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Councillor in the St. James Municipal Corporation, Richard Vernon, addresses the press launch of the Jamaica Baptist Union’s (JBU) Community Partnership Fair at the Grand-A-View Restaurant and Event Place in Montego Bay, St. James, on Tuesday (February 5).

Montego Bay Residents to Benefit from Jamaica Baptist Union Community Fair

The Jamaica Baptist Union (JBU) is joining forces with various public-sector entities to stage a ‘Community Partnership Fair’ on February 22 at Jarrett Park in Montego Bay. The event will bring a range of social services to residents free of...

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange (right), comforts Mrs. Denise Caine, widow of Political historian, Troy Caine, at the Service of Thanksgiving, today (February 2), at the Holy Cross Church, Half-Way Tree, in Kingston. Mr. Caine died on January 10 at age 72.

PHOTOS: Service of Thanksgiving for Political historian, Troy Caine

The bearer party of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) carry out the body of former Government Minister, Dwight Nelson, following the official funeral service at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Kingston, on Thursday (January 31).

Dwight Nelson Hailed for Impacting the Lives of Countless Jamaicans

: Sergeant Nathanael Scarlett of the Jamaica Combined Cadet Force (JCCF), and Sergeant Anne Burton (second right), display the symbolic cheque of $200,000 which was donated to the JCCF on January 29 by Running Events Jamaica Limited. Others (from second left) are: Running Events Jamaica Limited’s Managing Director, Alfred Francis; Director, Diane Ellis, and Commandant of the JCCF, Colonel Errol Johnson.

JCCF Receives $200,000 from Running Events Jamaica Limited

Custos of St. James, Bishop the Hon. Conrad Pitkin (left), and Reverend Milverton Munroe (right), leads the procession from the Half Moon Hotel conference centre in Rose Hall, St. James on Saturday (Jan. 26), where the memorial service for the late Ambassador Donald Frank Pringle was held.

Frank Pringle Remembered As Tourism Icon

Montego Bay Mayor, Councillor Homer Davis (right), and National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) Board Director, Norman Brown (centre), observe as Western Parks and Markets (WPM) Waste Management Limited’s Regional Operations Manager, Garnet Edmonson, demonstrates the proper way to fold and discard a cardboard box. The occasion was the official opening of the Cambridge garbage holding area in St. James on January 25.

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Citizens Encouraged To Practice Solid Waste Recycling

Citizens are being encouraged to recycle and reuse solid waste material, where possible. This, according to Western Parks and Markets (WPM) Waste Management Limited’s Regional Operations Manager, Garnet Edmonson, will greatly serve to reduce the volume of refuse generated and discarded. He was speaking at the official opening of the Cambridge garbage holding area in St. James on January 25....

Chief Executive Officer of the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), Kaysia Kerr, addresses the recent awards ceremony, held at Hotel Riu Montego Bay, St. James.

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NPSC Revamping Parent Places

The National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC) will be revamping the 125 Parent Places established islandwide, in an effort to boost support to Jamaican parents in the raising of their children. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NPSC, Kaysia Kerr, told JIS News that the Commission is currently conducting an audit of the Parent Places that are attached to primary schools, “with a...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), in conversation with Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Major Clive Davis, during the recent launch of ODPEM’s Earthquake and Tsunami Awareness 2019 campaign, in Kingston.

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Provisions of Building Act Will Be Rigorously Enforced – Minister

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says provisions of the 2018 Building Act will be rigorously enforced. The legislation, which took effect on January 15, seeks to discourage new squatter settlements from being built, promote sustainable development, and establish and enforce internationally accepted building standards and rules for individuals and entities providing construction material and services....

Member of Parliament for East Rural St. Andrew, and wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness (centre), cuts the ribbon to officially open the new bridge in the Taylor Land community today (January 14). Others (from left) are Director of Technical Services at the National Works Agency (NWA), Roger Smith; Councillor of the Dallas Division, Celia James; Head of Chin’s Construction, Alex Chin, and Project Manager at the company, Donald Pearson.

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Bridge Opens in Taylor Land

More than 6,000 residents in the Taylor Land community of East Rural St. Andrew now have easier access to their homes, following the opening of a bridge in the area today (January 14). Speaking at the official opening, Member of Parliament for the area and wife of the Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Juliet Holness, said the new infrastructure has...

He informed that construction is to commence soon on the drop-in centre for the Corporate Area, which has the highest number of persons living on the streets. That centre is expected to be completed by the end of 2019.

7 years ago CommunityHealth & Wellness

Local Government Ministry and NHT Sign MOU to Upgrade Infirmaries

The Ministry of Local Government and Community Development and the National Housing Trust (NHT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the upgrade and expansion of the island’s infirmaries. Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, said the document was signed on January 3 at the Ministry, signalling the Government’s continued push to “increase the...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon Desmond McKenzie (second left), cuts the ribbon to officially hand over a self-contained studio unit to 75 year-old Gladstone Taylor (third left), in Williamsfield, Lime Hall, St. Ann on Friday, January 4. Sharing the moment are (from left): Councillor for the Lime Hall Division, Genevor Gordon-Bailey; Member of Parliament for North East St. Ann and Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson; Mayor of St. Ann’s Bay and Chairman of the St. Ann Municipal Corporation, Councillor Michael Belnavis, and Councillor for the Bensonton Division, Lydia Richards.

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Houses Handed over to Elderly Indigent Men in St. Ann

Two elderly indigent men in St. Ann are now living in comfort, after two fully furnished houses were officially handed over to them by Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, on Friday (January 4). This was done under the Government’s Indigent Housing Programme. The two studio units, which consist of a bedroom, bathroom and a kitchen...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left) presents Founder of the Mustard Seed Communities, Father Gregory Ramkissoon with a cheque valued at $1 million, during a visit to the facility in his West Central St. Andrew constituency on December 28.

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PM Donates $1 Million to Mustard Seed Communities

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness has donated $1 million to the Mustard Seed Communities, which will go towards supporting the organisation’s various programmes. The Funds are from the Prime Minister’s Positive Jamaica Foundation and were handed over to the Founder of the Mustard Seed Communities, Father Gregory Ramkissoon while on a tour of the charity’s acre-and-a half property...