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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 relation to communities that are categorised as marginalised or informal settlements, said Senior Director for Mitigation Planning and Research at ODPEM, Karema Aiken-Mitchell, at a recent...

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 Gardens in St. Andrew and Breastwork in Portland, will join Harbour Heights and Melbrook Heights in St. Andrew bringing to four, the number of communities to benefit...

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 the ability to shape the lives of its resident youth population. Mr. Hylton was speaking at a parenting seminar held...

Cabinet has approved the award of two contracts valued at $78.8 million to Bacchus Engineering Works Limited to carry out extensive infrastructure upgrading in the Central Village area of St. Catherine. The projects will be implemented by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) under the World Bank-funded Inner City Basic Services for the Poor Project (ICBSP). The scope of work...

The National Housing Trust (NHT) is to contribute $25 million towards the establishment of a police post in Longville, Clarendon, Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has announced.  Making her contribution to the 2012/13 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on June 5, Mrs. Simpson Miller said this is part of the Government’s investment in social infrastructure...

The Braes River community of St. Elizabeth has added to Jamaica’s tourism offerings, with the opening of the ‘Come Meet a Jamaican Village’ community tourism initiative. The large, attractive village complex, located in the heart of the rustic farming community, offers an authentic experience that goes beyond shopping to sharing and connecting with the locals.  It boasts individual shops where...

To encourage improved sanitation practices among residents in the Corporate Area, the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC) and the Social Development Commission (SDC) have rolled out a Downtown Clean Community competition. The competition, which runs from May 21 to 31, forms part of a public health clean-up initiative, which provides an incentive for communities that make sustainable strides to...

Residents of Sheffield and adjoining areas in Westmoreland were engaged in the construction of a bus shelter and pedestrian crossing to serve the more than 500 students of the Sheffield All-age School as well as community persons. This was the Westmoreland Parish Project for Labour Day 2012 and was among the 42 registered projects carried out under the theme: ‘Step...

The round-a-bout situated at the intersection of South Camp Road and Harbour Street, popularly known as the ‘gateway to downtown Kingston’ is being given a much needed facelift on May 23 as part of Labour Day activities. The work for the day is focused on beautifying the green area, including gardening and bushing, whitewashing of stones, replanting of flowers and...

Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, and Director General, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson, headed a large group of volunteers who, on Wednesday (May 23), undertook refurbishing of the Port Royal Primary and Infant School. The school was selected by the PIOJ as its major project for Labour Day 2012. They were joined by...

The Government has earmarked $2.2 million to continue work on the March Pen Road community centre in Spanish Town for use by residents under the Community Crime Prevention Programme. As set out in the 2012-2013 Estimates of Expenditure, now before the House of Representatives, the project will see the completion of renovation and refurbishing works on the computer laboratory at...

The town of Black River in St. Elizabeth is to be given a major facelift on Labour Day, May 23. Selected as the parish project for the day, members of the St. Elizabeth Parish Council and the general citizenry are expected to turn out in their numbers to bush the roadways leading into the town, clear debris, and carry out...