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Chairman of the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation, Councillor Derrick Sangster, addresses a shelter management forum held at the St. Matthew's Anglican Church in Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth, on Friday (July 10).

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...

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.

Farmers’ Market And Business Fair In Bull Bay July 11

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.

Hanover SDC Provides Grants To Small Business Operators

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

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

Customers and vendors conduct business at a mini farmers' market in Cascade, Hanover, on July 2. The event was organised by the Social Development Commission (SDC).

Scores Turn Out For SDC Farmers’ Market In Hanover

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...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, addressing a digital press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister in St. Andrew on June 5.

6 years ago CommunityLocal Government

Beaches and Rivers Open June 7

The Government has announced the phased re-opening of beaches and rivers. Effective Sunday ( June 7), persons can visit public beaches licensed under the Beach Control Act during the operating hours from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 pm and rivers from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, said the relaxation of the...

Education Officer and Quality Education Circle (QEC) 36 Convener, Shamara Brissett-Gordon (left), with QEC 36 members (from second left) Education Officer and QEC 36 Co-Convener, Judith Moore; Principal of Flanker Primary, Collette Barnes; Principal of Glendevon Primary, Audrey Lee Peynado; QEC 36 Chairman and Principal of Albion Primary and Infant, Dr. Lorane Moodie-Reid; Corinaldi Avenue Primary Principal, Dionne Anglin and Principal of Green Pond Primary, Venessa Popkin-Addison, prepare to distribute care packages to families of students from QEC 36 schools in St. James.

6 years ago CommunityCoronavirus

Students And Families Receive Care Packages

The Quality Education Circle (QEC) 36, in Region Four of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, has joined the cause to mitigate the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on vulnerable persons in St. James. The QEC last week donated care packages and phone credit to 35 students, and their families, from 17 infant schools, primary schools, and secondary...

Mount Salem, St. James resident, Balvin Brown, removes bulky waste from a section of his back yard on Labour Day (May 25).

6 years ago Community

Residents Of Mount Salem Labour At Home

Residents of Mount Salem, St. James, are taking this year’s Labour Day theme ‘Labour at Home’ to heart, as they have embarked on extensive cleaning and sanitization of their homes. The theme for this year’s Labour Day, which was observed on May 25, is relevant in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the social distancing measures implemented by the Government...

Prime Minister, the Most Honourable
Andrew Michael Holness, ON, PC, MP

6 years ago CommunityPrime Minister

Labour Day Message 2020 by Prime Minister The Most Hon. Andrew Holness, MP

My fellow Jamaicans, With giant leaps in science and technology, mankind may sometimes have a false sense of invincibility about the global civilization we have created. The COVID-19 Pandemic has exposed just how fragile we are and how vulnerable our connected world can be, ironically, by virtue of that same connectedness. We know that disruption is part of the natural...

6 years ago CommunityOpposition

Labour Day Message 2020 by Leader of the Opposition, Dr. Peter Phillips, MP

My fellow Jamaicans, Labour Day 2020 comes during one of the most severe challenges with unprecedented social problems brought on the COVID-19 Pandemic. Social distancing and other restrictions have forced us to adapt to a “new normal” and “Labour at Home” instead of at our usual community building projects. With every challenge, comes an opportunity. However, remember when you build...