The Jamaica Medical Doctors Association (JMDA) was among the donors in this year’s Back-to-School initiative at the Mount Olivet Boys’ Home in Walderston, Manchester. President of the JMDA, Dr. Elon Thompson, presented a cheque valuing $80,000 following his address to wards of the Home at a Career Day activity organised by the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) on Saturday, August 25....

The Association of Development Agencies (ADA), a group of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working to promote sustainable development and social change in Jamaica, has launched an innovation lab, which will work with civil society groups and social entrepreneurs to promote microenterprise development. ADA Chairperson, Amsale Maryam, explained that the ‘Jamaica Innovation for Change Lab’ will help to increase income generation for...

Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says that citizens of Portmore and its environs will benefit from the Government’s investment in the construction of a new building to house the Portmore Municipal Corporation. He said the project, which is underway, will provide staff and elected representatives will a modern, state-of-the art structure to more effectively and efficiently...

General Manager at the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Dr. Damian Graham, is assuring citizens in and around National Heroes Park that the Government is committed to the development of the area and improving their lives. He said that the mandate of the UDC is to make development happen while enhancing people’s lives, and there is no intention to cause any...

The best of Jamaican cuisine will be on display at the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Culinary Arts Expo, to be held on August 2 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston. This event is being organised by the JCDC to commemorate the Commission’s 55th anniversary. It also forms part of the Jamaica 56 Emancipation and Independence celebrations under...

Jamaica’s National Heroes Park, situated on some fifty (50) acres within the urban zone designated as Downtown Kingston, is a major historic green space in the nation’s capital. Since 1973, it has been the permanent location for honouring our heroes whose monuments are erected in an area known as the Shrine. Over the years, successive Governments have had plans to...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, has announced that there will be an increase in the number of participants employed in the agency’s Youth Summer Employment Programme. The programme, which is in its second year, will commence on August 9 and employ young persons over a four-week period to conduct an audit of street lights, and...