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In an effort to combat crime and violence in Cedar Grove, Manchester, members of the community, in collaboration with the Mandeville Ministers Fraternal and Northern Caribbean University (NCU), staged a stakeholders forum on April 16, at the Cedar Grove Seventh Day Adventist Church. Residents identified several areas for intervention, which could result in the reduction of crime and violence and...

State Minister in the Ministry of National Security, Senator Arthur Williams, has said that the Government will be placing increased emphasis on community policing as an important strategy in creating a modernised security force and addressing crime and violence. "Everyone in the police services in Jamaica is going to have to buy-in to the concept of community policing, as that...

The community of Bucknor in Central Clarendon is to benefit from two major projects valued at $100.5 million, which will entail the rehabilitation of the road and water network in the community and the construction of a multipurpose centre. The projects, which are being funded by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), through its Inner City Basic Services Project (ICBSP),...

Residents of Lionel Town and surrounding communities in Clarendon are slated to benefit from a workshop, which will provide them with information on income generation through small business development and opportunities for training. The event, which will be held on the grounds of the Bethel United Church of Jesus in Lionel Town, is being organised by the Jamaica Information Service...

Twenty three year-old Captain Barrington Irving, Jr., landed at the Opa Locka Airport in Miami, on (June 27), accomplishing his 97-day solo world mission. "I am home, I am proud to be Jamaican and I am happy to have lived out my dream in Miami," the Jamaican born Captain said. Captain Irving, who is the youngest and first black person...

The children's ward at the Percy Junor Hospital in Spaldings, Clarendon has received several items from Christine Garrow, a Jamaican living in the United States, who has also decorated the ward. The donation was made on Friday, January 27 at a get-together for the children on the ward. Included in the items are a television set, books, a bookshelf, dolls,...

The community of Hampstead in St. Mary is currently benefiting from an improved water supply system and an upgraded all-age school, with the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) providing most of the funding for both projects. A total sum of $29.5 million was spent on the projects, with the JSIF donating approximately $22 million, with the rest coming from community...

Children in the community of Springfield in South West Clarendon will be the beneficiaries of a Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) project, under which a new basic school is to be constructed. The contract for the basic school is valued at J$5 million and was approved at the October sitting of the Board of JSIF, where a total of J$48.8...

Director of Enforcement and Compliance at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Ann-Marie Rodriquez has assured that the Authority is working to restore normalcy to its residential waste collection operations. Speaking with JIS News, Ms. Rodriquez confirmed that the NSWMA had doubled its efforts and had instituted night collection, which should last for two weeks. This is being done...

The Ministry of Local Government, Community Development and Sport is hosting a series of workshops aimed at enhancing the job skills of the parish councils' staff, in the government's bid to improve service delivery at that level. These workshops, which got underway in March of this year, target various personnel within the parish councils, ranging from Mayors to Secretaries, and...

Minister of Local Government, Community Development and Sport, Portia Simpson-Miller, has commended the St. James Parish Council's Poor Relief Department for its innovative structure and its far-reaching efforts in offering care to street people and the less fortunate in Montego Bay. "I am heartened by the list of volunteers that work in collaboration with the Poor Relief Department. My heartiest...

Minister of Local Government, Community Development and Sport, Portia Simpson Miller has said that the first batch of eight fire trucks for the Jamaica Fire Brigade should arrive in the island within eight months of the signing of the contract with Rosenbauer America LLC. A date is to be set for the signing of the US$9.2 million contract, which will...