Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon, is calling on Jamaicans to play their part in proper waste management. “We communicate to the public when we have challenges and we advise them of how they can help us in the difficult times. One such advice is for them to properly containerise their solid waste. Containerisation...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says an additional $30 million is to be added to the road budget for the parish of St. Ann. Speaking at a St. Ann Municipal Corporation meeting in St. Ann’s Bay on Thursday (October 10), the Minister emphasised that the additional $30 million is not to be splintered but should...

The Development Bank of Jamaica’s (DBJ) Venture Capital Unit will host the second in a series of training workshops for Business Services Intermediaries (BSIs) on September 18 at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston. Discussions will focus on the topic “Introduction to Equity Financing”. The workshop is geared towards business enablers, including consultants and professionals, who facilitate, train and...

National Housing Trust (NHT) Chairman, Lennox Channer, says the agency’s 2019/20 programmed expenditure of $40 billion, represents the largest ever in the entity’s 43-year history. He informed that the sum is earmarked to initiate over 8,000 housing starts islandwide, adding to the 6,000 from 2018/19. He was speaking at Friday’s (August 30) ground-breaking ceremony for the NHT’s $1.46 billion Twickenham...

The Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) is now accepting applications for their ‘Design Fusion 2019’ programme. The programme, which commences next month, will select 10 fashion and 15 gift & craft designers to participate in a specialised design-based development programme for emerging fashion and gift & craft designers. Speaking with the JIS News, Technical Services Manager at the JBDC, Colin...

Forty eight scholarships valued at more than $2 million have been awarded to TIP Friendly Society members and their children. Presentations were made to recipients at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels, during an awards function at the Knutsford Court Hotel, in St. Andrew,  on August 16. Awardees included TIP members who are in their final year at an accredited...

Residents of surrounding communities in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, are to benefit from the upgrading of their health and security facilities, as well as the rehabilitation of a road, at a cost of $88 million. Over the next six months, the Bog Walk Health Centre will be expanded, and a dental unit constructed, at a cost of $31.7 million; the...