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The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODEPM) on February 23 handed over several emergency preparedness tools to residents of the Ginger Hill and New River communities in St. Elizabeth. The items included water boots, raincoats, first aid kits, weed whackers, power saws, and manuals. They were provided under the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)-funded ‘Building Disaster Resilient Communities...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, said that the government will be employing a more environmentally-friendly approach to tackling the mosquito nuisance in Portmore, St. Catherine. “We are going to use a new approach. It’s a chemical, which will attack the (mosquito) larvae, which will be biodegradable,” he told JIS News on February 23 following a...

Ground was broken on Thursday February 23, for construction of the Darling Street Wastewater Pumping Station, which will improve the sewerage system serving sections of downtown Kingston and St. Andrew. The facility, which is scheduled for completion within 18 months, will cost $500 million and is expected to significantly enhance sewage collection in sections of the nation’s capital. On completion,...

With thousands of tourists and locals visiting the parish of Trelawny weekly, particularly the town of Falmouth, to conduct business or to have fun, there have been calls for more attractions to be opened in the parish. Millions of dollars have been invested in the area in infrastructure, particularly access roads and the cruise ship pier in Falmouth, where thousands...

The recently established website to promote tourism and other offerings in the parish of St. Elizabeth, has stirred the interest of many residents, who see the initiative as positive for education and business promotion. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in charge of administration for the parish, Nadine Grant-Brown, tells JIS News that the website has impacted her family. “My son...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott, has announced that the Brown’s Town market, in St. Ann,  which was extensively damaged in a massive fire some months ago, will be refurbished at a cost of  $14 million. Speaking to JIS News after a tour of the facility  on January 25, the Minister said the priority is to...

Secretary/Manager of the Hanover Parish Council, Alfred Graham, is confident that arrangements for the 128th birthday anniversary tribute to National Hero, Right Excellent Sir Alexander Bustamante, will be successful. In an interview with JIS News, following a meeting of the planning committee for the event in Lucea, Hanover, Wednesday (January 25), Mr. Graham noted that they have been meeting on...

The Social Development Commission (SDC) is inviting applications for the annual National Best Community Competition and Programme (NBCCP). The deadline for submission is March 2012. Director of Governance, SDC, Sherine Walker Francis told JIS News that any of the island’s 783 Community Development Committees (CDCs) as identified by the SDC can participate in the competition. “This year’s competition is now...

Students at the Tivoli Gardens High School in West Kingston, now have access to interactive learning equipment, which will stimulate greater interest in education, while enhancing the numeracy and literacy programmes at the institution. The equipment, which are housed in the school’s library include computers, document and digital cameras, and a digital whiteboard, among others. They were donated by Petrojam...

KINGSTON — Community projects valued at more than $100 million have been facilitated by the Social Development Commission (SDC), since January this year. “We have trained over 125 community groups in the art of project development and project writing, and this has led to us enabling the projects in the various communities,” Executive Director of the SDC, Dwayne Vernon, told...

KINGSTON — Residents of Waterford, Portmore, St. Catherine, should begin to see a reduction of their mosquito nuisance over the next few weeks, as a biological control programme progresses. As part of the experimental phase of this programme, some three to four thousand  Gambusia specie of the mosquito eating fish, known locally as the ‘Tiki Tiki’, were deployed in a...

MONTEGO BAY — Philanthropist and past president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Pauline Reid, on Thursday (Dec. 15), launched her book ‘Montego Bay Jamaica: An awe-inspiring photographic journey.’ The 300-page coffee table pictorial provides a colorful history of Montego Bay, through spectacular photographs of people and places, with stimulating stories that chronicle the city’s evolution into...