Two contracts valued at approximately $380 million have been signed for expansion and rehabilitation works at Mount Moriah Primary School in St. Ann and Pisgah Primary and Infant school in St. Elizabeth. The projects are being carried out by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) under the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Basic Needs Trust Fund, with counterpart financing by the...

To improve public health and environmental conditions, the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has launched the Bulky Waste and Derelict Vehicle Removal Programme for St. James, beginning in the Catherine Hall area and expanding to other communities. The initiative, which commenced on Thursday (August 8), forms part of a broader national clean-up effort, aimed at mitigating the risk of...

Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Richard Vernon, is calling for a collective approach in building a prosperous and safe parish. He made the call during the St. James Independence Civic Ceremony in Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay, on Monday (August 6), in commemoration of Jamaica’s 62nd Independence Anniversary. Councillor Vernon said he...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Dr. Kasan Troupe, is calling for collective action to end violence against children. “Violence is not a one-man band. It’s global and it will take an inter-ministerial and an inter-global partnership and approach to end what is happening to our children,” she said. Dr. Troupe delivered the keynote address on behalf...

KINGSTON, Aug. 3 (JIS):  Five hundred school football coaches across the island now have the opportunity to earn their D licence certification.   Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, launched the training initiative during a ceremony held recently at the Jamaica Football Federation headquarters in Kingston.  Ms. Grange said that the training course, which will begin at...

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) will be undertaking a study on the impact of reverse osmosis (RO) technology, which is a purification process that can be used to transform seawater into potable water. Reverse osmosis is a multistage water filtration process that is used to remove up to 99.9 per cent of contaminants such as dissolved salts, chemicals,...

Three hundred residents of the Clifton community in Bernard Lodge, St. Catherine, now possess certificates of title to property in the area. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, handed over the documents during a ceremony held on Tuesday (July 30) at the Clifton Community Centre. The provision of the titles was done under the Community Regularisation and Development Programme...