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Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Homer Davis (left), presents a bag of groceries to Marjorie Mitchell (centre) on Tuesday (July 21), during a food distribution drive in Canterbury, Montego Bay, St. James under the first phase of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Response Programme sponsored by UN-HABITAT and the St. James Municipal Corporation. Sharing the moment is Councillor for the Montego Bay South Division, Richard Vernon.

Care Packages Distributed To Residents Of Canterbury

Four hundred and fifty care packages were distributed to residents of Canterbury, Albion Lane, Williams Street and surrounding communities in Montego Bay, St. James, on July 21 by the St. James Municipal Corporation and United Nations (UN)-Habitat. This is part...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, addresses a community meeting at the Clifton Playfield in St. Catherine on Wednesday (July 15).

Residents Of Clifton To Receive Free Skills Training, Land Titles

Minister of Local Government and Community Delevopment, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (second right), cuts the ribbon to open the Trelawny Drop-In Centre in Falmouth on July 15. Looking on ( from left) are former Mayor of Falmouth, Garth Wilkinson; Mayor Colin Gager; Secretay, Board of Supervision, Treka Lewis; and Member of Parliament for North Trelawny, Victor Wright.

Gov’t Providing Over 30,000 Meals Per Day For Vulnerable Persons

Project Assistant, Integrated Community Development Project at the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Sabrena Mindley (left), distributes birth certificates to residents of Steer Town in St. Ann, recently. The birth certificates were distributed through Operation Certification, an initiative between the JSIF and the Registrar General’s Department.

Thousands Receive Birth Certificates

The late Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson.

Tributes Continue to Flow for the Late Hon. Shahine Robinson

Chairman of the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation, Councillor Derrick Sangster, addresses a shelter management forum held at the St. Matthew

6 years ago Community

Shelter Managers in St. Elizabeth Prepare for Hurricane Season

Shelter managers in St. Elizabeth recently underwent a refresher course, as part of a shelter management forum held to better prepare them for the 2020 hurricane season and other disasters. The forum was held at the St. Matthew's Anglican Church in Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth, on Friday (July 10), where new shelter management guidelines were outlined for an active hurricane...

A Kingston and St. Andrew pepper farmer (left), prepares her produce for display, while a customer leaves with her purchase of peppers, at the recently held Social Development Commission Business Fair and Farmers’ Market in Duhaney Park, St. Andrew.

6 years ago Community

Farmers’ Market And Business Fair In Bull Bay July 11

Residents of Kingston and St. Andrew are to benefit from yet another Social Development Commission (SDC) business fair and farmers’ market, on Saturday, July 11. The event will be held at St. Benedict’s Primary School, 7 Miles, Bull Bay, from 6:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. “This event was designed in response to the effect that the global pandemic of COVID-19...

Icema Brown-Sanderson ((second left), operator of Icema’s Hats and Accessories and Madge Corniffe (second right) of Cestan Hills Nature’s Beauty and Delight, show off their grant awards, while Social Development Commission (SDC) Hanover parish manager, Mashario Bisasor (left) and Director of Local Economic Development and Community Projects at the SDC, Avril Ranger, share the moment. The grants were handed over at the Hopewell Sports and Community Centre in Hanover on July 2, during an SDC-organised farmers’ market and bus tour, which stopped in various communities throughout the parish. A total of seven grants ranging from $15,000 to a maximum of $115,000 were presented to seven entrepreneurs on the day.

6 years ago CommunityDevelopment

Hanover SDC Provides Grants To Small Business Operators

The Hanover office of the Social Development Commission (SDC), through its Local Economic Development Support Programme (LEDSP), is helping community enterprises impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) to rebound. Cash grants ranging from $15,000 to a maximum of $115,000 were presented to seven entrepreneurs during an SDC-organised farmers’ market and bus tour on July 2, which stopped at various communities throughout...

Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams.

6 years ago Community

Service Clubs Urged To Help Restore Livelihoods Of Persons Impacted By COVID -19

Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Hon. Fayval Williams, is calling on service clubs to assist the Government in restoring the lives and livelihoods of Jamaicans, who have been adversely impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “As Jamaicans everywhere reel from the turmoil …we need the steady hand of volunteerism to give us a strong and certain footing to rebuild,”...

Customers and vendors conduct business at a mini farmers

6 years ago AgricultureCommunity

Scores Turn Out For SDC Farmers’ Market In Hanover

Scores of Hanover residents turned out to support farmers and small business owners at the Social Development Commission (SDC) Farmers’ Market on Thursday (July 2). The event was the latest in a series held across the island since May, aimed at showcasing local entrepreneurs under the Local Economic Development Support Programme (LEDSP), while establishing continuity of business in light of...

A section of the roadway in the Treadlight community of Clarendon, which will be rehabilitated at a cost of $150 million under the Jamaica Social Investment Fund

6 years ago CommunityWorks / Construction

Major Road Rehabilitation Project For Treadlight

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) is set to roll out a major road rehabilitation project in the community of Treadlight in Clarendon, effective July 2020. The project, being implemented under the JSIF Integrated Community Development Project 2 (ICDP), is being funded by the Government of Jamaica at a cost of approximately $150 million and is expected to run for...

6 years ago CommunityCoronavirus

Local Government Minister Calls For Vastly Improved Compliance With COVID-19 Rules By Beach And River-goers This Weekend

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, is urging persons visiting beaches and rivers over this weekend to follow all the health protocols established to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The Minister is also reminding the operators of these venues that they are obligated to enforce the protocols without exception. “I spoke in Parliament earlier this week...