaining wall and invert; repacking, and extensive repair of damage. Speaking to journalists Tuesday (November  27), following a tour of the area, Minister...

Pipe-laying works have commenced on the multi-billion dollar Portmore Pipeline Project, being implemented by the National Water Commission (NWC), which is expected to significantly improve the delivery of potable water to communities in south eastern St. Catherine. The 15-month project, for which contracts were signed in September 2011, is being executed by the civil engineering firm, Ashtrom Building Systems Limited,...