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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,...

Twenty-nine residents of the Tawes Meadows community in St. Catherine have been equipped with the requisite skills to become self-reliant in agricultural production. They were trained by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) in chicken rearing, animal husbandry, bee keeping and cash crop farming over a four-week period as part of the agricultural sub-component of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s...

Residents of communities in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, turned out in their numbers on Saturday (Nov. 3) to support the Lauriston-Thompson Pen 4-H Club’s fourth annual Stew and Jerk Festival. The event, held at Brooklyn Park in Thompson Pen, provided the opportunity for the club to showcase the uses of various agricultural produce and for patrons to partake of tasty...

The Social Development Commission (SDC) will observe Community Development Month (November), under the theme: ‘Our Country… Our Community… Our Responsibility….' Public Relations Manager at the SDC, Afrika Thompson, informed that the aim of the observance is to increase the national volunteer database, and provide meaningful initiatives for communities to make positive contributions to national development. The celebration of the Month...

Executive Director of the Social Development Commission (SDC), Dr. Dwayne Vernon, has underscored the entity’s vision of becoming Jamaica’s leading community development agency and, in the process, helping to facilitate good governance, economic prosperity, and a sustainable environment across the society. Speaking at the first in a series of Parish Meetings, jointly hosted with the Ministry of Local Government and...

Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Hon. Dr. Wykeham McNeill, says the Ministry is currently in the final stages of drafting a community based tourism policy for presentation to Cabinet. The Minister was speaking at the official press launch of the St. Elizabeth Homecoming Foundation's 20th annual Homecoming Week celebrations, at the Medallion Hall Hotel in Kingston, on October 30. Dr. McNeill...

  The National Works Agency (NWA) is scheduled to undertake repair work on the Sligoville main road in St. Catherine, before the end of the 2012/13 financial year. The Sligoville road is often used as an alternative route whenever the Bog Walk Gorge, which is the main corridor linking the south to the north coast, is blocked. Director of Corporate...

With sections of the island experiencing heavy rainfall recently, resulting in flood damage to roadways, houses and farms, the parish of Westmoreland is on full alert. According to Disaster Preparedness Co-ordinator for the parish, Rev. Hilma Tate, all shelters have been inspected and certified, and relief supplies secured and stockpiled for any eventuality. "In spite of the rainfall (experienced in...

Residents of five communities in downtown Kingston now have access to proper bathroom facilities, following the official handing over of 100 sanitation units on September 27. The communities include: Central Kingston, Tivoli Gardens, Denham Town, Hanna Town and Fletcher's Land. Valued at approximately $109 million, the units  were financed by the PetroCaribe Development Fund, through its grant facility which is...

The Government will be spending approximately $74.9 million for the upgrading of infrastructure in the March Pen community in St. Catherine. Speaking at the Jamaica House press briefing, on September 12, Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, informed that Cabinet has given approval for Phase Two of the project. She said the scope of work in...

Residents of Tivoli Gardens in Western Kingston will soon have improved sanitary facilities, as Cabinet has approved a $70 million contract to effect the development. Speaking on September 12 Jamaica House press briefing, Minister with responsibility for Information, Senator the Hon. Sandrea Falconer, informed that the work will include the demolition of structurally unsound sanitation blocks and the building of...

The recent initiative by the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) and Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ), to collect unpaid Trade Licence fees in the Downtown Kingston District, has begun to reap rewards. Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Angela Brown-Burke, informed a meeting of the Council on September 11, that in the first week, approximately $1.5 million was collected by the TAJ....