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Collaboration Necessary to Deal with Flooding

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says collaboration between the Government and citizens is necessary to minimise the effects of flooding in the country. Speaking at a special meeting of the Hanover Municipal Corporation on May...

State Minister for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Floyd Green (right), speaking at the launch of the second annual Nathan Ebanks Foundation Family Expo and Special Needs Resource Fair, recently, at the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation in Kingston. Looking on is Founder/President of the Nathan Ebanks Foundation, Christine Staple-Ebanks.

Nathan Ebanks Foundation Expo on May 26

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), paints the exterior of the Cumberland Road Health Centre in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, as he participates in one of two National Labour Day projects on Wednesday (May 23). The other project was at the St. Ann’s Bay Infant School in St Ann.

PM Calls for More Jamaicans to Give Back to Their Communities

Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang (right), speaks with Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dianne McIntosh (left); and Commissioner of Police, Major General Antony Anderson, at the Jamaica Police Federation Conference at the Moon Palace Jamaica Grande in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, on May 16.

Police Urged to Build Trust with Citizens

Innovators Invited to Apply for 2018 Awards

8 years ago CommunityDevelopmentLocal Government

New $60M Westmoreland Municipal Corporation Building Being Opened This Year

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the newly constructed $60 million Westmoreland Municipal Corporation building is slated to be opened later this year. Addressing a special meeting of the Portland Municipal Corporation in Port Antonio on Thursday (May 3), Mr. McKenzie said final touches are now being done to the structure, and assured that the facility...

8 years ago CommunityDevelopmentLocal Government

Portland Municipal Corporation to Get New Building

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, has announced that the Portland Municipal Corporation will be getting a new building soon. Addressing a special meeting of the Corporation in Port Antonio on May 3, the Minister said the time has come for the councillors to move out of the old building. “The technical team at the Ministry...

8 years ago CommunityDevelopmentLocal Government

New Market to Be Constructed in Port Maria

A new market is to be constructed in the town of Port Maria in St. Mary to replace the old structure on Hodgson Street. A contract for the project is to be signed on Thursday (April 5) at the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development in Kingston by Portfolio Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie. Chairman of the St. Mary Municipal...

Director of Sector Support Services at the Early Childhood Commission (ECC), Nordia Seymour-Hall (fourth left), displays a symbolic cheque for $3.5 million, courtesy of the organizers of the annual Mo Bay City Run charity, at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Western Campus on March 6. Sharing in the moment are (from left): Acting Director, University of the West Indies, Western Jamaica Campus, Patrick Pendergast; Teacher at the Montego Bay Community College, Vinette Fearon-Hall; Coordinator at the University of Technology, Sophia McIntosh; and Executive Member of the Mo Bay City Run, Conroy Thompson.

8 years ago Community

MoBay City Run Charity Lauded for Assisting Students

Having awarded over $15 million to needy students over a four-year period, the Mo Bay City Run charity organization is being lauded for its philanthropic work by stakeholders in western Jamaica. The event, now in its fifth year, is slated for May 6 with a starting time of 6:00 a.m. at the Old Hospital Park, Gloucester Avenue, Montego Bay. It...

8 years ago Community

Nurses to March Against Gender-Based Violence

Scores of nurses are expected to participate in the international Orange Day March on Saturday (March 24), which is aimed at bringing awareness to the issue of violence against women and girls. The march will begin at 7:00 a.m. at Emancipation Park in New Kingston and end at the St. Luke’s Anglican Church in Cross Roads, St. Andrew, where a formal ceremony...

Marketing and Public Relations Manager at the Universal Service Fund (USF), Deleen Powell, addressing JIS ‘Think Tank’ recently.

8 years ago CommunityTechnology

Government Entities with ICT Needs Encouraged to Get in Touch with USF

The Universal Service Fund (USF) is encouraging government entities with information and communications technology (ICT) needs to make contact with the Fund to be a part of the Technology Advancement Programme (TAP). The programme, which aims to train and place young people in organisations to conduct digitisation or to collect data in relation to the organisation’s specific field, began with...

8 years ago AgricultureBudget 2018/2019Community

Climate Change Project in Upper Rio Minho

Adaptation measures aimed at building the country’s resilience to climate change are to be implemented in the Upper Rio Minho Sub-Watershed in Clarendon during the next fiscal year. These measures include the establishment of an agro-forestry programme, a community reforestation programme, establishment of a grass nursery, designing a crop suitability model and conducting testing of climate-resilient crop varieties, and conducting...